Leena Virta

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Education/Academic qualification

PhD

Fields of Science

1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
1171 Geosciences

12 Article
1 Doctoral Thesis

Diversity of benthic diatoms in the Baltic Sea: alpha and beta diversity, environmental drivers, and diversity-biomass relationships
Virta, L., 8 Jun 2023, In: Marine Ecology. Progress Series. 712, p. 35-47 13 p.
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Distance decay 2.0-A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities
Graco-Roza, C., Aarnio, S., Abrego, N., Acosta, A. T. R., Alahuhta, J., Altman, J., Angiolini, C., Aroviita, J., Attorre, F., Baastrup-Spohr, L., Barrera-Alba, J. J., Belmaker, J., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Bruelheide, H., Burrascano, S., Carboni, M., Cardoso, P., Carvalho, J. C., Castaldelli, G., & 72 othersChristensen, M., Correa, G., Dembicz, I., Dengler, J., Dolezal, J., Domingos, P., Erös, T., Ferreira, C. E. L., Filibeck, G., Floeter, S. R., Friedlander, A. M., Gammal, J., Gavioli, A., Gossner, M. M., Granot, I., Guarino, R., Gustafsson, C., Hayden, B., He, S., Heilmann-Clausen, J., Heino, J., Hunter, J. T., Huszar, V. L. M., Janisova, M., Jyrkankallio-Mikkola, J., Kahilainen, K. K., Kemppinen, J., Kozub, L., Kruk, C., Kulbiki, M., Kuzemko, A., Christiaan le Roux, P., Lehikoinen, A., Teixeira de Lima, D., Lopez-Urrutia, A., Lukacs, B. A., Luoto, M., Mammola, S., Marinho, M. M., Menezes, L. S., Milardi, M., Miranda, M., Moser, G. A. O., Mueller, J., Niittynen, P., Norkko, A., Nowak, A., Ometto, J. P., Ovaskainen, O., Overbeck, G. E., Pacheco, F. S., Pajunen, V., Palpurina, S., Picazo, F., Prieto, J. A. C., Rodil, I. F., Sabatini, F. M., Salingre, S., De Sanctis, M., Segura, A. M., da Silva, L. H. S., Stevanovic, Z. D., Swacha, G., Teittinen, A., Tolonen, K. T., Tsiripidis, I., Virta, L., Wang, B., Wang, J., Weisser, W., Xu, Y. & Soininen, J., Jul 2022, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31, 7, p. 1399-1421 23 p.
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Studying biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in experimental microcosms among islands
Teittinen, A., Soininen, J. & Virta, L., May 2022, In: Ecology. 103, 5, 12 p., 3664.
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Threshold effects of climate change on benthic diatom communities: Evaluating impacts of salinity and wind disturbance on functional traits and benthic biomass
Virta, L. & Teittinen, A., 20 Jun 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 826, 10 p., 154130.
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Biodiversity Loss Threatens the Current Functional Similarity of Beta Diversity in Benthic Diatom Communities
Virta, L., Soininen, J. & Norkko, A., 2021, In: Microbial Ecology. 81, p. 293–303 11 p.
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1 Finished
1 Active

Microphytobenthosin shallow coastal ecosystems – Key to tackling climate crisis?
Virta, L.
01/09/2023 → 31/08/2026
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
A trait-based approach for diatom functional biogeography in the Baltic Sea
Virta, L.
01/01/2017 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research project

2 Oral presentation

The diversity of benthic diatoms affects ecosystem functioning in the Baltic Sea
Leena Virta (Speaker)
25 Oct 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
The diversity of benthic diatoms affects ecosystem functioning in the Baltic Sea
Leena Virta (Speaker)
13 May 2018 → 18 May 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

Leena Virta

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Diversity of benthic diatoms in the Baltic Sea: alpha and beta diversity, environmental drivers, and diversity-biomass relationships

Distance decay 2.0-A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

Studying biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in experimental microcosms among islands

Threshold effects of climate change on benthic diatom communities: Evaluating impacts of salinity and wind disturbance on functional traits and benthic biomass

Biodiversity Loss Threatens the Current Functional Similarity of Beta Diversity in Benthic Diatom Communities

Microphytobenthosin shallow coastal ecosystems – Key to tackling climate crisis?

A trait-based approach for diatom functional biogeography in the Baltic Sea

The diversity of benthic diatoms affects ecosystem functioning in the Baltic Sea

The diversity of benthic diatoms affects ecosystem functioning in the Baltic Sea

Leena Virta

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