Mauro Lenzi is a researcher at the Ichthyogenic Laboratory of the Comitato Gestione Peschiere of Orbetello from 1981 to 1989. He directed the research and environmental monitoring in the Lab of Lagoon Ecology and Aquaculture (LEALab) of Orbetello Pesca Lagunare srl (OPL). The main research lines are as follows: 1) control of vegetation development and prediction of dystrophic risk in lagoon environments; 2) bio-geo-chemistry of coastal sediments and effects of the sediment resuspension; 3) biological instruments for the management of lagoon environments; 4) evaluation of the status of seagrass meadows and quantification of anthropic impact; 5) assessment of the impact of intensive fish farms and identification of mitigation solutions; 6) growth and physiology studies of opportunistic and marine macroalgal species; and 7) evaluation of the impact of alien algal species.