The Third Environment Symposium of Maj and
Tor Nessling Foundation
‘Man and The Baltic Sea’
OPENING SPEECH
Felix Björklund, Chairman of the Board, Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation
ABSTRACTS OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Articles based on the oral presentations will be published as a special issue of AMBIO (4-5/2001, distribution 15.8.2001)
The Baltic Sea, the Northern Dimension and Russia: the environmental perspective
Environmental science, consciousness and decision-making
Understanding human impact on the Baltic ecosystem – some achievements in recent decades
The history of cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea: a multidisciplinary study
Terttu Finni, Maija Huttunen, Kaisa Kononen, Simo Laakkonen, Kirsi Nikkilä,
Riitta Olsonen, Antti Parpola, Eeva-Liisa Poutanen,
Janne-Markus Rintala and Kerstin Wallström
Development and implementation of technological applications aiming to improve the state of the Baltic Sea
External and internal nutrient load: the Gulf of Finland as a case
System dynamics of the drainage areas: the sustainability puzzle of the Baltic
Eutrophication and self-purification: counteractions forced by large scale cycles and hydrodynamic processes
Sea of entertainment
Journalist as an interface between scientists and every man
Something went wrong in the Baltic Sea - biogeographical peculiarities lost
Erkki Leppäkoski
and Sergej Olenin
Toxic Substances and Reproduction Failure in Baltic Fish and Crustaceans
Magnus Breitholtz, Cathy Hill and Bengt-Erik Bengtsson
Fish stocks of the Baltic Sea – finite or infinite resource?
Will there be sea ice in the Baltic Sea in 2100?
Jari Haapala, Markus Meier and Juhani Rinne
Coupling Biology and Oceanography in models
Wolfgang Fennel and Thomas Neumann
Towards efficient pollution control in the Baltic Sea. An anatomy of current failure with suggestions
MARE: Marine Research on Eutrophication – a scientific base for cost effective measures of the Baltic Sea
Fredrik Wulff, Erik Bonsdorff, Ing-Marie Gren, Sif Johansson and Anders Stigebrandt
ABSTRACTS OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Changes of the mesozooplankton in the southern Baltic Sea from 1994 to 1998
Katarzyna
Blachowiak-Samolyk and Radoslaw Opiola
Discerning surface water patterns in the Archipelago Sea of SW Finland using remote sensing methods
Anne Erkkilä
History of cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea
Terttu Finni, Kaisa Kononen, Kerstin Wallström and Riitta Olsonen
The effects of turbidity and light intensity on the consumption of mysids by juvenile perch (Perca fluviatilis, L.)
Mikaela Granqvist and Johanna
Mattila
Ulla
Helminen, Anita Mäkinen and Olof Rönnberg
Trends in sea level variations in the Baltic Sea
Milla Johansson, Hanna Boman, Kimmo Kahma and Jouko Launiainen
Nutrient dynamics in seasonal Baltic Sea ice during a mild winter
Hermanni Kaartokallio
Species diversity in phytoplankton communities: examples from the Baltic Sea
Kaisa Kononen
Influence of nutrient enrichments on cyanobacteria and phytoplankton
community in the Archipelago Sea, SW Finland
Annika Lagus, M. Silander and Janne Suomela
Salinity and oxygen limits of Baltic Sea soft bottom macrofauna: results from field observations
Ari O. Laine and Sari Seppänen
Research on Toxic Cyanobacteria from the Baltic Sea at Viikki Biocenter
Jaana Lehtimäki, Sari Repka, Maria Laamanen and Kaarina Sivonen
Environmental effects of ships’ traffic on archipelago waters
Tore Lindholm, Mia
Svartström, Lisa Spoof and Jussi Meriluoto
Benthic invertebrate communities on the SW coast of Finland: a comparison between 1928 and 2000 shows dramatic changes in species composition and biomass
Kaisa Luodekari, Minna Poikonen, E. Friman, Ari O. Laine and Markku
Viitasalo
Vernal succession of ice biota in the SW coast of Finland in 1999
Maija
Narinen and Johanna Ikävalko
Eeva-Liisa Poutanen, Kirsi Nikkilä, Janne-Markus Rintala and Maija Huttunen
Baltic Sea and Ross Sea ice microalgae
Janne-Markus
Rintala
Assessing biodiversity in the Archipelago Sea: birdlife
Mia Rönkä and Pasi Laihonen
Fluorescence of phycobilins; A tool for cyanobacterial bloom detection?
Jukka Seppälä
The role of nutrients and zooplankton in regulating the microbial community in the Archipelago Sea
Jaana Sipura, G. Weithoff, K. Heikkilä, Annika Lagus and Janne Suomela
Impact of UV-radiation on the development of Baltic herring
Markus Soimasuo and Pirjo Huovinen
Silicate control of spring diatoms cascades to control of cyanobacterial blooms
Tapani Stipa and Harri Kuosa
The M74 syndrome of Baltic salmon: extent, thiamine, carotenoids and toxicants
Pekka J. Vuorinen, Erkki Ikonen and Marja Keinänen