Coordinator, professor
Jorma Kuparinen
jorma.kuparinen(at) helsinki.fi
Tel: + 358 9 191 57820
Fax: + 358 9 191 57847
Department of Environmental Sciences
P.O. Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1)
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
Janne Rintala

janne.rintala@fimr.fi
Merentutkimuslaitos - Havsforskningsinstitutet
Finnish Institute of Marine Research
Erik Palmènin aukio 1
00560 Helsinki
Finland
Research Interest
Morphology, taxonomy, physiology and ecology
of eukaryotic micro-organisms
i.e. algae and protozoa.
List of recent publications
Scientific Publications
2007 Rintala, J-M., Spilling, K. & Blomster, J.: Temporary cyst enables
long term dark survival of Scrippsiella hangoei (Dinophyceae). Marine
Biology 152: 57-62.
2007 Kuparinen, J., Kuosa, H., Andersson, A., Autio, R., Granskog, M.,
Ikävalko, J., Kaarto-kallio, H., Karell, K., Leskinen, E., Piiparinen, J.,
Rintala, J-M & Tuomainen, J.: Role of Sea ice Biota in Nutrinet and
Organic Material Cycles in the Northern Baltic Sea. Ambio 36 (2-3):
149-154.
2007 Vahtera, E., Laamanen, M. & Rintala, J-M.: Use of different phosphorus sources by the bloom forming cyanobacteria Aphanizoomenon flos-aquae and Nodularia spumigena. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 46: 225-237.
2006 Rintala, J-M., Piiparinen, J.,Ehn, J., Autio, R. & Kuosa, H.2006: Changes in phytoplankton and nutrient quantities in the sea ice as responses to light/dark manipulations during different phases of the Baltic winter 2003. Hydrobiologia 554: 11-24.
2005 Stoecker, D., Autio, R., Rintala, J-M. &Kuosa, H.2005: Ecto-cellular Enzyme Activity associated with Cyanobacterial colonies n the Baltic. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 40: 151-161.
2005 Setälä, O., Autio, R., Kuosa, H. Rintala, J. & Ylöstalo, P. 2004: Survival and photosynthetic activity of Dinophysis acuminata populations in the northern Baltic sea. Harmfull Algae 4: 337-350.