Marine research in Finland University of Helsinki Jorma Kuparinen Aquatic Sciences University of Helsinki
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Viikki and Kumpula campus: biogeochemistry Tvärminne Zoological Station
Jorma Kuparinen
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Academy of Finland: The Academy of Finland’s mission is to finance high-quality and innovative research aiming at new scientific breakthroughs. Academy funding is based on open competition and independent peer review. The Academy annually makes funding decisions worth around 335 million euros. Each year, some 6,000 people work in Academy-funded research projects. Tekes: Grants annually around EUR 600 million towards innovative projects aimed at generating new know-how and new kinds of products, processes, and service or business concepts. Funding is also available for developing work organisations. Private Foundations
Jorma Kuparinen
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BONUS Total of 16 projects involving over 100 research institutes and universities were funded (totaling EUR 22 million) through a joint call BONUS+ in 2007. It set out to test the mechanisms of collaboration among the national funding institutions.
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AMBER
Works to separate the effects of climate change and human pressures on the coastal ecosystems by combining outputs of the regional climate scenarios and simulating the drainage basin processes Susanna Hietanen, Department of Environmental Sciences BaltGene
Assesses the genetic diversity situation in several Baltic key species and identifies the most significant pressures, investigates new ways to incorporate genetic biodiversity information into an ecosystem-based management of the Baltic Sea Juha Merilä, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences BAZOOCA
Tests possible cascading effect of comb jelly on the plankton foodweb in the Baltic - predation on cod eggs and larvae, depletion of plankton-eating fish food resources, changes in water clarity eventually leading to a regime shift of the whole system Jorma Kuparinen, Department of Environmental Sciences HYPER
Estimates the required nutrient reduction in the Baltic region to maintain a healthy sea ecosystem taking into account future climate changes; synthesises information at an ecosystem scale and enriches the knowledge on processes leading to hypoxia, and the role the sediments and the benthic animals play in recycling nutrients Jorma Kuparinen, Department of Environmental Sciences
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IBAM
Constructs an integrated risk analysis of ecosystem management in the Gulf of Finland related to fisheries, eutrophication, oil spills, dioxin risks related to the consumption of herring, and climate change Sakari Kuikka, Department of Environmental Sciences (Coordinator) INFLOW
Develops scenarios of the Baltic Sea development to the end of the 21st century by establishing the links between marine sediment markers and conditions in the sea, reconstructing the 6000 year development of the marine system based on these sediment proxies Juha Karhu, Department of Geosciences and Geography PREHAB
Develops powerful, precise and cost-efficient methods for spatial prediction of the biological properties of coastal underwater habitats, and combines predictive models and scenarios of human pressures to assess effects on coastal ecology Markku Ollikainen, Department of Economics and Management PROBALT
Analyses the societal conditions for the effective protection of the Baltic Sea at national, macro-regional and the EU levels, using an interdisciplinary framework Markku Ollikainen, Department of Economics and Management
Jorma Kuparinen
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BONUS II In June 2010, the European Parliament supported the European Council’s decision that launched a new research and development programme to protect the Baltic Sea, BONUS, worth of EUR 100 million for the years 2010-2016.
Jorma Kuparinen
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Sea Ice Ecology (SIE). - Baltic Sea ice biogeochemistry the role and importance of photochemistry and bacterial processes - Biodiversity of Baltic Sea ice algae and ciliate - Interaction between ice physical properties and ice ecology in the Baltic Sea: ice optical properties Biodiversity and ecology of bloom forming and potentially harmful dinoflagellates in the Baltic Sea Cyanobacteria interactions with mesozooplankton and the upper trophic levels – an integrative approach The strategy and success of invasive species in the Baltic food webs Hypoxia-specific biomarkers for Monoporeia affinis as a tool for Baltic Sea environmental testing Significance of bioturbation by macrobenthic organisms for the oxygenation of sediments, and the effect of hypoxia on this process Jorma Kuparinen
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Phytoplankton effects on bioturbation of sediment, oxygen consumption and internal loading of phosphorus Functioning and nutrient responses of pelagic plankton foodwebs Does increased sea temperature affect reproduction ecology of Fucus vesiculosus in the Gulf of Finland? The ecology and distribution of dinoflagellates in the Baltic Sea Photosynthetic parameters of the Baltic Sea phytoplankton and primary production models The effects of toxic cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena on the escape reactions of Baltic Sea calanoid copepods Diversity and functioning of microbes involved in the nitrogen cycle in the Baltic Sea sediment Disturbance and ecosystem function – the role of changing biological traits for the resilience of benthic communities Jorma Kuparinen
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