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Overview

Johanna Mattila is affiliated with Åbo Akademi University in Finland. Their research is focused within the field of Environmental Science, addressing several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, General Health Professions, Ecology, Oceanography, and Philosophy.

Their work covers a range of main topics, such as:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Health, Medicine and Society
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mattila include:

  • The structure and dynamics of zooplankton communities in shallow bays in the northern Baltic Sea during a single growing season, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Impacts of physical environmental characteristics on the distribution of benthic fauna in the northern Baltic Sea, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Environmental abundances of the non-native round goby Neogobius melanostomus influence feeding of native fish predators, 2023, Journal of Fish Biology
  • Comparison of different sampling strategies in monitoring zoobenthos and classification of archipelago areas, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Mattila are:

  • Erik Bonsdorff
  • Katri Aarnio
  • Matias Scheinin
  • Heta Rousi
  • Heikki Peltonen

Publication venues where Mattila's work appears most often include:

  • Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Journal of Fish Biology

Best Publications

  • Coastal eutrophication: Causes, consequences and perspectives in the Archipelago areas of the northern Baltic Sea

    E. Bonsdorff;E.M. Blomqvist;J. Mattila;A. Norkko

  • Declines in predatory fish promote bloom-forming macroalgae.

    Britas Klemens Eriksson;Britas Klemens Eriksson;Lars Ljunggren;Alfred Sandström;Gustav Johansson

  • Recruitment failure of coastal predatory fish in the Baltic Sea coincident with an offshore ecosystem regime shift

    Lars Ljunggren;Alfred Sandstrom;Ulf Bergstrom;Johanna Mattila

  • The relative importance of food and shelter for seagrass-associated invertebrates: a latitudinal comparison of habitat choice by isopod grazers

    Christoffer Boström;Johanna Mattila

  • Long-term changes and coastal eutrophication. Examples from the Aland Islands and the Archipelago Sea, northern Baltic Sea

    E. Bonsdorff;E. M. Blomqvist;J. Mattila;A. Norkko

  • Spatial and diurnal distribution of invertebrate and fish fauna of a Zostera marina bed and nearby unvegetated sediments in Damariscotta River, Maine (USA)

    Johanna Mattila;Glen Chaplin;Michele R. Eilers;Kenneth L. Heck

  • Antipredator behaviour of 0+ year Perca fluviatilis: effect of vegetation density and turbidity

    M. Snickars;A. Sandström;A. Sandström;J. Mattila

  • Seasonal and inter-annual variation in occurrence and biomass of rooted macrophytes and drift algae in shallow bays

    J Berglund;J Mattila;O Rönnberg;J Heikkilä

  • Differential habitat use and antipredator response of juvenile roach (Rutilus rutilus) to olfactory and visual cues from multiple predators

    Charles W. Martin;F. Joel Fodrie;Kenneth L. Heck;Johanna Mattila

  • The effects of turbidity and light intensity on the consumption of mysids by juvenile perch (Perca fluviatilis L.)

    Mikaela Granqvist;Johanna Mattila

  • Habitat selectivity of substrate-spawning fish: modelling requirements for the Eurasian perch Perca fluviatilis

    Martin Snickars;Göran Sundblad;Alfred Sandström;Lars Ljunggren

  • Increased habitat structure does not always provide increased refuge from predation

    Johanna Mattila;Kenneth L. Heck;Erika Millstein;Emily Miller

  • Essential coastal habitats for fish in the Baltic Sea

    Patrik Kraufvelin;Zeynep Pekcan-Hekim;Ulf Bergström;Ann-Britt Florin

  • The effect of habitat complexity on predation efficiency of perch Perca fluviatilis L. and ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus (L.)

    Johanna Mattila

  • Fish assemblages in coastal lagoons in land-uplift succession: The relative importance of local and regional environmental gradients

    Martin Snickars;Alfred Sandström;Antti Lappalainen;Johanna Mattila

  • Variation in vegetation communities in shallow bays of the northern Baltic Sea

    Kajsa Appelgren;Johanna Mattila

  • Effects of turbidity and habitat complexity on antipredator behavior of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) Antipredator behavior in sticklebacks

    M. J. Ajemian;M. J. Ajemian;S. Sohel;J. Mattila

  • The effects of vegetation density on the relative growth rates of juvenile pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides (Linneaus), in Big Lagoon, Florida

    Patricia M. Spitzer;Johanna Mattila;Kenneth L. Heck

  • The effects of turbidity and light intensity on the consumption of mysids by juvenile perch (Perca fluviatilis L.)

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  • Predation by juvenile flounder (Platichthys flesus L.) : a test of prey vulnerability, predator preference, switching behaviour and functional response

    Johanna Mattila;Erik Bonsdorff

  • Food web structure and function in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea

    Jorma Kuparinen;Kjell Leonardsson;Johanna Mattila;Johan Wikner

  • Distribution and estimated release of sediment phosphorus in the northern Baltic Sea archipelagos

    Irma Puttonen;Johanna Mattila;Per Jonsson;O. Magnus Karlsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Bonsdorff
Erik Bonsdorff Åbo Akademi University
Ulf Bergström
Ulf Bergström Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kenneth L. Heck
Kenneth L. Heck University of South Alabama
Britas Klemens Eriksson
Britas Klemens Eriksson University of Groningen
Christoffer Boström
Christoffer Boström Åbo Akademi University
Sergej Olenin
Sergej Olenin Klaipėda University
Jonna Engström-Öst
Jonna Engström-Öst Novia University of Applied Sciences
Mats Lindegarth
Mats Lindegarth University of Gothenburg
Alf Norkko
Alf Norkko University of Helsinki
Martin Gullström
Martin Gullström Södertörn University

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