Team members
Key focus:
Coordinating monitoring efforts,
Developing research on reproductive biology,
Time-series analyses,
Lipids, fatty acids, herring physiology
Thesis topic:
Maternal thyroid hormones, egg and larval traits
Thesis topic:
Mortality and loss of spawned Baltic herring eggs in the northern Airisto, Archipelago Sea
Thesis topic:
Salinity and temperature as determinants of male reproductive success in Baltic herring
Key focus:
Pelagic ecosystem dynamics,
Time-series analyses
Key focus:
Ecological aspects of spawning areas and
population dynamics,
Reproductive biology
Previous team members
The expertise and contributions of our former team members have been essential to our research. Their work has built a strong foundation for the project and greatly improved our understanding of Baltic herring and its marine environment.
- Marjut Rajasilta, Doc. PhD
- Johannes Sahlstén, MSc
- Jan Eklund, MSc
- Mikael Elfving, MSc
- Ilppo Vuorinen, Prof. emeritus
- Petri Vahteri, MSc
- Juha Kääriä, PhD
- Kari Ranta-aho, MSc
We also appreciate the valuable contributions of numerous summer interns, students, and short-term project researchers who have supported our work over the years.