Saimaa ringed seal research UEF

11/06/2025

Juuri julkaistu tutkimus paljastaa, että saimaannorppa on evolutiivisesti selvästi eriytyneempi kuin aikaisemmin on tiedetty.

29/04/2025

A new article on Saimaa ringed seal foraging behaviour:

Background Foraging rates directly influence animals’ energetic intake and expenditure and are thus linked to body condition and the ability to survive and reproduce. Further, understanding the underlying processes driving a species’ behaviour and habitat use is important as changes in behaviour...

26/03/2025

Our team is hosting the 4th Saimaa ringed seal symposium (Saimaannorppasymposium) on the 25th and 26th of March 2025. The symposium covers a vast number of topics from the latest news on the seal ecology and conservation to the interaction with fisheries. The symposium end with a panel discussion on the origin of the seal and whether the Saimaa ringed seal should be considered as its own species.

Itä-Suomen yliopisto - University of Eastern Finland (UEF)

15/11/2024

Milaja Nykänen is presenting really interesting results on the foraging behaviour of the Saimaa ringed seal!

14/11/2024

Jesse Simola, PhD student in our team is presenting a poster exposing the effect of mercury on Saimaa ringed seals and how placentas can be used as a biomonitoring tool!

12/11/2024

Our colleague Miina Auttila from Metsähallitus presented how climate change may lead to breeding habitat loss of the Saimaa ringed seal...

12/11/2024

Our colleague Riikka Alakoski from Metsähallitus show how they use distribution modelling for the conservation of the Saimaa ringed seal!

12/11/2024

Our colleague from the University of Helsinki, Petri Auvinen, presented the development of a SNP assay for Saimaa ringed seal individual identification through genotyping!

12/11/2024

Vincent Sorjonen-Biard presented Saimaa ringed seal group occurence during the moulting season and potential social associations!

12/11/2024

It is Mairi-Netta Young's turn! She is presenting the latest development of her PhD thesis on Saimaa ringed seal acoustics!

11/11/2024

Marja Niemi is opening the round of presentations from our team at the conference of marine mammalogy in Perth!
She is presenting the great team effort that resulted in the translocation of 3 Saimaa ringed seals over the past 2 years!