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Yu, L.; Renton, J.; Burian, A.; Khachaturyan, M.; Bayer, T.; Kotta, J.; Stachowicz, J.J.; DuBois, K.; Baums, I.B.; Werner, B.; Reusch, T.B.H. (2024). A somatic genetic clock for clonal species. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8(7): 1327-1336. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02439-z
Zaiko, A.; Cardeccia, A.; Carlton, J.T.; Clark, F.F.; Creed, J.C.; Davidson, I.; Floerl, O.; Galil, B.; Grosholz, E.; Hopkins, G.A.; Johnston, E.L.; Kotta, J.; Marchini, A.; Ojaveer, H.; Ruiz, G.; Therriault, T.W.; Inglis, G.J. (2024). Structural and functional effects of global invasion pressure on benthic marine communities—patterns, challenges and priorities. Diversity Distrib. 30(7): e13838. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13838
Eroldogan, O.T.; Glencross, B.; Novoveska, L.; Gaudêncio, S.P.; Rinkevich, B.; Varese, G.C.; Carvalho, M.F.; Tasdemir, D.; Safarik, I.; Nielsen, S.L.; Rebours, C.; Lukic Bilela, L.; Robbens, J.; Strode, E.; Haznedaroğlu, B.Z.; Kotta, J.; Evliyaoglu, E.; Oliveira, J.; Girao, M.; Vasquez, M.I.; Cabarkapa, I.; Rakita, S.; Klun, K.; Rotter, A. (2023). From the sea to aquafeed: a perspective overview. Reviews in Aquaculture 15(3): 1028-1057. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/raq.12740
Kotta, J.; Stechele, B.; Barboza, F.R.; Kaasik, A.; Lavaud, R. (2023). Towards environmentally friendly finfish farming: a potential for mussel farms to compensate fish farm effluents. J. Appl. Ecol. 60(7): 1314-1326. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14422
Kotta, J.; Lenz, M.; Barboza, F.R.; Jänes, H.; Grande, P.A.D.; Beck, A.; Van Colen, C.; Hamm, T.; Javidpour, J.; Kaasik, A.; Pantó, G.; Szava-Kovats, R.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Lees, L.; Loite, S.; Canning-Clode, J.; Gueroun, S.K.M.; Kõivupuu, A. (2022). Blueprint for the ideal microplastic effect study: critical issues of current experimental approaches and envisioning a path forward. Sci. Total Environ. 838(Part 4): 156610. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156610
Wenne, R.; Zbawicka, M.; Pradzinska, A.; Kotta, J.; Herkül, K.; Gardner, J.P.A.; Apostolidis, A.P.; Pocwierz-Kotus, A.; Rouane Hacene, O.; Korrida, A.; Dondero, F.; Baptista, M.; Reizopoulou, S.; Hamer, B.; Sundsaasen, K.K.; Árnyasi, M.; Kent, M.P. (2022). Molecular genetic differentiation of native populations of Mediterranean blue mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819, and the relationship with environmental variables. The European Zoological Journal 89(1): 755-784. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2022.2086306
Galparsoro, I.; Pinarbasi, K.; Gissi, E.; Culhane, F.; Gacutan, J.; Kotta, J.; Cabana, D.; Wanke, S.; Aps, R.; Bazzucchi, D.; Cozzolino, G.; Custodio, M.; Fetissov, M.; Inácio, M.; Jernberg, S.; Piazzi, A.; Paudel, K.P.; Ziemba, A.; Depellegrin, D. (2021). Operationalisation of ecosystem services in support of ecosystem-based marine spatial planning: insights into needs and recommendations. Mar. Policy 131: 104609. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104609
Rotter, A.; Barbier, M.; Bertoni, F.; Bones, A.M.; Cancela, M.L.; Carlsson, J.; Carvalho, M.F.; Ceglowska, M.; Chirivella-Martorell, J.; Dalay, M.C.; Cueto, M.; Dailianis, T.; Deniz, I.; Díaz Marrero, A.R.; Drakulovic, D.; Dubnika, A.; Edwards, C.; Einarsson, H.; Erdogan, A.; Eroldogan, O.T.; Ezra, D.; Fazi, S.; FitzGerald, R.J.; Gargan, L.M.; Gaudêncio, S.P.; Udovic, M.G.; DeNardis, N.I.; Jónsdóttir, R.; Katarzyte, M.; Klun, K.; Kotta, J.; Ktari, L.; Ljubesic, Z.; Bilela, L.L.; Mandalakis, M.; Massa-Gallucci, A.; Matijosyte, I.; Mazur-Marzec, H.; Mehiri, M.; Nielsen, S.L.; Novoveska, L.; Overlinge, D.; Perale, G.; Ramasamy, P.; Rebours, C.; Reinsch, T.; Reyes, F.; Rinkevich, B.; Robbens, J.; Röttinger, E.; Rudovica, V.; Sabotid, J.; Safarik, I.; Talve, S.; Tasdemir, D.; Schneider, X.T.; Torunska-Sitarz, A.; Varese, G.C.; Vasquez, M.I. (2021). The essentials of marine biotechnology. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 629629. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3389/fmars.2021.629629
