Publications 2007

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals and Reviewed Book Chapters:

Ahola M., Laaksonen T., Eeva T., Lehikoinen E. Climate change
can alter competitive relationships between resident and migratory birds.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 76:1045-1052

Gienapp P., Leimu R., Merilä J. Responses to climate change in avian migration time - microevolution or phenotypic plasticity? Climate Research 35: 25-35. doi: 10.3354/cr00712

Heise, K., Estevez, M.S., Puntarulo, S., Galleano, M., Nikinmaa, M., Pörtner, H.O. and Abele, D. Changes in oxidative stress parameters and activation of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF-1) at different environmental temperatures in polar and temperate zoarcid fish. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 177: 765-777.

Herczeg G., Saarikivi J., Gonda A., Perälä J., Tuomola A., Merilä J. Suboptimal thermoregulation in male adders (Vipera berus) after hibernation imposed by spermiogenesis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92: 19-27. pdf

Herczeg G., Gonda A., Perälä J., Saarikivi J., Tuomola A., Merilä J. Ontogenetic differences in the preferred body temperature of the European adder vipera berus. Herpetological Journal 17: 58-61. pdf

Hoogewijs D, Terwilliger NB, Webster KA, Powell-Coffman JA, Tokishita S, Yamagata H, Hankeln T, Burmester T, Rytkönen KT, Nikinmaa M, Abele D, Heise K, Lucassen M, Fandrey J, Maxwell PH, Påhlman S and Gorr TA. From critters to cancer: bridging trajectories between comparative and clinical research of oxygen sensing, HIF signaling and adaptations towards hypoxia. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 47: 552-577

Johansson M., Primmer C.R., Merilä J.  Does habitat fragmentation reduce fitness and adaptability? A case study of the common frog (Rana temporaria). Molecular Ecology 16: 2693-2700. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03357.x

Knopp T., Crochet P.-A., Cano Arias J.M., Merilä J.  (2007) Contrasting levels of variation in neutral and quantitative genetic loci on Island populations of moor frogs (Rana arvalis). Conservation Genetics 8: 45-56. doi: 10.1007/s10592-006-9147-4

Kuparinen A., Merilä J. Detecting and managing fisheries-induced evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22: 652-659. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.08.011

Lesbarrères D., Schmeller D.S., Primmer C.R., Merilä J. Genetic variability predicts common frog (Rana temporaria) size at metamorphosis in the wild. Heredity 99: 41-46. pdf

Matsuba C., Palo J.U., Kuzmin S.L., Merilä J. Evidence for multiple retroposition events and gene evolution in the ADP/ATP Translocase gene family in ranid frogs. Journal of Heredity 98: 300-310. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esm038

Mäkinen, H.S., Välimäki K., Merilä J. Cross-species amplification of microsatellite loci for nine-spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius. Annales Zoologici Fennici 44: 218–224. pdf

Nikinmaa M.,  Waser W. Molecular and cellular studies in evolutionary physiology of natural vertebrate populations – influences of individual variation and genetic components on sampling and measurements. Journal of Experimental Biology 210, 1847-1857.

Persson M., Räsänen K., Laurila A., Merilä J. Maternally determined adaptation to acidity in Rana arvalis: are laboratory and field estimates of embryonic stress tolerance congruent? Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 832-838. doi: 10.1139/Z07-064

Piha H., Luoto M., Piha M., Merilä J. Anuran abundance and persistence in agricultural lndscapes during a climatic extreme. Global Change Biology 13: 300-311. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01276.x

Piha H., Luoto M., Merilä J. Amphibian occurrence is influenced by current and historic landscape characteristics. Ecological Applications 17: 2298-2309. pdf

Renshaw G.M.C., Nikinmaa M. Oxygen Sensors of the Peripheral and Central Nervous System, In: Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology, 3rd edition, Vol. 20, Sensory Neurochemisty (D. Johnson, ed.), Springer, New York, pp. 272-296.

