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Jouko Sarvala is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans across several subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The main topics of Sarvala's research involve Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and fisheries research, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, and Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity.

Throughout their career, Sarvala has published research in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Hydrobiologia
  • Annales Zoologici Fennici
  • Belgian journal of zoology
  • Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • International Journal of Limnology

Recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by Sarvala cover topics related to freshwater fish populations and aquatic ecosystems, with notable publications such as:

  • Overfishing of a small planktivorous freshwater fish, vendace (Coregonus albula), in the boreal lake Pyhäjärvi (SW Finland), and the recovery of the population, 2020, Fisheries Research
  • Invasive submerged macrophytes complicate management of a shallow boreal lake: a 42-year history of monitoring and restoration attempts in Littoistenjärvi, SW Finland, 2020, Hydrobiologia

Other recent publications authored by different researchers but relevant to related aquatic and environmental studies include:

  • Shrinking body size and climate warming: Many freshwater salmonids do not follow the rule, 2023, Global Change Biology
  • Responses of zooplankton to long-term environmental changes in a small boreal lake, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Global data set of long-term summertime vertical temperature profiles in 153 lakes, 2021, Scientific Data

Collaborations form a significant part of Sarvala's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Harri Helminen
  • Kalevi Salonen
  • Joost A. M. Raeymaekers
  • Hannu Huuskonen
  • Leona J.M. Milec

Best Publications

  • The relation of energy and organic carbon in aquatic invertebrates1

    Kalevi Salonen;Jouko Sarvala;Ilpo Hakala;Maija-Liisa Viljanen

  • Impacts of climate warming on the long-term dynamics of key fish species in 24 European lakes

    Erik Jeppesen;Thomas Mehner;Ian J. Winfield;Külli Kangur

  • Taxon‐specific variation in the stable isotopic signatures (δ13C and δ15N) of lake phytoplankton

    Kristiina Vuorio;Markus Meili;Jouko Sarvala

  • Bayesian modelling of algal mass occurrences-using adaptive MCMC methods with a lake water quality model

    Olli Malve;Marko Laine;Heikki Haario;Teija Kirkkala

  • Trophic structure of Lake Tanganyika: carbon flows in the pelagic food web

    Jouko Sarvala;Kalevi Salonen;Marko Järvinen;Eero Aro

  • Population regulation of vendace (Coregonus albula) in Lake Pyhäjärvi, southwest Finland

    Harri Helminen;Jouko Sarvala

  • Relations between planktivorous fish abundance, zooplankton and phytoplankton in three lakes of differing productivity

    Jouko Sarvala;Harri Helminen;Vesa Saarikari;Seppo Salonen

  • Unpredictability of fish recruitment: interannual variation in young–of–the–year abundance

    J. Karjalainen;H. Auvinen;H. Helminen;T. J. Arjomäki

  • Year-Class Fluctuations of Vendace (Coregonus albula) in Lake Pyhäjärvi, Southwest Finland, during 1971–90

    Harri Helminen;Heikki Auvinen;Arto Hirvonen;Jouko Sarvala

  • Trophic structure of Lake Tanganyika: carbon flows in the pelagic food web

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  • Century-Long Warming Trends in the Upper Water Column of Lake Tanganyika.

    Benjamin M. Kraemer;Simon Hook;Timo Huttula;Pekka Kotilainen

  • Fish catches from Lake Tanganyika mainly reflect changes in fishery practices, not climate

    J. Sarvala;V.T. Langenberg;K. Salonen;D. Chitamwebwa

  • Interannual variation of growth and recruitment in Pontoporeia affinis (Lindström) (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in relation to abundance fluctuations

    Jouko Sarvala

  • The effect of small zooplankton on the microbial loop and edible algae during a cyanobacterial bloom

    Anne‐Mari Ventelä;Krzysztof Wiackowski;Marianne Moilanen;Vesa Saarikari

  • Phytoplankton in Lake Tanganyika : vertical and horizontal distribution of in vivo fluorescence

    K. Salonen;J. Sarvala;M. Järvinen;V. Langenberg

  • Long-term management of Pyhäjärvi (southwest Finland): eutrophication, restoration – recovery?

    Anne-Mari Ventelä;Marjo Tarvainen;Harri Helminen;Jouko Sarvala

  • Responses of Lake Pyhäjärvi (southwestern Finland) to variable recruitment of the major planktivorous fish, vendace (Coregonus albula)

    Harri Helminen;Jouko Sarvala

  • Effect of temperature on the duration of egg, nauplius and copepodite development of some freshwater benthic Copepoda

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  • Portrait of a flourishing freshwater fishery : Pyhäjärvi, a lake in SW-Finland

    J. Sarvala;H. Helminen;H. Auvinen

  • Phenotypic plasticity in growth and fecundity induced by strong population fluctuations affects reproductive traits of female fish

    Juha Karjalainen;Olli Urpanen;Tapio Keskinen;Hannu Huuskonen

  • Spatial synchrony in the inter-annual population variation of vendace (Coregonus albula (L.)) in Finnish lakes

    Timo J. Marjomäki;Heikki Auvinen;Harri Helminen;Ari Huusko

  • The stoichiometry of particulate nutrients in Lake Tanganyika – implications for nutrient limitation of phytoplankton

    Marko Järvinen;Kalevi Salonen;Jouko Sarvala;Kristiina Vuorio

  • Patterns in vendace recruitment in Lake Pyhäjärvi, south‐west Finland

    H. Helminen;J. Sarvala;J. Karjalainen

Frequent Co-Authors

Kalevi Salonen
Kalevi Salonen University of Helsinki
Markus Meili
Markus Meili Stockholm University
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Mariana Meerhoff
Mariana Meerhoff University of the Republic
Martin Søndergaard
Martin Søndergaard Aarhus University
Susana Romo
Susana Romo University of Valencia
Peter B. McIntyre
Peter B. McIntyre Cornell University
Ian J. Winfield
Ian J. Winfield Lancaster University
Wim Thiery
Wim Thiery Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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