Valdivia, N.; López, D.N.; Fica-Rojas, E.; Catalán, A.M.; Aguilera, M.A.; Araya, M.; Betancourtt, C.; Burgos-Andrade, K.; Carvajal-Baldeon, T.; Escares, V.; Gartenstein, S.; Grossmann, M.; Gutiérrez, B.; Kotta, J.; Morales-Torres, D.F.; Riedemann-Saldivia, B.; Rodriguez, S.M.; Velasco-Charpentier, C.; Villalobos, V.I.; Broitman, B.R. (2021). Stability of rocky intertidal communities, in response to species removal, varies across spatial scales. Oikos (Kbh.) 130(8): 1385-1398. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.08267
Wenne, R.; Zbawicka, M.; Bach, L.; Strelkov, P.; Gantsevich, M.; Kuklinski, P.; Kijewski, T.; McDonald, J.H.; Sundsaasen, K.K.; Árnyasi, M.; Lien, S.; Kaasik, A.; Herkül, K.; Kotta, J. (2020). Trans-Atlantic distribution and introgression as inferred from single nucleotide polymorphism: Mussels Mytilus and environmental factors. Genes 11(5): 530. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes11050530
Holmes, M.; Kotta, J.; Persson, A.; Sahlin, U. (2019). Marine protected areas modulate habitat suitability of the invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) in the Baltic Sea. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 229: 106380. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106380
Kotta, J.; Wernberg, T.; Janes, H.; Kotta, I.; Nurkse, K.; Pärnoja, M.; Orav-Kotta, H. (2018). Novel crab predator causes marine ecosystem regime shift. NPG Scientific Reports 8(1): 7 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23282-w
dal Bello, M.; Leclerc, J.-C.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; De Lucia, G.A.; Arvanitidis, C.; van Avesaath, P.; Bachelet, G.; Bojanic, N.; Como, S.; Coppa, S.; Coughlan, J.; Crowe, T.; Degraer, S.; Espinosa, F.; Faulwetter, S.; Frost, M.; Guinda, X.; Jankowska, E.; Jourde, J.; De La Pena, J.A.J.; Kerckhof, F.; Kotta, J.; Lavesque, N.; Magni, P.; de Matos, V.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Pavloudi, C.; Pedrotti, M.L.; Peleg, O.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Puente, A.; Ribeiro, P.; Rigaut-Jalabert, F.; Rilov, G.; Rousou, M.; Rubal, M.; Ruginis, T.; Silva, T.; Simon, N.; Sousa-Pinto, I.; Troncoso, J.; Warzocha, J.; Weslawski, J.M.; Hummel, H. (2017). Consistent patterns of spatial variability between NE Atlantic and Mediterranean rocky shores. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 97(3): 539-547. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315416001491
Hummel, H.; van Avesaath, P.; Wijnhoven, S.; Kleine-Schaars, L.; Degraer, S.; Kerckhof, F.; Bojanic, N.; Skejic, S.; Vidjak, O.; Rousou, M.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Kotta, J.; Jourde, J.; Pedrotti, M.L.; Leclerc, J.-C.; Simon, N.; Rigaut-Jalabert, F.; Bachelet, G.; Lavesque, N.; Arvanitidis, C.; Pavloudi, C.; Faulwetter, S.; Crowe, T.; Coughlan, J.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; dal Bello, M.; Magni, P.; Como, S.; Coppa, S.; Ikauniece, A.; Ruginis, T.; Jankowska, E.; Weslawski, J.M.; Warzocha, J.; Gromisz, S.; Witalis, B.; Silva, T.; Ribeiro, P.; De Matos, V.K.F.; Sousa-Pinto, I.; Veiga, P.; Troncoso, J.; Guinda, X.; De La Pena, J.A.J.; Puente, A.; Espinosa, F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Frost, M.; Mcneill, C.L.; Peleg, O.; Rilov, G. (2017). Geographic patterns of biodiversity in European coastal marine benthos. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 97(3): 507-523. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315416001119
Kotta, J.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Holger, J.; Hummel, H.; Arvanitidis, C.; van Avesaath, P.; Bachelet, G.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Bojanić, N.; Como, S.; Coppa, S.; Coughlan, J.; Crowe, T.; dal Bello, M.; Degraer, S.; De La Pena, J.A.J.; De Matos, V.K.F.; Espinosa, F.; Faulwetter, S.; Frost, M.; Guinda, X.; Jankowska, E.; Jourde, J.; Kerckhof, F.; Lavesque, N.; Leclerc, J.-C.; Magni, P.; Pavloudi, C.; Pedrotti, M.L.; Peleg, O.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Puente, A.; Ribeiro, P.; Rilov, G.; Rousou, M.; Ruginis, T.; Silva, T.; Simon, N.; Sousa-Pinto, I.; Troncoso, J.; Warzocha, J.; Weslawski, J.M. (2017). Essence of the patterns of cover and richness of intertidal hard bottom communities: a pan-European study. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 97(3): 525-538. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315416001351