Rytkönen K.T., Vuori K.A.M., Primmer C.R., Nikinmaa M. Evolution of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α) in hypoxia-sensitive and hypoxia-tolerant fishes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D - Genomics and Proteomics, 2: 177-186.

Ryynänen H., Tonteri A., Vasemägi A., Primmer C. R. A comparison of biallelic markers  and microsatellites for the estimation of population and conservation genetic parameters in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).  Journal of Heredity 98: 692-704.

Schmeller D.S., Merilä J. Demographic and genetic estimates of effective population size in an amphibian Rana temporaria. Conservation Biology 21: 142-151.

Shikano T. Quantitative genetic parameters for growth-related and morphometric traits of hatchery-produced Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus in the wild. Aquaculture Research 38: 1248-1253.

Shimada Y., Shikano T., Murakami N., Tsuzaki T. and Seikai T. Maternal and genetic effects on individual variation during early development in Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus.
Fisheries Science 73: 244-249.

Söderman F., van Dongen S., Pakkasmaa S., Merilä J. Environmental stress increases skeletal fluctuating asymmetry in the moor frog Rana arvalis. Oecologia 151: 593-604. doi: 10.1007/s00442-006-0611-0

Teplitsky C., Laurila A. Flexible defense strategies: competition gradient modifies investment in behavioral vs. morphological defenses in tadpoles. Ecology 88:1641-1646.
 

Teplitsky C., Räsänen K., Laurila A. Adaptive plasticity in stressful environments: acidity constraints inducible defences in Rana arvalis. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9: 447-458.

Tonteri A., Veselov A., Titov S., Lumme J., Primmer C.R. The effect of migratory behavior on genetic diversity and population divergence: a comparison of anadromous and freshwater Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) Journal of Fish Biology, 70: 381-398 Suppl. C

Valenzuela, N. and Shikano T. Embryological ontogeny of aromatase gene expression in Chrysemys picta and Apalone mutica turtles: comparative patterns within and across temperature-dependent and genotypic sex-determining mechanisms. Development Genes and Evolution 217: 55-62.

Vuori K.A.M., Nikinmaa M. M74 syndrome in Baltic salmon and the possible role of oxidative stresses in its development: present knowledge and perspectives for future studies. Ambio, 36, 68-72.

Vähä J.-P.K., Erkinaro J., Niemelä E., Primmer C.R. Life-history and habitat features influence the within-river genetic structure of Atlantic salmon. Molecular Ecology 16: 2638-54.

 

 

Other publications:

Dannewitz J., Florin A.-B., Petersson E., Nielsen E., Magnussen E., Dahle G., Merilä J., Heino M., Skúlason S., Aho T., Järvi T., Johansen T. Genetic consequences of fisheries and fisheries management. Report from a multi-disciplinary workshop in Rönne, Bornholm, 25-26 October 2006. TemaNord 2007:573. pdf

Kuparinen A., Merilä J. Vesivoiman rakentaminen uhka luonnonlohikannalle [In Finnish: Hydroelectric powerplants a threat to wild stocks of the Atlantic salmon]. Helsingin Sanomat, 7.5.2007, p. C4.

Kuparinen A., Merilä J. Laitoskasvatus haitallista kalanpoikasille. Helsingin Sanomat, 11.10.2007, p. C6.

Kuparinen A., Merilä J., Marttinen M., Koivurinta M. Vesivoimasta kalakatastrofi [In Finnish: Hydoelectric power - a threat to fishstocks]. Suomen Kuvalehti 28/2007:57.

Merilä J. Erhardt von Grupten Mundt ja luonnonsuojelugenetiikka. [In Finnish: Erhardt von Grupten Mundt and conservation genetics]. Luonnon Tutkija 111(1):3.

Rytkönen K. Kaimaanien vieraana. [In Finnish: As a guest of caimans]. Helsingin Sanomat, 13.10.2007, meno & paluu