University of Turku
Archipelago Research Institute
The Archipelago Research Institute on Seili Island is a special unit in the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Turku.
Main building of the Archipelago Research Institute (left), maintenance of the profiling buoy (right) Photos: Jari Hänninen
The Archipelago Research Institute is a historical marine station, which offers various research support services and participates in multidisciplinary research of the Baltic Sea, with a special focus on the condition of the Archipelago Sea. The station is open for researchers and visitors year-round.
The Institute also offers research services and facilities for courses and seminars, mainly for universities.
Archipelago Research Institute is a partner of the national node of the Finnish marine stations within FINMARI (coordinated by TZS) in the EMBRC. Seili is also a member of the EuroMarine network.
With the focus on long-term monitoring of the brackish water environment, UTU offers data and statistical time series modeling of the ecosystem, supported with experimental laboratory facilities. The laboratory allows long-term manipulative experiments and rearing of organisms (algae, zooplankton, invertebrates, fish) for studies of ecological interactions in close collaboration with the evolutionary biology stronghold of UTU.
Contact
Jari Hänninen, Station director
Links
EuroMarine - European Marine Research network
EMBRC - European Marine Biological Resource Centre