Olfat Abdelsaleheen
Grant-funded Researcher
PhD student
Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
My thesis focus on the reproduction biology and the environmental threats to freshwater mussels. A greater biomass density of freshwater mussels has globally greater potential for enhancing water clarity, reductions in water pollutants and increasing aquatic biodiversity. Effect of pollutions such as polycyclic aromatic compounds and nanoscale-plastic toxicity on freshwater mussels in Finland is poorly documented. So, my research will help to predict the impact of pollution, nanoscale- plastic toxicity and global warming on Finnish freshwater mussels. This information can be applied also internationally and scaled up to larger systems. In general, my research will diminish the large gap in our knowledge on the biology of this globally ecologically and economically important taxa, which are in many areas declining at an alarming.
Research groups
Publications
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Reproductive cycle, fecundity and growth of the freshwater mussel Unio tumidus (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Lake Viinijärvi, Finland
Abdelsaleheen, Olfat; Taskinen, Jouni; Kortet, Raine. 2024. Journal of molluscan studies. 90: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Species-specific differences and temperature-dependence of Na+/K+-ATPase in freshwater mussels Anodonta anatina and Unio tumidus (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
Abdelsaleheen, Olfat; Kortet, Raine; Vornanen, Matti. 2024. Comparative biochemistry and physiology a: molecular and integrative physiology. 296: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Reproduction biology and environmental threats for freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
Abdelsaleheen, Olfat Tharwat Mohamed. 2023. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in Science, Forestry and Technology G5 Doctoral dissertation (article) -
Reproduction cycle, trematode parasitism and growth of freshwater mussel Anodonta anatina (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
Abdelsaleheen, Olfat; Taskinen, Jouni; Kekäläinen, Jukka; Kortet, Raine. 2023. Hydrobiologia. 2024; 851: 1789-1805 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Temperature dependence of SERCA activity in thermally acclimated freshwater mussels Anodonta anatina and Unio tumidus (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
Abdelsaleheen, Olfat; Kortet, Raine; Vornanen, Matti. 2022. Aquaculture. 555: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The joint adverse effects of aged nanoscale plastic debris and their co-occurring benzo[α]pyrene in freshwater mussel (Anodonta anatina)
Abdelsaleheen, Olfat; Abdolahpur Monikh, Fazel; Keski-Saari, Sarita; Akkanen, Jarkko; Taskinen, Jouni; Kortet, Raine. 2021. Science of the total environment. 798: 149196 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research