Curriculum vitae + Publication list Marja Koski ... - DTU Aqua

Curriculum vitae + Publication list
Marja Koski
Nationality: Finnish
Date of birth: 17.10.1968
Family: Married; 2 children born on 9 th July 2004 and 7 th August, 2007.
Address: National Institute for Aquatic Resources (Section of Ocean Ecology and Climate), Technical
University of Denmark, Kavalergården 6, DK-2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
Tel. 45-35883407
E-mail address: mak@aqua.dtu.dk
Languages: (More or less) fluent in Finnish, Swedish, English, Dutch, French and Danish.
Occupation: Senior scientist at the National Institute for Aquatic Resources
Scientific focus: My research concentrates on two central questions of the pelagic food webs, namely the
trophic transfer efficiency, and the sedimentation / remineralisation balance of the water column. These two
processes have a central role in determining, respectively, the food availability for planktivorous fish, and the
efficiency of the ocean’s biological pump. More specifically, my work focuses on brackish water and marine
copepods and their role as consumers in aquatic food webs and in degradation of marine snow particles.
Education:
� 2007: Qualification as an associate professor (docent). Faculty of Biosciences, University of
Helsinki, Finland.
� 1999: Ph.D. Department of Ecology and Systematics, Division of Hydrobiology, University of
Helsinki, Finland.
� 1995: Ph.Lic. University of Helsinki.
� 1993: M.Sc. University of Helsinki.
Teaching and administration:
� Projects: Coordinating Nordic (NordForsk) network ‘The biological pump in the Nordic seas:
copepods and appendicularians as producers and consumers of sinking particles’
� Teaching: Currently teaching the master course on biological oceanography and co-coordinating a
PhD seminar at DTU aqua. Co-organiser of 3 Nordic PhD courses on pelagic processes (2007, 2009
and 2011), and teacher on > 10 field and laboratory courses, mainly dealing with plankton ecology
� Current or recent students: External supervisor of the PhD of Rosewati Md. Amin (University of
Umeå; finished December 2011), supervisor of the master thesis of Lene Mausson Pankoke (DTU
Aqua; finished August 2012).
� Associate editor of the Journal of Plankton Research, ca.10 other referee commissions per year
(Marine Ecology Progress Series, Marine Biology, Limnology and Oceanography, Journal of
Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Hydrobiologia, Oceanologica Acta, Journal of Plankton
Research, Polar Biology, Aquatic Biology, Biogeosciences)
� Opponent or member of examination committee: Licentiate defense of Towe Holmborn (University
of Stockholm), PhD defense of Kristin Dahlgren (University of Umeå), PhD defense of Johanna
Bergkvist (University of Gothenburg)
Publications:
� 42 peer-reviewed publications; examples from the last 5 years:
Lombard, F., Koski, M., Kiørboe, T. (2012) Copepods use chemical trails to find sinking marine snow
aggregates. Limnol. Oceangr. (In Press)
Koski, M., Yebra, L., Dutz, J., Jónasdóttir, S., Vidoudez, C., Jakobsen, H.H., Pohnert, G., Nejstgaard, J.
(2012): The effect of egg vs. seston quality on hatching success, naupliar metabolism and survival of
Calanus finmarchicus in mesocosms dominated by Phaeocystis and diatoms. Mar. Biol.
Jónasdóttir, S.H., Dutz, J., Koski, M., Yebra, L., Vidoudez, C., Jakobsen, H.H., Pohnert, G., Nejstgaard, J.C.
(2011). Extensive cross disciplinary analysis of biological and chemical control of Calanus finmarchicus
reproduction during an aldehyde forming diatom bloom in mesocosms. Mar. Biol.

Md Amin, R., Koski, M., Båmstedt, U. (2011) Strain-related physiological and behavioral effects of
Skeletonema marinoi on three common planktonic copepods. Mar. Biol.
Koski, M., Jόnasdόttir, S.H., Bagøyen, E. (2010) Biological processes in the North Sea: vertical distribution
and reproduction of neritic copepods in relation to environmental factors. J. Plankton Res. 33: 63-85.
Jónasdóttir, S.H., Koski, M. (2010) Biological processes in the North Sea: comparison of Calanus
helgolandicus and Calanus finmarchicus vertical distribution and production. J. Plankton Res. 33: 85-105.
Koski, M., Dutz, J., Klein Breteler, W., Rampen, S., Noordeloos, A. (2010) Seasonal changes in food
quantity and quality of the common North Sea copepods Temora longicornis and Pseudocalanus elongatus:
a bioassay approach. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 399: 141-155.
Kozlowsky-Suzuki. B., Koski, M., Hallberg, E., Wallén, R., Carlsson, P. (2009) Glutathione transferase
activity and oocyte development in copepods exposed to toxic phytoplankton. Harmful algae 8: 395-406.
Sopanen, S., Koski, M., Uronen, P., Kuuppo, P., Lehtinen,,S., Legrand, C., Tamminen, T. (2008)
Prymnesium parvum exotoxins affect the grazing and viability of the calanoid copepod Eurytemora affinis.
Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 361: 191-202.
Koski, M., Wichard, T., Jónasdóttir, S. (2008) ‘Good’ and ‘bad’ diatoms: Development, growth and juvenile
mortality of Temora longicornis on diatom diets. Mar. Biol. 154: 719-134.
Ploug, H., Iversen, M.H., Koski, M., Buitenhuis, E.T. (2008) Production, oxygen respiration rates, and
sinking velocity of copepod fecal pellets: direct measurements of ballasting by opal and calcite. Limnol.
Oceanogr. 53: 469-476.
Dutz, J., Koski, M., Jónasdóttir, S (2008). Copepod reproduction is unaffected by diatom aldehydes or lipid
composition. Limnol. Oceanogr. 53: 225-235.