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Overview

Timo Kairesalo is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on health professions, environmental science, and arts and humanities. The specific subfields of study include general health professions, philosophy, ecology, and environmental chemistry.

Their main research topics reflect an interdisciplinary interest in both health-related social issues and aquatic ecosystems. These topics are:

  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Health, Medicine and Society
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior

Timo Kairesalo has contributed to several academic papers published in recognized venues. Their recent publications include:

  • A typology and ecological classification system for Finnish lakes: applicability of the ECOFRAME scheme, 2024, Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
  • Distribution patterns of epiphytic reed-associated macroinvertebrate communities across European shallow lakes, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Mean and variance estimations with different pixel sizes: case study in a small water quality monitoring area in southern Finland, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Comprehensive approach to the rehabilitation and management of Vesijärvi, a lake in southern Finland, 2024, Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ryszard Kornijów
  • Małgorzata Dukowska
  • Joanna Leszczyńska
  • Carl Smith
  • Erik Jeppesen

The venues where Kairesalo has published most often are:

  • Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Helda (University of Helsinki)

Best Publications

  • Biomanipulation as an application of food-chain theory: constraints, synthesis, and recommendations for temperate lakes

    Lars-Anders Hansson;Helene Annadotter;Eva Bergman;Stellan F. Hamrin

  • The determination of ecological status in shallow lakes - a tested system (ECOFRAME) for implementation of the European Water Framework Directive

    Brian Moss;Deborah Stephen;Cristina Alvarez;Eloy Becares

  • Impact of Submerged Macrophytes on Fish-Zooplankton Interactions in Lakes

    Erik Jeppesen;Torben L. Lauridsen;Timo Kairesalo;Martin R. Perrow

  • Microbial community structure and activity in arsenic-, chromium- and copper-contaminated soils

    Riina Turpeinen;Timo Kairesalo;Max M Häggblom

  • The role of climate in shaping zooplankton communities of shallow lakes

    M. Gyllström;L.-A. Hansson;E. Jeppesen;F. García Criado

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

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

  • Influence of microbes on the mobilization, toxicity and biomethylation of arsenic in soil

    R. Turpeinen;M. Pantsar-Kallio;Max Haggblom;T. Kairesalo

  • Effect of nutrient loading on bacterioplankton community composition in lake mesocosms

    Kaisa Haukka;Eija Kolmonen;Rafiqul Hyder;Jaana Hietala

  • Continental-scale patterns of nutrient and fish effects on shallow lakes: synthesis of a pan-European mesocosm experiment

    D Stephen;D M Balayla;E Becares;S E Collings

  • Comparison of methods for inhibiting bacterial activity in sediment.

    Liisa Tuominen;Timo Kairesalo;Helinä Hartikainen

  • Role of microbes in controlling the speciation of arsenic and production of arsines in contaminated soils.

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  • Subfossil Cladocera in relation to contemporary environmental variables in 54 Pan‐European lakes

    Rikke Bjerring;Eloy Becares;Steven Declerck;Elisabeth M. Gross

  • Response of zooplankton to nutrient enrichment and fish in shallow lakes: a pan-European mesocosm experiment

    Kirsi Vakkilainen;Timo Kairesalo;Jaana Hietala;David M. Balayla

  • Do submersed plants enhance microbial activity in sediment

    H Karjalainen;G Stefansdottir;L Tuominen;T Kairesalo

  • Effect of humic material on the bacterioplankton community composition in boreal lakes and mesocosms.

    Kaisa Haukka;Erika Heikkinen;Timo Kairesalo;Heli Karjalainen

  • 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

  • Co-occurrence and potential chemical competition of phosphorus and silicon in lake sediment

    Helinä Hartikainen;Marja Pitkänen;Timo Kairesalo;Liisa Tuominen

  • Mobility and bioavailability of lead in contaminated boreal forest soil

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  • Direct and indirect mechanisms behind successful biomanipulation

    Timo Kairesalo;Sirpa Laine;Eira Luokkanen;Tommi Malinen

  • Cladoceran remains in lake sediments: a comparison between plankton counts and sediment records

    Mirva Nykänen;Kirsi Vakkilainen;Mikko Liukkonen;Timo Kairesalo

  • The Seasonal Succession of Epiphytic Communities within an Equisetum fluviatile L. Stand in Lake Pääjärvi, Southern Finland

    Timo Kairesalo

  • 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

  • Dissolved Organic Matter in Lacustrine Ecosystems: Energy Source and System Regulator

    K. Salonen;T. Kairesalo;R. I. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Moss
Brian Moss University of Liverpool
Lars-Anders Hansson
Lars-Anders Hansson Lund University
Eloy Bécares
Eloy Bécares University of Leon
Susana Romo
Susana Romo University of Valencia
Maria Rosa Miracle
Maria Rosa Miracle University of Valencia
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Helinä Hartikainen
Helinä Hartikainen University of Helsinki
Tiina Nõges
Tiina Nõges Estonian University of Life Sciences
Jukka Horppila
Jukka Horppila University of Helsinki
Ellen Van Donk
Ellen Van Donk Utrecht University

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