Team members
Key focus:
Project PI,
Coordinating monitoring efforts,
Research on reproductive biology, herring physiology, lipids etc.
Thesis topic:
Maternal thyroid hormones, egg and larval traits
Thesis topic: Mapping Baltic herring natal origins, migration routes, and population structure using otolith elemental composition and genetic analyses
MSc thesis topic:
The impact of environmental factors on the reproduction of Baltic herring males from the 1990s to the present.
Thesis topic: Mapping the genetic diversity of Baltic herring populations by spawning area in the Bothnian Bay, Archipelago Sea, and southern Baltic Sea regions.
BSc thesis topic: Comparison of age determination of Baltic herring using scales and otoliths
Key focus:
Pelagic ecosystem dynamics,
Time-series analyses
Key focus:
Ecological aspects of spawning areas and
population dynamics,
Reproductive biology
Previous team members
- Saara Miinala, MSc
- Marjut Rajasilta, Docent, PhD
- Johannes Sahlstén, MSc
- Jan Eklund, MSc
- Mikael Elfving, MSc
- Ilppo Vuorinen, Prof.
- Petri Vahteri, MSc
- Juha Kääriä, PhD
- Kari Ranta-aho, MSc
In addition numerous summer interns, students, and short-term project researchers have supported our work over the years.
