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Jukka Horppila is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and focuses their research on environmental science with an emphasis on aquatic ecosystems. Their work spans several interrelated subfields, including environmental chemistry, oceanography, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and water science and technology.

The main topics addressed in Horppila's research include:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Marine and Fisheries Research

Horppila's frequently published work appears in a number of academic venues, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach within aquatic and environmental sciences. These venues include:

  • Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Water Research
  • Limnology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among recent research papers associated with Horppila's collaborations are:

  • "Sustainable lake restoration: From challenges to solutions," 2023, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • "Redox-related release of phosphorus from sediments in large and shallow Lake Peipsi: Evidence from sediment studies and long-term monitoring data," 2020, Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • "Internal phosphorus loading due to sediment anoxia in shallow areas: implications for lake aeration treatments," 2020, Aquatic Sciences
  • "Impacts of a deep reactive layer on sedimentary phosphorus dynamics in a boreal lake recovering from eutrophication," 2020, Hydrobiologia
  • "Troubled by the humics - effects of water colour and interspecific competition on the feeding efficiency of planktivorous perch," 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Horppila include Leena Nurminen, Satu Estlander, Juha Niemistö, Salla Rajala, and Tom Jilbert. The collaboration counts range from 8 to 20 publications with these researchers, indicating ongoing partnerships within their research community.

Best Publications

  • Effects of submerged macrophytes on sediment resuspension and internal phosphorus loading in Lake Hiidenvesi (southern Finland).

    Jukka Horppila;Leena Nurminen

  • Top-down or Bottom-up Effects by Fish: Issues of Concern in Biomanipulation of Lakes

    Jukka Horppila;Heikki Peltonen;Tommi Tapani Malinen;Eira Luokkanen

  • The effect of an emergent macrophyte (Typha angustifolia) on sediment resuspension in a shallow north temperate lake

    Jukka Horppila;Leena Nurminen

  • Seasonal changes in the diets and relative abundances of perch and roach in the littoral and pelagic zones of a large lake

    J. Horppila;J. Ruuhijärvi;M. Rask;C. Karppinen

  • Effects of different macrophyte growth forms on sediment and P resuspension in a shallow lake

    Jukka Horppila;Leena Nurminen

  • Diet shifts and food selection of perch Perca fluviatilis and roach Rutilus rutilus in humic lakes of varying water colour

    Satu Katriina Estlander;Leena Nurminen;Mikko Olin;Mika Vinni

  • Seasonal fluctuations in macrophyte cover and water transparency of four brown-water lakes: implications for crustacean zooplankton in littoral and pelagic habitats

    Satu Estlander;Leena Nurminen;Mikko Olin;Mika Vinni

  • Effects of clay turbidity and light on the predatorprey interaction between smelts and chaoborids

    Jukka Horppila;Anne Liljendahl-Nurminen;Tommi Malinen

  • Seasonal succession of phytoplankton and zooplankton along a trophic gradient in a eutrophic lake - implications for food web management

    Petra Tallberg;Jukka Horppila;Anu Väisänen;Leena Nurminen

  • A fading recovery: the role of roach (Rutilus rutilus L.) in maintaining high phytoplankton productivity and biomass in Lake Vesijarvi, southern Finland

    Jukka Horppila;Timo Kairesalo

  • Effects of Biomanipulation on Fish and Plankton Communities in Ten Eutrophic Lakes of Southern Finland

    Mikko Olin;M Rask;J Ruuhijärvi;Jorma Keskitalo

  • Sediment nutrients, ecological status and restoration of lakes.

    Jukka Horppila

  • A diurnal study on the distribution of filter feeding zooplankton: Effect of emergent macrophytes, pH and lake trophy

    Leena K. L. Nurminen;Jukka A. Horppila

  • The diet and growth of roach (Rutilus rutilus (L.)) in Lake Vesijärvi and possible changes in the course of biomanipulation

    Jukka Horppila

  • A metalimnetic oxygen minimum indirectly contributing to the low biomass of cladocerans in Lake Hiidenvesi - a diurnal study on the refuge effect

    Jukka Horppila;Tommi Malinen;Leena Nurminen;Petra Tallberg

  • Interactions between sediment resuspension and sediment quality decrease the TN:TP ratio in a shallow lake

    Juha Niemistö;Heidi Holmroos;Zeynep Pekcan-Hekim;Jukka Horppila

  • The food, growth and abundance of five co-existing cyprinids in lake basins of different morphometry and water quality

    Mika Vinni;Jukka Horppila;Mikko Olin;Jukka Ruuhijärvi

  • Estimation of roach (Rutilus rutilus (L.)) and smelt (Osmerus eperlanus (L.)) stocks with virtual population analysis, hydroacoustics and gillnet CPUE

    H. Peltonen;J. Ruuhijärvi;T. Malinen;J. Horppila

  • Impacts of a submerged plant (Elodea canadensis) on interactions between roach (Rutilus rutilus) and its invertebrate prey communities in a lake littoral zone

    Ryszard Kornijów;Kirsi Vakkilainen;Jukka Horppila;Eira Luokkanen

  • The seasonal dynamics and distribution of Chaoborus flavicans larvae in adjacent lake basins of different morphometry and degree of eutrophication

    Anne Liljendahl‐Nurminen;Jukka Horppila;Pertti Eloranta;Tommi Malinen

  • The fate of a roach Rutilus rutilus stock under an extremely strong fishing pressure and its predicted development after the cessation of mass removal

    J. Horppila;H. Peltonen

  • Impacts of bleak (Alburnus alburnus) and roach (Rutilus rutilus) on water quality, sedimentation and internal nutrient loading

    Jukka Horppila;Timo Kairesalo

Frequent Co-Authors

Timo Kairesalo
Timo Kairesalo University of Helsinki
Anne Ojala
Anne Ojala University of Helsinki
Kaarina Sivonen
Kaarina Sivonen University of Helsinki
Kalevi Salonen
Kalevi Salonen University of Helsinki
Peeter Nõges
Peeter Nõges Estonian University of Life Sciences
Jouko Sarvala
Jouko Sarvala University of Turku
Jan Kubečka
Jan Kubečka Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Kimmo K. Kahilainen
Kimmo K. Kahilainen University of Helsinki
Peter G. Appleby
Peter G. Appleby University of Liverpool
Janne Soininen
Janne Soininen University of Helsinki

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