Papers
1990-1995
1. Viitasalo, M., Vuorinen, I. & Ranta, E. 1990: Changes in crustacean mesozooplankton and some environmental parameters in the Archipelago Sea (Northern Baltic) in 1976-1984. - Ophelia 31: 207-217.
2. Viitasalo, M. 1992: Mesozooplankton of the Gulf of Finland and northern Baltic proper - A review of monitoring data. - Ophelia 35: 147-168.
3. Flinkman, J., Vuorinen, I. & Aro, E. 1992: Planktivorous Baltic herring (Clupea harengus) prey selectively on reproducing copepods and cladocerans. - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49: 73-77.
4. Viitasalo, M. 1992: Calanoid resting eggs in the Baltic Sea: implications for the population dynamics of Acartia bifilosa (Copepoda). - Marine Biology 114: 397-405. Abstract
5. Viitasalo, M. 1993: Mesozooplankton of the eastern Gulf of Finland in the summers of 1990-1992: community analysis and comparison with data from years 1905-1907. - Memoranda Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica 69: 97-106.
6. Flinkman, J., Vuorinen, I. & Christiansen, M. 1994: Calanoid copepod eggs survive passage through fish digestive tracts. - ICES Journal of Marine Science 51: 127-129. Abstract
7. Viitasalo, M. & Katajisto, T. 1994: Mesozooplankton resting eggs in the Baltic Sea: identification and vertical distribution in laminated and mixed sediments. - Marine Biology 120: 455-466. Abstract
8. Viitasalo, M., Katajisto, T. & Vuorinen, I. 1994: Seasonal dynamics of Acartia bifilosa and Eurytemora affinis (Copepoda, Calanoida) in relation to abiotic factors in the northern Baltic Sea. - Hydrobiologia 292/293: 415-422.
9. Viitasalo, M., Koski, M., Pellikka, K. & Johansson, S. 1995: Seasonal and long-term variations in planktonic copepod body size in the northern Baltic Sea. - Marine Biology 123: 241-250. Abstract
10. Viitasalo, M., Vuorinen, I. & Saesmaa, S. 1995: Mesozooplankton dynamics in the northern Baltic Sea: implications of variations in hydrography and climate. - Journal of Plankton Research 17: 1857-1878. Abstract
1996-2000
11.
Katajisto, T. 1996: Copepod eggs survive a decade
in the
sediments of the Baltic Sea. - Hydrobiologia 320: 153-159. Abstract
12.
Kiørboe, T.,
Saiz, E. & Viitasalo, M. 1996: Prey
switching behaviour in
the planktonic copepod Acartia tonsa. - Marine
Ecology Progress
Series 143: 65-75. Abstract
13. Behrends, G., Korshenko, A. & Viitasalo, M. 1997: Morphological aberrations in females of the genus Acartia (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the Baltic Sea. - Crustaceana 70: 594-607.
14. Katajisto, T., Viitasalo, M. & Koski, M. 1998: Seasonal occurrence and hatching of calanoid eggs in the sediments of the northern Baltic Sea. - Marine Ecology Progress Series 163: 133-143. Abstract
15. Flinkman, J., Aro, E., Vuorinen, I. & Viitasalo, M. 1998: Changes in northern Baltic zooplankton and herring nutrition from 1980s to 1990s: top-down and bottom-up processes at work. - Marine Ecology Progress Series 165: 127-136. Abstract
16.
Koski,
M., Klein
Breteler, W. & Schogt, N. 1998: Effect of food quality on rate
of
growth and development of the pelagic copepod Pseudocalanus
elongatus (Copepoda, Calanoida). - Marine Ecology Progress
Series
170: 169-187.
Abstract
17. Vuorinen, I., Hänninen, J., Viitasalo, M., Helminen, U. & Kuosa, H. 1998: Proportion of copepod biomass declines with decreasing salinity in the Baltic Sea. - ICES Journal of Marine Science 55: 767-774. Abstract
18.
Viitasalo,
M. & Rautio,
M. 1998: Zooplanktivory by Praunus flexuosus
(Crustacea:
Mysidacea): functional responses and prey selection in relation to prey
escape responses. - Marine Ecology Progress Series 174: 77-87. Abstract
19. Viitasalo, M.,
Kiørboe, T., Flinkman,
J., Pedersen, L.W. & Visser, A.W. 1998: Predation
vulnerability
of
planktonic copepods: consequences of predator foraging strategies and
prey sensory abilities. - Marine Ecology Progress Series 175: 129-145. Abstract
20. Koski, M., Viitasalo, M. & Kuosa, H. 1999: Seasonal development of mesozooplankton biomass and production on the SW coast of Finland. - Ophelia 50: 69-91.
21. Viitasalo, M., Rosenberg, M., Heiskanen, A.-S. & Koski, M. 1999: Sedimentation of copepod fecal material in the coastal northern Baltic Sea: Where did all the pellets go? - Limnology and Oceanography 44: 1388-1399.
22.
Koski, M., Engström, J. & Viitasalo, M. 1999:
Reproduction and survival of the calanoid copepod Eurytemora
affinis
fed with toxic and non-toxic cyanobacteria. - Marine Ecology Progress
Series 186: 187-197. Abstract
23.
Koski,
M. 1999:
Carbon:nitrogen ratios of Baltic Sea copepods (indication of mineral
limitation?) - Journal of Plankton Research 21: 1565-1573. Abstract
24.
