Francisco R. Barboza

The Estonian Marine Institute of the University of Tartu (UTARTU) is the leading marine research institution in Estonia with decades of experience in studying marine biodiversity and ecosystems from an interdisciplinary perspective. UTARTU integrates monitoring, experimental and numerical/statistical approaches to investigate ecological and environmental phenomena across biological, spatial and temporal scales, and their dynamics under different Global Change scenarios. The generated knowledge is integrated into sophisticated but easy-to-use decision support tools developed by UTARTU in close collaboration with local, national and regional authorities and practitioners, and applied to inform MPA and MSP processes.