Baltic Sea experts

On this page, you can find University of Helsinki researchers, who are specialised in Baltic Sea themes.

  • Behavioural ecology of coastal organisms
  • Adapting to human-induced environmental changes

  • microbial genomics of cyanobacteria from the Baltic Sea and how they are adapted to nutrient limitation and the production of toxins.

  • ecology
  • seagrasses and other aquatic plants
  • marine biodiversity.

  • chemical weapons in the Baltic Sea.

  • blue economy
  • combatting eutrophication
  • benefits and costs of protecting the Baltic Sea
  • long term scenarios
  • integrated models and economic optimization

  • eutrophication
  • deoxygenation and hypoxia
  • phosphorus and nitrogen cycling
  • sediment biogeochemistry
  • pollution

  • benthic microfauna
  • invasive species
  • ecosystem functioning
  • environmental monitoring.

, Associate Professor of Coastal Ecology

  • coastal ecosystems
  • food webs
  • marine biodiversity

  • marine ecosystems
  • marine biodiversity
  • Tvärminne research station.

  • ecology
  • benthic macrofauna
  • Tvärminne research station.

  • ecology of benthic fauna
  • biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
  • ecosystem disturbance and recovery.