Department of Marine Sciences, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, Lesvos, Greece.

Michael Karydis is Professor of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics and Management in the Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean (Greece). He studied Natural Sciences and specialized in Phytoplankton Ecology. His research interests focus on Marine Eutrophication, Human Impacts in the marine environment, Marine Ecosystem Health and over the last ten years on Marine Spatial Planning.