Coordinator (PhD, ecology, University of Turku)       Contact information email: firstname.surname@syke.fi Phone: +358 505 020 272 Finnish......

The observed global loss of biodiversity has severe implications for human wellbeing and compounds the negative aspects of global climate change. Data from biological monitoring is the primary source ......

Research professor © Kai Widell Contact information Email: forename.surname@syke.fi Tel: +358 295 251 356 Skype: maiju.lehtiniemi1 Finnish Environment Institute
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Testing five antifouling paints for recreational craft showed that the paint choices may significantly impact the spread of invasive species. Antifouling paints were tested as part of the EU-funded CO......

Background Invasive alien species Canadian waterweed ( Elodea canadensis ) has spread to hundreds of lakes around Finland. In favorable growth conditions, like in many lakes in Koillismaa...

    Shipping contributes to the uncontrolled introduction of invasive species to the Baltic Sea, whic...

  Background In Koillismaa-region many lakes have been invaded by a harmful alien species Canadian waterweed ( Elodea canadensis ). In Finland, it has spread besides Koillismaa ...

A correspondence on invasive species was just published in the high level scientific journal, Nature. In this Letter led by a senior scientist Maiju Lehtiniemi from SYKE’s Marine Research Centre the r......

A new tool for the assessment of the state of the sea (NEAT) has been developed in a large joint European research project DEVOTES, which aims to develop indicators and assessment methods for marine b......

Alien invasive species originate from other ecosystems, and are intentionally or unintentionally transferred to new environments by human actions. Ships transport efficiently alien species enabl...

  Image: Heikki Kotiranta A total of approximately 17,100 cormorant nests were found in Fi......

Cormorant chicks at their nest. Picture: Pekka Rusanen A total of approximately 17,700 cormorant nests were found in Finland's sea areas in the summer 2011 cormorant survey – 3,300 nest......