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Heikki Mykrä publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heikki Mykrä sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Heikki Mykrä D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heikki Mykrä sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Heikki Mykrä is affiliated with the Finnish Environment Institute in Finland, focusing on Environmental Science with a significant body of work in Ecology. Their research emphasizes the study of freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology along with aquatic invertebrate behavior and fish ecology and management.

The scientist's publication record includes 53 works in Environmental Science, with 32 classified under Ecology. Additional subfields with contributions are Water Science and Technology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science, and Environmental Chemistry. Main topics of research cover:

  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Frequent publication venues for Mykrä include Forest Ecology and Management, Global Change Biology, and Freshwater Biology, each with three publications. Other venues with multiple contributions include Global Ecology and Biogeography and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Heikki Mykrä cover topics relevant to river management, stream ecology, and biodiversity under environmental stressors. Notable recent publications include:

  • From meta-system theory to the sustainable management of rivers in the Anthropocene (2021), Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Streams and riparian forests depend on each other: A review with a special focus on microbes (2020), Forest Ecology and Management
  • Habitat patchiness, ecological connectivity and the uneven recovery of boreal stream ecosystems from an experimental drought (2020), Global Change Biology
  • Stochastic processes and ecological connectivity drive stream invertebrate community responses to short-term drought (2020), Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Temperature and spatial connectivity drive patterns in freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity across the Arctic (2021), Freshwater Biology

Co-authoring frequently, Mykrä has collaborated multiple times with Jukka Aroviita, Núria Bonada, Romain Sarremejane, Thibault Datry, and Zoltán Csabai. This network reflects interdisciplinary cooperation across Ecology and Environmental Science.

Regarding contributions beyond articles, Heikki Mykrä has published a book through the University of Helsinki titled Interlaboratory Proficiency Test 10/2020. Taxonomic identification of macroinvertebrates in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Climate change impacts on groundwater and dependent ecosystems

    Bjørn Kløve;Pertti Ala-Aho;Guillaume Bertrand;Jason J. Gurdak

  • Scale‐related patterns in the spatial and environmental components of stream macroinvertebrate assemblage variation

    Heikki Mykrä;Heikki Mykrä;Jani Heino;Timo Muotka;Timo Muotka

  • Twenty years of stream restoration in Finland : little response by benthic macroinvertebrate communities

    Pauliina Louhi;Heikki Mykrä;Riku Paavola;Ari Huusko

  • Geographical patterns of micro-organismal community structure: are diatoms ubiquitously distributed across boreal streams?

    Jani Heino;Luis Mauricio Bini;Satu Maaria Karjalainen;Heikki Mykrä

  • DEFINING MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE TYPES OF HEADWATER STREAMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOASSESSMENT AND CONSERVATION

    Jani Heino;Timo Muotka;Heikki Mykrä;Riku Paavola

  • Ecological filters and variability in stream macroinvertebrate communities: do taxonomic and functional structure follow the same path?

    Jani Heino;Heikki Mykrä;Juho Kotanen;Timo Muotka

  • Control of stream insect assemblages: roles of spatial configuration and local environmental factors

    Jani Heino;Heikki Mykrä

  • Do metacommunities vary through time? Intermittent rivers as model systems

    Romain Sarremejane;Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles;Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles;Narcís Prat;Heikki Mykrä

  • Responses of taxonomic distinctness and species diversity indices to anthropogenic impacts and natural environmental gradients in stream macroinvertebrates

    Jani Heino;Heikki Mykrä;Heikki Hämäläinen;Jukka Aroviita

  • Environmental disturbance can increase beta diversity of stream macroinvertebrate assemblages

    Charles P. Hawkins;Heikki Mykrä;Heikki Mykrä;Jari Oksanen;Jacob J. Vander Laan

  • Habitat connectivity and dispersal ability drive the assembly mechanisms of macroinvertebrate communities in river networks

    Romain Sarremejane;Heikki Mykrä;Núria Bonada;Jukka Aroviita

  • Weak relationships between landscape characteristics and multiple facets of stream macroinvertebrate biodiversity in a boreal drainage basin

    Jani Heino;Heikki Mykrä;Juho Kotanen

  • From meta-system theory to the sustainable management of rivers in the Anthropocene

    Núria Cid;Tibor Erős;Jani Heino;Gabriel Singer

  • Effects of habitat rehabilitation on brown trout (Salmo trutta) in boreal forest streams

    T. Vehanen;A. Huusko;A. Mäki-Petäys;P. Louhi

  • Assessing physical surrogates for biodiversity : Do tributary and stream type classifications reflect macroinvertebrate assemblage diversity in running waters?

    Jani Heino;Heikki Mykrä;Heikki Mykrä

  • Treatment of ichthyophthiriasis after malachite green. I. Concrete tanks at salmonid farms.

    Päivi Rintamäki-Kinnunen;Mika Rahkonen;Anna-Liisa Mannermaa-Keränen;Lotta-Riina Suomalainen

  • Variability of Lotic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages and Stream Habitat Characteristics Across Hierarchical Landscape Classifications

    Heikki Mykrä;Jani Heino;Timo Muotka

  • Temporal variability of nestedness and idiosyncratic species in stream insect assemblages

    Jani Heino;Heikki Mykrä;Timo Muotka;Timo Muotka

  • The effect of sample duration on the efficiency of kick-sampling in two streams with contrasting substratum heterogeneity

    Heikki Mykrä;Timo Ruokonen;Timo Muotka

  • Microbial diversity and community–environment relationships in boreal streams

    Jani Heino;Mikko Tolkkinen;Mikko Tolkkinen;Anna Maria Pirttilä;Heidi Aisala

  • Streams and riparian forests depend on each other: A review with a special focus on microbes

    Mari J. Tolkkinen;Jani Heino;Saija H.K. Ahonen;Kaisa Lehosmaa

Frequent Co-Authors

Timo Muotka
Timo Muotka University of Oulu
Jani Heino
Jani Heino University of Oulu
Anna Maria Pirttilä
Anna Maria Pirttilä University of Oulu
Bjørn Kløve
Bjørn Kløve University of Oulu
Risto Virtanen
Risto Virtanen University of Oulu
Jari Oksanen
Jari Oksanen University of Oulu
Núria Bonada
Núria Bonada University of Barcelona
John E. Brittain
John E. Brittain University of Oslo
Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles
Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles University of Barcelona
E. Tellervo Valtonen
E. Tellervo Valtonen University of Jyväskylä

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