Hanna-Kaisa Lakka
Research environment: freshwaters (including wetlands), forest, mountain/fell, tundra
Taxonomic group of interest: crustaceans, fish, insects, vascular plants
Field of research: applied and restoration ecology, biodiversity governance, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, conservation biology, behavioural ecology, biogeography, community ecology, disease ecology, disturbance ecology, economics of biodiversity, ecophysiology, ecosystem services, ecosystem and species monitoring, ecotoxicology, evolutionary ecology, functional ecology and food webs, landscape ecology, movement ecology, paleoecology, population ecology, stock management, taxonomy
Land use under investigation: aquaculture, drainage, fishing, forestry, mining (including peat extraction)
Anthropogenic impact under investigation: climate change, habitat modifications, invasive species, pollution (including from light and noise), population changes and species decline
| My research interests cover a wide range of topics in ecology and environmental sciences, with a primary focus on Arctic freshwater ecosystems. My research focus is on understanding both ecological and anthropogenic factors, that shape biodiversity. My work focuses on biological and abiotic diversity (i.e., living and non-living) at various levels in freshwater. From within species to communities ― from ecosystems to arctic freshwater biome. I work both in the field and the laboratory and do controlled experiments in the laboratory and in the field in the Arctic region. I strongly believe that, in order to achieve successful research and better knowledge, researchers need to collaborate, often across disciplines. |
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