Dr. Marba currently works at the Global Change Research Group, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA). Nuria does research in Ecology, Marine Biology and Global Change. She is interested to know (1) the function of and services provided by macrophytes dominated marine ecosystems, (2) the coastal ecosystem responses to pressures and to the release of pressures, paying particular attention to no linear responses, and (3) to provide a scientific basis to define marine ecosystem conservation policies.