Anna-Karin Almén
Anna-Karin is currently a project leader and lecturer at the Faculty of Bioeconomy. She holds a Master´s degree and a PhD in environmental and marine biology from Åbo Akademi University. As a researcher, Anna-Karin has focused on the responses of plankton to rising carbon dioxide levels, warming, and eutrophication. She is also interested in changes in water quality in aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity, particularly in relation to climate change and human impact.
Teaching
Anna-Karin is teaching the following courses in Sustainable Costal Management.
- Bioeconomy Innovation
- Coastal Ecology I
- Coastal Ecology II
- Fisheries Resource management
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Management Systems
- Monitoring of aquatic bodies
Project
Slätbergets naturstig, 1.9.2024-30.11.2025, Establishing a new nature trail in Västankvarn, Ingå.
Selected publications
Almén Anna-Karin, Slätbergets naturstig börjar ta form. https://novialia.novia.fi/bloggar/bioekonomi-2/slatbergets-naturstig-borjar-ta-form-
Olofsson, Malin & Almén, Anna-Karin & Jaatinen, Kim & Scheinin, Matias. (2022). Temporal escape - adaptation to eutrophication by Skeletonema marinoi. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 369. 10.1093/femsle/fnac011.
Almén, Anna-Karin & Tamelander, Tobias. (2020). Temperature-related timing of the spring bloom and match between phytoplankton and zooplankton. 10.1080/17451000.2020.1846201.
Almén, Anna-Karin & Glippa, Olivier & Pettersson, Heidi & Alenius, Pekka & Engström-Öst, Jonna. (2017). Changes in wintertime pH and hydrography of the Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea) with focus on depth layers. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 189. 147. 10.1007/s10661-017-5840-7.
Vehmaa, Anu & Almén, Anna-Karin & Brutemark, Andreas & Paul, Allanah & Riebesell, Ulf & Furuhagen, Sara & Engström-Öst, Jonna. (2016). Ocean acidification challenges copepod phenotypic plasticity. Biogeosciences. 13. 6171–6182. 10.5194/bg-13-6171-2016.