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Katja
Mäkinen
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku
PhD
Baltic herring research project

Contact

+358 29 450 3705
+358 50 353 6509
Vesilinnantie 5
20500
Turku

Areas of expertise

marine ecology
reproductive biology of the Baltic herring
zooplankton
biological time series
time-series analyses
lipids and fatty acids in the Baltic Sea food web

Biography

Biodiversity Unit, Archipelago Research Institute:

  • Postdoctoral researcher (1.10.2020-30.4.2023) in the project "The variation and significance of iodine in the Baltic ecosystem", funded by the Sakari Alhopuro Foundation
  • PhD (2019)
  • Research technician: 2017- (on research leave)


Teaching

  • Field course on brackish water ecology EKOL2308 (2016-)
  • Individual lectures in courses: BIOL2091 Eliökunta, EKOL3139 Eliökunnan monimuotoisuus: kasvit, sienet ja levät, ÅA__3093 Baltic Sea Ecosystems (University of Turku & Åbo Akademi), Certi_07 Vesiympäristön biologinen näytteenotto (Turku University of Applied Sciences), Baltic University Programme (BUP)
  • Groups visiting the Archipelago Research Institute

Research

Baltic herring reproductive biology, long-term changes in Baltic Sea zooplankton communities, Effects of climate change in the Baltic Sea pelagic ecosystem

Publications

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Diazotrophic cyanobacteria in planktonic food webs (2021)

Food Webs
Suikkanen Sanna, Uusitalo Laura, Lehtinen Sirpa, Lehtiniemi Maiju, Kauppila Pirkko, Mäkinen Katja, Kuosa Harri
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Itämeri Suomen luonnossa (2020)

Arponen Heidi, Brander Nina, Mäkinen Katja
(Yleistajuinen tai tieteellinen, ei-vertaisarvioitu monografia (E2))