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60
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33

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Mikko Heino is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and specializes in Environmental Science, with a substantial focus on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Genetics, and Aquatic Science.

Their research predominantly addresses topics related to marine and fisheries biology. Key areas include Marine and Fisheries Research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Heino has authored multiple scientific papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Life histories determine divergent population trends for fishes under climate warming, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Reaction norm analysis of fisheries-induced adaptive change and the case of the Northeast Arctic cod, 2024, 14 s.
  • Natural and anthropogenic drivers of escaped farmed salmon occurrence and introgression into wild Norwegian Atlantic salmon populations, 2022, ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Evolution of Reproduction Periods in Seasonal Environments, 2020, The American Naturalist
  • Harvesting forage fish can prevent fishing-induced population collapses of large piscivorous fish, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

They frequently collaborate with several other researchers, including Ulf Dieckmann, Peng Sun, Yongjun Tian, Runlong Sun, and Katja Enberg.

Heino's work is regularly published in scientific venues such as 14 s., ICES Journal of Marine Science, BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)), Fisheries Research, and 11 s.

In recognition of their contributions, Mikko Heino was named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Maturation trends indicative of rapid evolution preceded the collapse of northern cod

    Esben M. Olsen;Esben M. Olsen;Mikko Heino;George R. Lilly;M. Joanne Morgan

  • Ecology: managing evolving fish stocks.

    Christian Jørgensen;Katja Enberg;Erin S. Dunlop;Robert Arlinghaus;Robert Arlinghaus

  • Managing Evolving Fish Stocks

    C. Joergensen;K. Enberg;E.S. Dunlop;R. Arlinghaus

  • Reconsidering the Consequences of Selective Fisheries

    S.M. Garcia;J. Kolding;J. Kolding;J. Rice;Marie-Joelle Rochet

  • Synchronous dynamics and rates of extinction in spatially structured populations

    Mikko Heino;Veijo Kaitala;Esa Ranta;Jan Lindström

  • Fisheries-induced evolution

    Mikko Petteri Heino;Beatriz Diaz Pauli;Ulf Dieckmann

  • MEASURING PROBABILISTIC REACTION NORMS FOR AGE AND SIZE AT MATURATION

    Mikko Heino;Ulf Dieckmann;Olav Rune Godø

  • Fisheries-Induced Selection Pressures in the Context of Sustainable Fisheries

    M. Heino;O.R. Godoe

  • Adaptive changes in harvested populations: plasticity and evolution of age and size at maturation.

    Bruno Ernande;Ulf Dieckmann;Mikko Heino

  • Fishing-induced evolution of growth: concepts, mechanisms and the empirical evidence

    Katja Enberg;Christian Jørgensen;Erin S. Dunlop;Erin S. Dunlop;Øystein Varpe;Øystein Varpe;Øystein Varpe

  • Probabilistic maturation reaction norms: their history, strengths, and limitations

    Ulf Dieckmann;Mikko Heino

  • Fisheries-induced trends in reaction norms for maturation in North Sea plaice

    R.E. Grift;A.D. Rijnsdorp;S. Barot;Mikko Heino

  • A global biogeographic classification of the mesopelagic zone

    Tracey T. Sutton;Malcolm R. Clark;Daniel C. Dunn;Patrick N. Halpin

  • Evolutionary principles and their practical application

    Andrew P. Hendry;Michael T. Kinnison;Mikko Heino;Mikko Heino;Troy Day

  • Implications of fisheries-induced evolution for stock rebuilding and recovery

    Katja Enberg;Christian Jørgensen;Erin S. Dunlop;Mikko Heino

  • Assessing changes in age and size at maturation in collapsing populations of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

    Esben Moland Olsen;George R Lilly;Mikko Heino;M Joanne Morgan

  • Evolution of Migration Rate in a Spatially Realistic Metapopulation Model

    Mikko Heino;Ilkka Hanski

  • Management of evolving fish stocks

    Mikko Heino

  • Evolution in agriculture: the application of evolutionary approaches to the management of biotic interactions in agro-ecosystems.

    Peter H. Thrall;John G. Oakeshott;Gary Fitt;Simon Southerton

  • Evolutionary consequences of fishing and their implications for salmon.

    Jeffrey J. Hard;Mart R. Gross;Mikko Heino;Mikko Heino;Ray Hilborn

  • The enigma of frequency-dependent selection

    Mikko Heino;Johan A.J. Metz;Veijo Kaitala

  • Toward Darwinian fisheries management.

    Erin S. Dunlop;Katja Enberg;Christian Jørgensen;Mikko Heino

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulf Dieckmann
Ulf Dieckmann International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Veijo Kaitala
Veijo Kaitala University of Helsinki
Olav Rune Godø
Olav Rune Godø Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp
Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp Wageningen University & Research
Christian Jorgensen
Christian Jorgensen University of Bergen
Bruno Ernande
Bruno Ernande French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Georg H. Engelhard
Georg H. Engelhard Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Robert Arlinghaus
Robert Arlinghaus Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Johan A. J. Metz
Johan A. J. Metz Leiden University
Anssi Vainikka
Anssi Vainikka University of Eastern Finland

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