Open science

Publications

Research data, analysis and interpretation are published in international peer-reviewed journals — open access wherever possible — and presented at national and international conferences.

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2024
Journals

Population genomics unveils the century-old invasion of the seagrass Halophila stipulacea in the Mediterranean Sea.

García-Escudero, C. A., Tsigenopoulos, C. S., Manousaki, T., Tsakogiannis, A., Marbà, N., Vizzini, S., Duarte, C. M., & Apostolaki, E. T.

Marine Biology, 171, 40.

doi:10.1007/s00227-023-04361-7

2024
In press

Strong marine heatwaves trigger flowering occurrence of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

García-Escudero, C. A., Litsi-Mizan, V., Efthymiadis, P. T., Gerakaris, V., Serrano, O., & Apostolaki, E. T.

Limnology and Oceanography (manuscript accepted for publication).

2023
Journals

Alien freshwater turtles in Greece: citizen science reveals the hydra-headed issue of the pet turtle trade.

Kalaentzis, K., Kazilas, C., Strachinis, I., Tzoras, E., & Lymberakis, P.

Diversity, 15(5), 691.

doi:10.3390/d15050691

2023
Journals

Halimeda incrassata (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in Rhodes Island, Greece, Eastern Mediterranean.

Kondylatos, G., Kalaentzis, K., Gratsia, E., Mavrouleas, D., Kasapidis, P., Tsiamis, K., & Klaoudatos, D.

Mediterranean Marine Science, 24(3), 633–638.

doi:10.12681/mms.35435

2023
Journals

First record of Arcania brevifrons Chen, 1989 (Decapoda; Leucosiidae) and further record of Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) indicus Davie, 2012 (Decapoda; Macrophthalmidae) in Hellenic waters.

Kondylatos, G., Mavrouleas, D., Gratsia, E., Kasapidis, P., Corsini-Foka, M., & Klaoudatos, D.

BioInvasions Records, 12(1), 234–244.

doi:10.3391/bir.2023.12.1.19

2023
Journals

Decline of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) production over two decades in the face of warming of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Litsi-Mizan, V., Efthymiadis, P. T., Gerakaris, V., Serrano, O., Tsapakis, M., & Apostolaki, E. T.

New Phytologist, 239(6), 2126–2137.

doi:10.1111/nph.19084

2023
Journals

Unravelling the genetic pattern of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Litsi-Mizan, V., García-Escudero, C. A., Tsigenopoulos, C. S., Tsiaras, K., Gerakaris, V., & Apostolaki, E. T.

Biodiversity and Conservation.

doi:10.1007/s10531-023-02746-0

2023
Journals

A chronology-based wave input reduction technique for simulations of long-term coastal morphological changes: an application to the beach of Mastichari, Kos Island, Greece.

Malliouri, D. I., Petrakis, S., Vandarakis, D., Moraitis, V., Goulas, T., Hatiris, G. A., Drakopoulou, P., & Kapsimalis, V.

Water, 15(3), 389.

doi:10.3390/w15030389

2023
Journals

A non-stationary and directional probabilistic analysis of coastal storms in the Greek seas.

Malliouri, D. I., Moraitis, V., Petrakis, S., Vandarakis, D., Hatiris, G. A., & Kapsimalis, V.

Water, 15(13), 2455.

doi:10.3390/w15132455

2023
Journals

The modern natural tombolos of Greece.

Petrakis, S., Malliouri, D. I., Vandarakis, D., Moraitis, V., Hatiris, G., Drakopoulou, P., Arapis, M., & Kapsimalis, V.

Physical Geography, 1–19.

doi:10.1080/02723646.2023.2261177

2023
Journals

Prediction of shipping noise in range-dependent environments.

Skarsoulis, E. K., Piperakis, G., Prospathopoulos, A., & Makropoulos, D.

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(2), 290.

doi:10.3390/jmse11020290

2023
Journals

Effects of high temperature and marine heat waves on seagrasses: is warming affecting the nutritional value of Posidonia oceanica?

Stipcich, P., Beca-Carretero, P., Álvarez-Salgado, X. A., Apostolaki, E. T., Chartosia, N., Efthymiadis, P. T., Jimenez, C. E., La Manna, G., Pansini, A., Principato, E., & Resaikos, V.

Marine Environmental Research, 184, 105854.

2023
Journals

Carrying capacity and assessment of the tourism sector in the South Aegean Region, Greece.

Vandarakis, D., Malliouri, D., Petrakis, S., Kapsimalis, V., Moraitis, V., Hatiris, G. A., & Panagiotopoulos, I.

Water, 15(14), 2616.

doi:10.3390/w15142616

2023
Journals

Mass mortality of the invasive alien echinoid Diadema setosum (Echinoidea: Diadematidae) in the Mediterranean Sea.

Zirler, R., Schmidt, L. M., Roth, L., Corsini-Foka, M., Kalaentzis, K., Kondylatos, G., Mavrouleas, D., Bardanis, E., & Bronstein, O.

