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Milla Rautio is affiliated with the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi in Canada. Their research spans multiple disciplines within Earth and Environmental Sciences, with a focus on understanding ecological and physical processes in cold and aquatic environments.

Their main fields of study include Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Subfields encompass Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Chemistry.

Research topics frequently addressed by Rautio involve:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Rautio has contributed to several publications in prominent scientific journals. Some recent papers include:

  • "Winter Limnology: How do Hydrodynamics and Biogeochemistry Shape Ecosystems Under Ice?" (2021) published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • "Warming winters in lakes: Later ice onset promotes consumer overwintering and shapes springtime planktonic food webs" (2021) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The Lake Ice Continuum Concept: Influence of Winter Conditions on Energy and Ecosystem Dynamics" (2021) in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • "Hidden Stores of Organic Matter in Northern Lake Ice: Selective Retention of Terrestrial Particles, Phytoplankton and Labile Carbon" (2021) in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • "First circumpolar assessment of Arctic freshwater phytoplankton and zooplankton diversity: Spatial patterns and environmental factors" (2021) in Freshwater Biology

Rautio's publications have appeared most frequently in the following journals:

  • Freshwater Biology
  • Arctic Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Ecosphere
  • Communications Earth & Environment

The researcher often collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Michael Power
  • Warwick F. Vincent
  • Maxime Wauthy
  • Isabelle Laurion
  • Guillaume Grosbois

Best Publications

  • Climate-driven regime shifts in the biological communities of arctic lakes

    John P. Smol;Alexander P. Wolfe;H. John B. Birks;Marianne S. V. Douglas

  • Reviews and syntheses: Effects of permafrost thaw on Arctic aquatic ecosystems

    J. E. Vonk;S. E. Tank;W. B. Bowden;I. Laurion

  • Ecology under lake ice

    Stephanie E. Hampton;Aaron W.E. Galloway;Stephen M. Powers;Ted Ozersky

  • Effects of UV radiation on aquatic ecosystems and interactions with other environmental factors.

    Donat-P. Häder;Craig E. Williamson;Sten-Åke Wängberg;Milla Rautio

  • Cladocera and Other Branchiopod Crustaceans

    Atte Korhola;Milla Rautio

  • Shallow freshwater ecosystems of the circumpolar Arctic.

    Milla Rautio;Isabelle Laurion;Sylvia Bonilla

  • Increasing dominance of terrigenous organic matter in circumpolar freshwaters due to permafrost thaw

    Maxime Wauthy;Milla Rautio;Milla Rautio;Kirsten S. Christoffersen;Laura Forsström

  • Benthic and pelagic food resources for zooplankton in shallow high‐latitude lakes and ponds

    Milla Rautio;Warwick F. Vincent

  • Seasonal ecosystem variability in remote mountain lakes: implications for detecting climatic signals in sediment records

    J. Catalan;J. Catalan;M. Ventura;A. Brancelj;I. Granados

  • Diatom and crustacean zooplankton communities, their seasonal variability and representation in the sediments of subarctic Lake Saanajärvi

    Milla Rautio;Sanna Sorvari;Atte Korhola

  • UV radiation and freshwater zooplankton: damage, protection and recovery

    Milla Rautio;Barbara Tartarotti

  • Seasonal shifts between autochthonous and allochthonous carbon contributions to zooplankton diets in a subarctic lake

    Milla Rautio;Milla Rautio;Heather Mariash;Laura Forsström;Laura Forsström

  • A multi-proxy analysis of climate impacts on the recent development of subarctic Lake Saanajärvi in Finnish Lapland

    A. Korhola;S. Sorvari;M. Rautio;P.G. Appleby

  • Winter Limnology: How do Hydrodynamics and Biogeochemistry Shape Ecosystems Under Ice?

    Joachim Jansen;Sally MacIntyre;David C. Barrett;Yu-Ping Chin

  • UV-induced pigmentation in subarctic Daphnia

    Milla Rautio;Atte Korhola

  • Effects of ultraviolet radiation and dissolved organic carbon on the survival of subarctic zooplankton

    Milla Rautio;Atte Korhola

  • Zooplankton, lipids and stable isotopes: importance of seasonal, latitudinal, and taxonomic differences

    Jari SyvärantaJ. Syväranta;Jari SyvärantaJ. Syväranta;Milla RautioM. Rautio;Milla RautioM. Rautio

  • Under-ice availability of phytoplankton lipids is key to freshwater zooplankton winter survival.

    Guillaume Grosbois;Heather Mariash;Tobias Schneider;Milla Rautio

  • Microbial life under ice: Metagenome diversity and in situ activity of Verrucomicrobia in seasonally ice-covered Lakes.

    Patricia Tran;Arthi Ramachandran;Ola Khawasik;Beatrix E. Beisner

  • The unique methodological challenges of winter limnology

    Benjamin D. Block;Blaize A. Denfeld;Jason D. Stockwell;Giovanna Flaim

  • Community structure of crustacean zooplankton in subarctic ponds - effects of altitude and physical heterogeneity

    Milla Rautio

  • Seasonality of phytoplankton in subarctic Lake Saanajärvi in NW Finnish Lapland

    Laura Forsström;Sanna Sorvari;Atte Korhola;Milla Rautio

  • Isotopic analysis of the sources of organic carbon for zooplankton in shallow subarctic and arctic waters

    Milla Rautio;Warwick F. Vincent

  • Warming winters in lakes: Later ice onset promotes consumer overwintering and shapes springtime planktonic food webs.

    Marie-Pier Hébert;Marie-Pier Hébert;Beatrix E. Beisner;Milla Rautio;Gregor F. Fussmann

  • The Lake Ice Continuum Concept: Influence of Winter Conditions on Energy and Ecosystem Dynamics

    E. Cavaliere;I. B. Fournier;V. Hazuková;G. P. Rue

  • Allochthonous carbon is a major regulator to bacterial growth and community composition in subarctic freshwaters

    Toni Roiha;Toni Roiha;Sari Peura;Sari Peura;Mathieu Cusson;Milla Rautio

  • Carotenoid accumulation in copepods is related to lipid metabolism and reproduction rather than to UV‐protection

    Tobias Schneider;Guillaume Grosbois;Warwick F. Vincent;Milla Rautio

Frequent Co-Authors

Warwick F. Vincent
Warwick F. Vincent Université Laval
Atte Korhola
Atte Korhola University of Helsinki
Kirsten Christoffersen
Kirsten Christoffersen University of Copenhagen
Isabelle Laurion
Isabelle Laurion Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Bailey C. McMeans
Bailey C. McMeans University of Toronto
Michael Power
Michael Power University of Waterloo
Anders Michelsen
Anders Michelsen University of Copenhagen
Sally Macintyre
Sally Macintyre MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Rajeshwar P. Sinha
Rajeshwar P. Sinha Banaras Hindu University
Donat-P. Häder
Donat-P. Häder University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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