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Effects of bioheapleaching technology utilizing metal mine emissions on fish in boreal freshwaters
2018
Emissions from metal mining activities are known to deteriorate the quality of aquatic habitats and impair the condition and reproductive potential of fish. Metal extraction by biomining methods has been considered to cause fewer emissions, but for example in Finland, the impacts of a bioheapleaching technology utilizing metal mine on the local freshwaters have been substantial. In this thesis, the impacts of the bioheapleaching mine emissions on three native fish species, brown trout (Salmo trutta) European perch (Perca fluviatilis) and whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus pallasi), were investigated. Manganese and sulphate concentrations have been elevated in the mining impacted waters, and in …
Context dependent variation in corticosterone and phenotypic divergence of Rana arvalis populations along an acidification gradient
2022
Background Physiological processes, as immediate responses to the environment, are important mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity and can influence evolution at ecological time scales. In stressful environments, physiological stress responses of individuals are initiated and integrated via the release of hormones, such as corticosterone (CORT). In vertebrates, CORT influences energy metabolism and resource allocation to multiple fitness traits (e.g. growth and morphology) and can be an important mediator of rapid adaptation to environmental stress, such as acidification. The moor frog, Rana arvalis, shows adaptive divergence in larval life-histories and predator defense traits along an acidi…
Anthropogenic changes in Finnish lakes during the past 150 years inferred from benthic invertebrates and their sedimentary remains
2004
Järvien kuormitus-, rehevöitymis- ja palautumishistoria on ollut monivaiheinen ja pitkäkestoinen. Monet teollisuuden ja asumajätevesien kuormittamista järvistämme olivat lähes luonnontilaisia vielä 1900-luvun alussa, likaantuivat myöhemmin voimakkaasti, mutta ovat sittemmin alkaneet elpyä. Hajakuormituksesta kärsivissä järvissä rehevöityminen sen sijaan on edelleenkin jatkunut. Tämä selviää Juhani Hynysen vesistöjen ympäristöhistoriaa käsittelevässä väitöskirjassa, jossa hän on tutkinut puunjalostusteollisuuden kuormituksen, asumajätevesien sekä hajakuormituksen vaikutuksia suurten järvien biologisen tilan kehitykseen noin 1800-luvun puolivälistä nykypäivään. This thesis focuses on two them…
Short-term responses of Rana arvalis tadpoles to pH and predator stress: adaptive divergence in behavioural and physiological plasticity?
2022
Environmental stress is a major driver of ecological and evolutionary processes in nature. To cope with stress, organisms can adjust through phenotypic plasticity and/or adapt through genetic change. Here, we compared short-term behavioural (activity) and physiological (corticosterone levels, CORT) responses of Rana arvalis tadpoles from two divergent populations (acid origin, AOP, versus neutral origin, NOP) to acid and predator stress. Tadpoles were initially reared in benign conditions at pH 7 and then exposed to a combination of two pH (acid versus neutral) and two predator cue (predator cue versus no predator cue) treatments. We assessed behavioural activity within the first 15 min, an…