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Katja
Mäkinen
Senior 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:

  • Senior researcher (8.1.2023-)
  • Postdoctoral researcher (2020-2023)
  • PhD (2019)
  • Preparator/Research technician (2013-2023)


Teaching

  • Field course on brackish water ecology EKOL2308 since 2016
  • Individual lectures in courses at UTU: BIOL2091 Eliökunta, EKOL3139 Eliökunnan monimuotoisuus: kasvit, sienet ja levät, ÅA__3093 Baltic Sea Ecosystems 
  • Individual lectures in courses 'Certi_07 Vesiympäristön biologinen näytteenotto' (Turku University of Applied Sciences & Finnish Environment Institute), Baltic University Programme (BUP) MOOC-course "The Baltic Sea Environment - Challenges and Solutions"
  • Groups visiting the Archipelago Research Institute

Research

Research interests include Baltic herring reproductive biology, long-term changes in Baltic Sea zooplankton communities, Climate change impacts on the Baltic Sea pelagic ecosystem

Publications

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Large-scale long-term passive-acoustic monitoring reveals spatio-temporal activity patterns of boreal bats (2023)

Ecography
Kotila Miika, Suominen Kati M., Vasko Ville V., Blomberg Anna S., Lehikoinen Aleksi, Andersson Tommi, Aspi Joun, Cederberg Tony, Hänninen Jari, Inkinen Jasmin, Koskinen Janne, Lundberg Göran, Mäkinen Katja, Rontti Markku, Snickars Martin, Solbakken Jostein, Sundell Janne, Syvänperä Ilkka, Vuorenmaa Silja, YlönenJari, Vesterinen Eero J., Lilley Thomas M.
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))