Puente, A.; Guinda, X.; Juanes, J.A.; Ramos, E.; Echavarri-Erasun, B.; De La Hoz, C.F.; Degraer, S.; Kerckhof, F.; Bojanić, N.; Rousou, M.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Kotta, J.; Jourde, J.; Pedrotti, M.L.; Leclerc, J.-C.; Simon, N.; Bachelet, G.; Lavesque, N.; Arvanitidis, C.; Pavloudi, C.; Faulwetter, S.; Crowe, T.P.; Coughlan, J.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; dal Bello, M.; Magni, P.; Como, S.; Coppa, S.; De Lucia, G.A.; Rugins, T.; Jankowska, E.; Weslawski, J.M.; Warzocha, J.; Silva, T.; Ribeiro, P.; de Matos, V.; Sousa-Pinto, I.; Troncoso, J.; Peleg, O.; Rilov, G.; Espinosa, F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Frost, M.; Hummel, H.; van Avesaath, P. (2017). The role of physical variables in biodiversity patterns of intertidal macroalgae along European coasts. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 97(3): 549-560. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315416001673
Gogina, M.; Nygård, H.; Blomqvist, M.; Daunys, D.; Josefson, A.B.; Kotta, J.; Maximov, A.A.; Warzocha, J.; Yermakov, V.; Gräwe, U. (2016). The Baltic Sea scale inventory of benthic faunal communities. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 73(4): 1196-1213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsv265
Herkül, K.; Lauringson, V.; Kotta, J. (2016). Specialization among amphipods: the invasive Gammarus tigrinus has narrower niche space compared to native gammarids. Ecosphere 7(6): e01306. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1306
Schiele, K.S.; Darr, A.; Zettler, M.L.; Berg, T.; Blomqvist, M.; Daunys, D.; Jermakovs, V.; Korpinen, S.; Kotta, J.; Nygård, H.; von Weber, M.; Voss, J.; Warzocha, J. (2016). Rating species sensitivity throughout gradient systems – a consistent approach for the Baltic Sea. Ecol. Indic. 61(2): 447-455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.09.046
Cusson, M.; Crowe, T.P.; Araújo, R.; Arenas, F.; Aspden, R.J.; Bulleri, F.; Davoult, D.; Dyson, K.; Fraschetti, S.; Herkül, K.; Hubas, C.; Jenkins, S.; Kotta, J.; Kraufvelin, P.; Migné, A.; Molis, M.; Mulholland, O.; Noël, M.-L.J.; Paterson, D.M.; Saunders, J.; Somerfield, P.J.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Spilmont, N.; Terlizzi, A.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2015). Relationships between biodiversity and the stability of marine ecosystems: Comparisons at a European scale using meta-analysis. J. Sea Res. 98: 5-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.08.004
Kotta, J.; Möller, T.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Pärnoja, M. (2014). Realized niche width of a brackish water submerged aquatic vegetation under current environmental conditions and projected influences of climate change. Mar. Environ. Res. 102: 88-101. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.05.002
Kotta, J.; Torn, K.; Reisalu, G.; Veber, T. (2014). Relationships between mechanical disturbance and biomass of the invasive amphipod Gammarus tigrinus within a charophyte-dominated macrophyte community. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 35(s1): 11-18. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12073
Lauringson, V.; Kotta, J.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Kaljurand, K. (2014). Diet of mussels Mytilus trossulus and Dreissena polymorpha in a brackish nontidal environment. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 35(s1): 56-66. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12120
Lokko, K.; Kotta, J.; Virro, T. (2014). Seasonal trends in horizontal and vertical patterns of zoopsammon in the brackish Baltic Sea in relation to key environmental variables. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 127(1): 58-77. https://dx.doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-127.1.58
Pärnoja, M.; Kotta, J.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Paalme, T. (2014). Comparisons of individual and community photosynthetic production indicate light limitation in the shallow water macroalgal communities of the Northern Baltic Sea. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 35(s1): 19-27. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12074
Kotta, J.; Pärnoja, M.; Katajisto, T.; Lehtiniemi, M.; Malavin, S.; Reisalu, G.; Panov, V.E. (2013). Is a rapid expansion of the invasive amphipod Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939 associated with its niche selection: a case study in the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea. Aquat. Invasions 8(3): 319-332. https://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.3.08
