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Ecology and Evolution
Estonia
2025

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
10006
World Ranking
3643
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Estonia Leader Award

Overview

Henn Ojaveer is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia and specializes in environmental science with a notable focus on global and planetary change. Their research spans various subfields, including ecology, management, monitoring, policy and law, nature and landscape conservation, and oceanography.

Ojaveer's work addresses diverse topics related to marine and fisheries research, marine ecology and invasive species, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies. Other prominent subjects in their research portfolio include coral and marine ecosystems studies, isotope analysis in ecology, coastal and marine management, and fish ecology and management studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ojaveer include:

  • Heli Einberg
  • Bella S. Galil
  • Jonne Kotta
  • Maiju Lehtiniemi
  • Brian R. MacKenzie

Ojaveer has published multiple papers in renowned scientific journals. Notable recent publications are:

  • "Trends in the detection of aquatic non-indigenous species across global marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems: A 50-year perspective," 2020, Diversity and Distributions
  • "Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable," 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Prioritizing marine invasive alien species in the European Union through horizon scanning," 2020, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • "Disentangling temporal food web dynamics facilitates understanding of ecosystem functioning," 2021, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Operationalizing risk-based cumulative effect assessments in the marine environment," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Ojaveer regularly publishes in several key journals that are frequently chosen for disseminating research findings. These include:

  • Diversity and Distributions
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Biological Invasions
  • Hydrobiologia

Best Publications

  • A census of marine biodiversity knowledge, resources, and future challenges.

    Mark John Costello;Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Roberto Danovaro;Pat Halpin

  • Dispersal and emerging ecological impacts of Ponto-Caspian species in the Laurentian Great Lakes.

    Henry A. Vanderploeg;Thomas F. Nalepa;David J. Jude;Edward L. Mills

  • The Baltic Sea as a time machine for the future coastal ocean

    Thorsten B. H. Reusch;Jan Dierking;Helen C. Andersson;Erik Bonsdorff

  • Status of Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

    Henn Ojaveer;Andres Jaanus;Brian R. MacKenzie;Georg Martin

  • The Baltica sea of invaders

    Erkki Leppäkoski;Stephan Gollasch;Piotr Gruszka;Henn Ojaveer

  • ‘Double trouble’: the expansion of the Suez Canal and marine bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea

    Bella S. Galil;Ferdinando Boero;Marnie L. Campbell;James T. Carlton

  • International arrivals: widespread bioinvasions in European Seas.

    B.S. Galil;A. Marchini;A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi;D. Minchin

  • Trophic status of the south-eastern Baltic Sea: A comparison of coastal and open areas

    N. Wasmund;A. Andrushaitis;E. Łysiak-Pastuszak;B. Müller-Karulis

  • Classification of non-indigenous species based on their impacts: considerations for application in marine management.

    Henn Ojaveer;Bella S. Galil;Marnie L. Campbell;James T. Carlton

  • Using indicators for evaluating, comparing, and communicating the ecological status of exploited marine ecosystems. 2. Setting the scene.

    Yunne-Jai Shin;Lynne J. Shannon;Alida Bundy;Marta Coll

  • A risk-based approach to cumulative effect assessments for marine management

    Vanessa Stelzenmüller;Marta Coll;Antonios D. Mazaris;Sylvaine Giakoumi;Sylvaine Giakoumi

  • Trends in the detection of aquatic non‐indigenous species across global marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems: A 50‐year perspective

    Sarah A. Bailey;Lyndsay Brown;Marnie L. Campbell;João Canning-Clode

  • Ten recommendations for advancing the assessment and management of non-indigenous species in marine ecosystems

    Henn Ojaveer;Bella S. Galil;Dan Minchin;Sergej Olenin

  • Dose of truth - Monitoring marine non-indigenous species to serve legislative requirements

    Maiju Lehtiniemi;Henn Ojaveer;Matej David;Bella Galil

  • Historical baselines in marine bioinvasions: Implications for policy and management

    Henn Ojaveer;Bella S. Galil;James T. Carlton;Heidi Alleway

  • The enlargement of the Suez Canal – Erythraean introductions and management challenges

    Bella Galil;Agnese Marchini;Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi;Henn Ojaveer

  • Ecological indicators to capture the effects of fishing on biodiversity and conservation status of marine ecosystems

    M. Coll;M. Coll;L. J. Shannon;K. M. Kleisner;M. J. Juan-Jorda

  • Can simple be useful and reliable? Using ecological indicators to represent and compare the states of marine ecosystems

    Yunne-Jai Shin;Alida Bundy;Lynne J. Shannon;Monique Simier

  • Gulf of Riga and Pärnu Bay

    J. Kotta;V. Lauringson;G. Martin;M. Simm

  • Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable

    Unknown

  • Composition and dynamics of fish stocks in the Gulf of Riga ecosystem

    Henn Ojaveer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonne Kotta
Jonne Kotta University of Tartu
Brian R. MacKenzie
Brian R. MacKenzie Technical University of Denmark
Maiju Lehtiniemi
Maiju Lehtiniemi Finnish Environment Institute
Sergej Olenin
Sergej Olenin Klaipėda University
Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi
Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi University of Pavia
Agnese Marchini
Agnese Marchini University of Pavia
Marta Coll
Marta Coll Spanish National Research Council
Bella S. Galil
Bella S. Galil Tel Aviv University
Anastasija Zaiko
Anastasija Zaiko Sequench Limited

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