Royal Society Open Science, 10(5), 230251.

doi:10.1098/rsos.230251

2023
Chapters

Geomorphology and dynamics of the Aegean coasts.

Vandarakis, D. et al.

The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

doi:10.1007/698_2023_1061

2023
Conferences

Degraded east Aegean shallow rocky reefs — an ecological status assessment using the ecosystem-based reef-EBQI index.

Kytinou, E. et al.

Presented at ECSD22.

2023
Conferences

Convolutional recurrent neural networks for the classification of cetacean bioacoustic patterns.

Makropoulos, D. N., Tsiami, A., Prospathopoulos, A., Kassis, D., Frantzis, A., Skarsoulis, E., Piperakis, G., & Maragos, P.

ICASSP 2023, Rhodes Island, 4–10 June 2023.

doi:10.1109/ICASSP49357.2023.10096422

2022
Journals

Benthic-pelagic coupling of marine primary producers under different natural and human-induced pressures’ regimes.

Gerakaris, V., Varkitzi, I., Orlando-Bonaca, M., Kikaki, K., Mozetič, P., Lardi, P. I., Tsiamis, K., & France, J.

Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 909927.

doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.909927

2022
Journals

The role of sea state to the morphological changes of Prasonisi tombolo, Rhodes Island, Greece.

Malliouri, D. I., Petrakis, S., Vandarakis, D., Kikaki, K., Hatiris, G. A., Gad, F. K., Panagiotopoulos, I. P., & Kapsimalis, V.

Water, 14(13), 2016.

doi:10.3390/w14132016

2022
Journals

Assessment of Posidonia oceanica traits along a temperature gradient in the Mediterranean Sea shows impacts of marine warming and heat waves.

Stipcich, P., Apostolaki, E. T., Chartosia, N., Efthymiadis, P. T., Jimenez, C. E., La Manna, G., Pansini, A., Principato, E., Resaikos, V., & Ceccherelli, G.

Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 895354.

doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.895354

2022
Conferences

Blue carbon stocks in seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows of the South Aegean Region.

Apostolaki, E. T., Serrano, O., Gerakaris, V., García-Escudero, C. A., Kounida, S. A., & Efthymiadis, P. T.

Proceedings of Marine and Inland Waters Research Symposium, pp. 81–83. Porto Heli, 16–19 September 2022. HCMR.

2022
Conferences

Exploratory baseline survey of cave habitats within a marine protected area in the Aegean Sea.

Dailianis, Th., Gerovasileiou, V., Chatzigeorgiou, G., Vernadou, E., Glampedakis, I., Arvanitidis, C., & Kargiolaki, H.

Proceedings of the 3rd Mediterranean Symposium on the Conservation of Dark Habitats, pp. 19–24. RAC-SPA.

2022
Conferences

The finding of the minute chromophyte algae Schizocladia ischiensis (Schizocladiophyceae, Ochrophyta) at a coralligenous site of the northeast coast of Rhodes.

Louizidou, P., Rizouli, A., Sayer, M. D. J., Peters, A. F., & Küpper, F. C.

Proceedings of Marine and Inland Waters Research Symposium, pp. 473–477. Porto Heli, 16–19 September 2022. HCMR.

2022
Conferences

A detailed examination of algae species from a coralligenous site of Rhodes Island (Dodecanese, Greece).

Louizidou, P., Sayer, M. D. J., Falace, A., Kaleb, S., Arapis, M., & Küpper, F. C.

Proceedings of Marine and Inland Waters Research Symposium, pp. 479–483. Porto Heli, 16–19 September 2022. HCMR.

2022
Conferences

Deep learning techniques for the detection and classification of sperm whale and striped dolphin bioacoustic patterns.

Makropoulos, D., Tsiami, A., Prospathopoulos, A., Kassis, D., Frantzis, A., Skarsoulis, E., & Maragos, P.

Proceedings of Marine and Inland Waters Research Symposium, pp. 105–109. Porto Heli, 16–19 September 2022. HCMR.

2022
Conferences

The modern tombolos of Greece: morphometric characteristics and multidecadal evolution.

Petrakis, S., Malliouri, D. I., Vandarakis, D., Hatiris, G. A., & Kapsimalis, V.

Proceedings of Marine and Inland Waters Research Symposium, pp. 749–753. Porto Heli, 16–19 September 2022. HCMR.

2021
Journals

Assessment of the coastal vulnerability to the ongoing sea level rise for the exquisite Rhodes Island (SE Aegean Sea, Greece).

Vandarakis, D., Panagiotopoulos, I. P., Loukaidi, V., Hatiris, G. A., Drakopoulou, P., Kikaki, A., Gad, F. K., Petrakis, S., Malliouri, D. I., Chatzinaki, M., Morfis, I., Kanellopoulos, T. D., & Kapsimalis, V.

Water, 13(16), 2169.

doi:10.3390/w13162169