Koski,
M. &
Kuosa, H. 1999: The effect of temperature, food concentration and
female size on the egg production of the planktonic copepod Acartia
bifilosa. - Journal of Plankton Research 21: 1779-1789. Abstract
25. Karjalainen, M. 1999: Effect of anthropogenic nutrient loading on the development of the state of the Baltic Sea - An overview. - Walter and Andrée de Nottbeck Foundation Scientific Report 17. 35 pp.
26. Koski, M., Rosenberg, M., Viitasalo, M., Tanskanen, S., Sjölund, U. 1999: Is Prymnesium parvum toxic for copepods? - Grazing, egg production and egestion of the calanoid copepod Eurytemora affinis in mixtures of 'good' and 'bad' food. - ICES Journal of Marine Science 56 suppl.: 131-139.
27. Viherluoto, M., Kuosa, H., Flinkman, J., Viitasalo, M. 2000: Food utilisation of pelagic mysids, Mysis mixta and M.relicta, during their growing season in the northern Baltic Sea. - Marine Biology 136 (3): 553-559. Abstract
28. Engström, J., Koski, M., Viitasalo, M., Reinikainen, M., Repka, S. & Sivonen, K. 2000: Feeding interactions of Eurytemora affinis and Acartia bifilosa with toxic and non-toxic Nodularia sp. - Journal of Plankton Research 22 (7): 1403-1409. Abstract
2001-2005
29. Engström, J., Viherluoto, M. & Viitasalo, M. 2001: Effects of toxic and non-toxic cyanobacteria on grazing, zooplanktivory and survival of the mysid shrimp Mysis mixta. - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 257/2: 269-280. Abstract
30. Viherluoto, M. & Viitasalo, M. 2001: Temporal variability in functional responses and prey selectivity of pelagic mysid Mysis mixta in natural prey assemblages. - Marine Biology 138: 575-583. Abstract
31.
Viherluoto, M. & Viitasalo, M. 2001: Effect
of
light on the feeding rates of pelagic and littoral mysid shrimps: a
trade-off between feeding success and predation avoidance. - Journal of
Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 261/2: 237-244. Abstract
32. Viitasalo, M., Flinkman, J.
& Viherluoto, M.
2001: Zooplanktivory in the Baltic Sea: a comparison of prey
selectivity
by Clupea harengus and Mysis mixta,
with reference to
prey escape reactions. - Marine Ecology Progress Series 216: 191-200.
Abstract
33. Pertola, S., Koski, M. & Viitasalo, M. 2002: Stoichiometry of mesozooplankton in N- and P-limited areas of the Baltic Sea. - Marine Biology 140: 425-434. Abstract
34.
Engström-Öst
J., Koski M., Schmidt K., Viitasalo M.,
Jónasdóttir S.H., Kokkonen M., Repka S. &
Sivonen K.
2002: Effects of toxic cyanobacteria on a plankton assemblage:
community development during decay of Nodularia spumigena.
- Marine Ecology Progress Series 232: 1-14. Abstract
35. Koski, M., Schmidt, K., Engström-Öst, J., Viitasalo, M., Jónasdóttir, S., Repka, S. & Sivonen K. 2002: Calanoid copepods feed and produce eggs in the presence of toxic cyanobacteria Nodularia spumigena. - Limnology and Oceanography 47: 878-885.
36. Lehtiniemi, M., Viitasalo, M. & Kuosa, H. 2002: Diet composition influences the growth of the pelagic mysid shrimp, Mysis mixta (Mysidacea). - Boreal Environment Research 7: 121-128. Abstract
37.
Engström-Öst
J., Lehtiniemi M., Green S., Kozlowsky-Suzuki B., Viitasalo
M.
2002: Does cyanobacterial toxin accumulate in mysid shrimps
and
fish via copepods? - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
276: 95-107. Abstract
38. Irigoien, X., Harris, R.P., Verheye, H.M., Joly, P., Runge, J., Starr, M., Pond, D., Cambell, R., Shreeve, R., Ward, P., Smith, A.N., Dam, H.G., Peterson, W., Tirelli, V., Koski, M., Smith, T., Harbour, D. & Davidson, R. 2002: Copepod hatching success in marine ecosystems with high diatom concentrations. - Nature 419: 387-389. First paragraph
39.
Lehtiniemi, M.,
Engström-Öst, J., Karjalainen, M., Kozlowsky-Suzuki,
B.
&
Viitasalo, M. 2002: Fate of cyanobacterial toxins
in the
pelagic food web: transfer to copepods or to faecal pellets? - Marine
Ecology Progress Series 241: 13-21. Abstract
40. Schmidt, K., Koski, M., Engström-Öst, J. & Atkinson, A. 2002: Development of Baltic Sea zooplankton in the presence of a toxic cyanobacterium: a mesocosm approach. - Journal of Plankton Research 24: 979-992. Abstract
41. Hakala, T., Viitasalo, M., Rita, H., Aro, E., Flinkman, J. & Vuorinen, I. 2003: Temporal and spatial variation in the growth rates of Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras L.) larvae during summer. - Marine Biology 142: 25-33. Abstract48. Rönkkönen, S.,
Ojaveer,
E., Raid, T., & Viitasalo,
M.
2004: Long-term changes in
Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras) growth in
the Gulf of
Finland.
- Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61(2): 219-229
49. Engström-Öst,
J. &
Lehtiniemi, M. 2004: Threat-sensitive predator avoidance
by pike larvae. - Journal of Fish Biology 65: 251-261.