Research Professor
PhD (Hydrobiology ja Limnology, University of Jyväskylä, 2002)
Title of Docent (Aquatic Ecology, University of Oulu, 2010)
forename.surname@ymparisto.fi
phone. +358 505 845 977
Finnish Environment Instute
Biodiversity Centre
Street address: Paavo Havaksen tie 3, FIN-90570 Oulu
Postal address: P.O. Box 413, FIN-90014 Oulun yliopisto
Main Duties
- Biodiversity research on running waters and its development
Research
- Ecology, biogeography and conservation biology
- Environmental change
- Structure and function of aquatic ecosystems
Projektit
- Patterns of diversity, distribution and abundance: testing general hypotheses with stream organisms. Academy of Finland. Ended.
- Spatial scaling, metacommunity structure, and patterns in stream communities. Academy of Finland. Ended.
- Biological diversity in stream and riparian ecosystems: comparing protected areas and managed forests. Maj ja Tor Nessling Foundation. Ended.
- Cross-ecosystems subsidies and trophic organization in subarctic streams. Emil Aaltonen Foundation. Päättynyt.
- Freshwater diatoms as environmental indicators: approaches, indices and comparisons to other organism groups in lake monitoring. Maj ja Tor Nessling Foundation. Ended.
- Scaling biodiversity in tropical and boreal streams: implications for diversity mapping and environmental assessment. Academy of Finland. Ongoing.
Publications