Minna Hiltunen

Minna Hiltunen

Academy Research Fellow
Unit
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Department / Division
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
Room number
YA C411.1
Email
minna.m.hiltunen@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358408490880
Postal address
Survontie 9
Fields of science
1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
1172 Environmental sciences

Research interests

I am studying how environmental change affects aquatic ecosystems. I am especially interested in plankton, because these tiny plants and animals form the basis of the whole food web. In my ongoing project, I am using resting eggs of water fleas collected in lake sediments to study how browning has changed the biogeochemistry (flows of elements) in small lakes.

Publications

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Projects

Logo with a daphnia on blue to brown gradient background and ephippia in sediment.
Project

Daphnia ephippia as time capsules – using dormant eggs to detect browning-induced shifts in lake biogeochemistry (Hippicap)

The aim of the Hippicap project is to use multiple proxies in sediment core studies to show how browning has changed – and is still changing - the structure and function of small lakes.