Johan Eklöf

Johan Eklöf is a Professor at Stockholm University within the Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences. His research emphasizes marine ecology, focusing on interactions between marine biodiversity, environmental conditions (including climate), and societal impacts. He teaches courses such as Management of Aquatic Resources in the Tropics, Marine Ecology for the Biogeo Program, and Ecology II.

• Research Focus:
  • Causal relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem resilience
  • Foundation species as drivers of ecosystem services
  • Optimizing resource management under climate change
• Projects:
  • Principal Investigator for FORCE (2023-present), a transdisciplinary Baltic Sea recovery project
  • Contributor to NordSalt (climate impacts on Nordic salt marshes) and PlantFish (Baltic Sea vegetation-fish interactions)

Scientific Leadership:

• Supervises 2 current PhD students and co-supervises 6 additional PhD/postdocs
• Formerly mentored 4 PhD graduates and >40 MSc students

Environmental Context: His work spans Baltic Sea and Western Indian Ocean ecosystems, using seagrass beds, mussel beds, and coastal benthic systems as primary models. Recent publications highlight climate change impacts on trophic cascades, habitat connectivity, and policy frameworks for marine conservation.