Lokko, K.; Virro, T.; Kotta, J. (2012). Testing effects of shore height level, sediment characteristics and vegetation cover on the seasonality of zoopsammon communities in the two boreal lakes differing in their trophic state. Hydrobiologia 700(1): 1-8. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1210-1
Kersen, P.; Kotta, J.; Bucas, M.; Kolesova, N.; Dekere, Z. (2011). Epiphytes and associated fauna on the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus in the Baltic and the North Seas in relation to different abiotic and biotic variables. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 32(s1): 87-95. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00418.x
Herkül, K.; Kotta, J. (2009). Effects of eelgrass (Zostera marina) canopy removal and sediment addition on sediment characteristics and benthic communities in the Northern Baltic Sea. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 30(s1): 74-82. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00307.x
Kotta, J.; Herkül, K.; Kotta, I.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Lauringson, V. (2009). Effects of the suspension feeding mussel Mytilus trossulus on a brackish water macroalgal and associated invertebrate community. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 30(s1): 56-64. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00303.x
Lauringson, V.; Kotta, J.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Kotta, I.; Herkül, K.; Põllumäe, A. (2009). Comparison of benthic and pelagic suspension feeding in shallow water habitats of the Northeastern Baltic Sea. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 30(s1): 43-55. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00302.x
Möller, T.; Kotta, J.; Martin, G. (2009). Effect of observation method on the perception of community structure and water quality in a brackish water ecosystem. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 30(s1): 105-112. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00325.x
Põllumäe, A.; Kotta, J.; Leisk, U. (2009). Scale-dependent effects of nutrient loads and climatic conditions on benthic and pelagic communities in the Gulf of Finland. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 30(s1): 20-32. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00304.x
Kotta, J.; Lauringson, V.; Kotta, I. (2007). Response of zoobenthic communities to changing eutrophication in the northern Baltic Sea. Hydrobiologia 580(1): 97-108. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0462-z
Ojaveer, H.; Gollasch, S.; Jaanus, A.; Kotta, J.; Laine, A.O.; Minde, A.; Normant, M.; Panov, V.E. (2007). Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis in the Baltic Sea - a supply-side invader? Biological Invasions 9(4): 409-418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-006-9047-z, more
Herkül, K.; Kotta, J.; Kotta, I.; Orav-Kotta, H. (2006). Effects of physical disturbance, isolation and key macrozoobenthic species on community development, recolonisation and sedimentation processes. Oceanologia 48S: 267-282
Herkül, K.; Kotta, J.; Kotta, I. (2006). Distribution and population characteristics of the alien talitrid amphipod Orchestia cavimana in relation to environmental conditions in the Northeastern Baltic Sea. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 121-126, more
Kotta, J.; Kotta, I.; Simm, M.; Lankov, A.; Lauringson, V.; Põllumäe, A.; Ojaveer, H. (2006). Ecological consequences of biological invasions: three invertebrate case studies in the north-eastern Baltic Sea. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 106-112, more
Kotta, J.; Ólafsson, E. (2003). Competition for food between the introduced polychaete Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill) and the native amphipod Monoporeia affinis Lindström in the Baltic Sea. J. Sea Res. 50(1): 27-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1385-1101(03)00041-8
Kotta, J.; Boucher, G. (2001). Interregional variation of free-living nematode assemblages in tropical coral sands. Cah. Biol. Mar. 42(4): 315-326, more
Kotta, J.; Kotta, I.; Viitasalo, I. (2000). Effect of diffuse and point source nutrient supply on the low diverse macrozoobenthic communities of the northern Baltic Sea. Boreal Env. Res. 5(3): 235-242
Ojaveer, H.; Lankov, A.; Eero, M.; Kotta, J.; Kotta, I.; Lumberg, A. (1999). Changes in the ecosystem of the Gulf of Riga from the 1970s to the 1990s. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 56(Suppl.): 33-40

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