The Third Environment Symposium of Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation
‘Man and The Baltic Sea’

Scientific Program

 

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                  

Satu Hassi

 

Environmental science, consciousness and decision-making

Jukka Salo

 

Understanding human impact on the Baltic ecosystem – some achievements in recent decades

Ragnar Elmgren

 

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

Ain Lääne

 

External and internal nutrient load: the Gulf of Finland as a case

Heikki Pitkänen

 

System dynamics of the drainage areas: the sustainability puzzle of the Baltic

Carl-Einar Stålvant

 

Eutrophication and self-purification: counteractions forced by large scale cycles and hydrodynamic processes

Jorma Kuparinen

 

Sea of entertainment

Simo Laakkonen

 

Journalist as an interface between scientists and every man

Heli Saavalainen

 

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?

Evald Ojaveer

 

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           

Markku Ollikainen

 

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

 

Aerial survey of recent changes in the occurrence of Fucus vesiculosus in the Archipelago Sea, SW Finland

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

 

Carotenoid pigments and cyanobacterial akinetes in Baltic Sea sediments as tracers of cyanobacterial blooms

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