Areas of Expertise
- Marine biodiversity and marine inventories
- Spatial ecology
- Conservation planning
- Marine restoration
- Sediment-biological interactions
- Genetic (molecular markers)
- Studies including connectivity
- Macroalgal-invertebrate interactions
- Marine indicator development
- Macroalgal production related to eutrophication.
Research Projects
- Biodiversea-project, funded by EU LIFE IP
- Center for Sustainable Ocean Sciences (SOS), Center of Excellence, funded through ÅAU Endowment
- RIKI- project ("Nutrient turnover in the Archipelago Sea") in cooperation with the ELY Center, funded by the Ministry of the Environment
- The Finnish Inventory Programme for Underwater Marine Diversity, VELMU
Special Methodologies & Techniques
- Marine mapping methods, including UW video camera and photography
- Aquarium experiments
- Sediment analysis
- Molecular markers of selected species (charophytes, blue mussels)
- Spatial modeling
Major Funding & International Networks
- The present funding comes through EU Life, ÅAU endowment, and the Ministry of Environment/ELY-center. Recent funding: Baltic Sea Conservation Foundation, Government of Åland, European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and the Ministry of Environment
Selected Publications
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Marine biodiversity loss in Finnish coastal waters: evidence and implications for management. AMBIO. 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02185-x
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Finnish inventory data of underwater marine biodiversity. Scientific Data. 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-04092-4
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Invertebrate Responses to Large- and Small-Scale Drivers in Coastal Phragmites australis Beds in the Northern Baltic Sea. Estuaries and Coasts. 2024. DOI: 10.1007/s12237-024-01360-9
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Green algae as bioindicators for long-term nutrient pollution along a coastal eutrophication gradient. Ecological Indicators. 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109034
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Variation in Fucus vesiculosus associated fauna along a eutrophication gradient. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107976
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