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Jouni Taskinen is affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology and related subfields. Their work encompasses a range of topics primarily centered on aquatic ecosystems and organism interactions within those systems.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Their research subfields cover:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Insect Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Key topics addressed in their publications involve:

  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Helminth infection and control

Their recent publications reflect the diversity of their work and include:

  • Parasites in sympatric populations of native and invasive freshwater bivalves, 2020, Hydrobiologia
  • Captive breeding of European freshwater mussels as a conservation tool: A review, 2023, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • The joint adverse effects of aged nanoscale plastic debris and their co-occurring benzo[α]pyrene in freshwater mussel (Anodonta anatina), 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Integrative phylogenetic, phylogeographic and morphological characterisation of the Unio crassus species complex reveals cryptic diversity with important conservation implications, 2024, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Cyclopoids feed selectively on free-living stages of parasites, 2020, Freshwater Biology

They have published extensively in the following venues:

  • Hydrobiologia
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Freshwater Biology
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Frequent coauthors in Taskinen's work include:

  • Maria Urbańska
  • Nicoletta Riccardi
  • Juergen Geist
  • Martin Österling
  • Ronaldo Sousa

Best Publications

  • Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: state of the art and future challenges.

    Manuel Lopes-Lima;Manuel Lopes-Lima;Ronaldo Sousa;Ronaldo Sousa;Juergen Geist;David C. Aldridge

  • Immunocompetence, developmental stability and wingspot size in the damselfly Calopteryx splendens L.

    M. J. Rantala;J. Koskimäki;J. Taskinen;K. Tynkkynen

  • Research priorities for freshwater mussel conservation assessment

    Noé Ferreira-Rodríguez;Yoshihiro B. Akiyama;Olga V. Aksenova;Rafael Araujo

  • Immunocompetence and resource holding potential in the damselfly, Calopteryx virgo L

    Jani Koskimäki;Markus J. Rantala;Jouni Taskinen;Katja Tynkkynen

  • Breeding-related seasonal changes in immunocompetence, health state and condition of the cyprinid fish, Rutilus rutilus, L.

    Raine Kortet;Jouni Taskinen;Tuula Sinisalo;Ilmari Jokinen

  • Virulence of parasites in hosts under environmental stress: experiments with anoxia and starvation

    Jukka Jokela;Jouni Taskinen;Pia Mutikainen;Kirstin Kopp

  • Effect of starvation on parasite-induced mortality in a freshwater snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum).

    J. Jokela;C. M. Lively;J. Taskinen;A. D. Peters

  • Effect of the castrating trematode parasite Rhipidocotyle fennica on energy allocation of fresh-water clam Anodonta piscinalis

    J. Jokela;L. Uotila;J. Taskinen

  • Age-, size-, and sex-specific infection of Anodonta piscinalis (Bivalvia: Unionidae) with Rhipidocotyle fennica (Digenea: Bucephalidae) and its influence on host reproduction

    Jouni Taskinen;E. Tellervo Valtonen

  • Influence of trematode parasitism on the growth of a bivalve host in the field

    J. Taskinen;J. Taskinen

  • Studies on bucephalid digeneans parasitising molluscs and fishes in Finland I. Ecological data and experimental studies

    Jouni Taskinen;E. Tellervo Valtonen;David I. Gibson

  • Parasite-induced aggression and impaired contest ability in a fish host

    V N Mikheev;A F Pasternak;J Taskinen;E T Valtonen

  • Quantity of sporocysts and seasonality of two Rhipidocotyle species (Digenea: Bucephalidae) in Anodonta piscinalis (Mollusca: bivalvia)

    J. Taskinen;E.T. Valtonen;T. Mäkelä

  • Sperm quality, secondary sexual characters and parasitism in roach (Rutilus rutilus L.)

    Raine Kortet;Anssi Vainikka;Markus J. Rantala;Jouni Taskinen

  • Sexual ornamentation, androgens and papillomatosis in male roach (Rutilus rutilus)

    Raine Kortet;Anssi Vainikka;Markus J. Rantala;Ilmari Jokinen

  • Breeding Tubercles, Papillomatosis and Dominance Behaviour of Male Roach (Rutilus rutilus) During the Spawning Period

    Raine Kortet;Jouni Taskinen;Anssi Vainikka;Hannu Ylönen

  • Dead and alive parasites: sexual ornaments signal resistance in the male fish, Rutilus rutilus

    Jouni Taskinen;Raine Kortet

  • Changes in host behaviour caused by immature larvae of the eye fluke: evidence supporting the predation suppression hypothesis

    Mikhail Gopko;Victor N. Mikheev;Jouni Taskinen

  • Signals of major histocompatibility complex overdominance in a wild salmonid population

    Jukka Kekäläinen;Jukka Kekäläinen;J. Albert Vallunen;Craig R. Primmer;Jouni Rättyä

  • Exploitation of Anodonta piscinalis (Bivalvia) by trematoden: parasite tactics and host longevity

    Jouni Taskinen;Tiina Mäkelä;E. Tellervo Valtonen

  • Patterns of trematode parasitism in lymnaeid snails from northern and central Finland.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Raine Kortet
Raine Kortet University of Eastern Finland
Anssi Vainikka
Anssi Vainikka University of Eastern Finland
E. Tellervo Valtonen
E. Tellervo Valtonen University of Jyväskylä
Ronaldo Sousa
Ronaldo Sousa University of Minho
Manuel Lopes-Lima
Manuel Lopes-Lima University of Porto
Jukka Jokela
Jukka Jokela Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Markus J. Rantala
Markus J. Rantala University of Turku
Jussi V. K. Kukkonen
Jussi V. K. Kukkonen University of Eastern Finland
E. T. Valtonen
E. T. Valtonen University of Jyväskylä
David I. Gibson
David I. Gibson Natural History Museum

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