Åbo Akademi University Husö Biological Station

The Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU) is represented in FINMARI by its largest field station, Husö biological station (Husö), located in the NW Åland Islands, in the least affected archipelago area of the Baltic Sea. Husö serves as a centre for biological and ecological research, carries out environmental monitoring, and offers facilities for field courses, workshops and seminars.

Husö offers excellent facilities for field studies in combination with experimental research both in the field and laboratory. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in shallow coastal areas is a central research topic alongside with effect studies of human activities. Husö has a long tradition on participating in societal advisory boards and development of tools for decision making.

Husö is a partner of the national node of the Finnish marine stations within FINMARI (coordinated by TZS) in the EMBRC-ERIC. Husö is also a member of the MARS network. 

Links

EMBRC - European Marine Biological Resource Centre

MARS - The European Network of Marine Research Institutes and Stations network

Contact

Director Martin Snickars

Station manager Tony Cederberg