A5024301791- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Marine and fisheries research
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
University of Cyprus
2019-2024
University of Patras
2011
Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the major drivers change that can negatively affect biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services human health; islands particularly vulnerable to biological invasions. Horizon scanning lead prioritisation IAS inform decision-making action; its scale scope vary depending on need. We focussed likely arrive, establish biodiversity health Mediterranean island Cyprus. The horizon was entire used a two-step consensus-building process in which experts...
Seasonal samples of macrophytes were collected from April 2003 to May 2010 the most important transitional water systems western Greece (nine coastal lagoons) and Cyprus (two saline lakes, Akrotiri Alyki Larnaca's). Our aim was summarize, list provide a full inventory benthic aquatic flora recorded in these systems. The 60 taxa found belonged five phyla, viz., Rhodophyta, Ochrophyta, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta Magnoliophyta. There 56 Greek lagoons 16 Cypriot bodies. Many macroalgal species...
This study is the first to explore monthly and seasonal succession of zooplankton community in coastal waters Cyprus using a 12-month period time series. A total 192 taxa mesozooplankton (MZ), 145 which were copepods, identified at three sites southern one site northern coasts island. Zooplankton distribution structure influenced mostly by stratification, temperature Chl-a. The combination upwelling advection from Rhodes Gyre during summer, causing cooler coast Cyprus, seems control food...
Globally, marine heatwave frequency, intensity, and duration are on the rise, posing a significant threat to plankton communities, foundational elements of food web. This study investigates ecological physiological responses temperate community in Thau lagoon, north-western Mediterranean, simulated +3°C ten-day followed by post-heatwave period in-situ mesocosms. Our analyses encompassed zooplankton grazing, production, composition water sediment traps, as well oxidative stress anti-oxidant...
Coastal lagoons are considered naturally stressed systems that experience frequent environmental variations.Benthic macrophyte and macroinvertebrate species were studied seasonally in two coastal (Kotychi Prokopos) Western Greece to investigate spatial temporal biodiversity patterns.Ruppia cirrhosa, Potamogeton pectinatus Chironomidae dominant both lagoons, while Kotychi was also dominated by Lekanesphaera monodi Monocorophium insidiosum, Prokopos Ostracoda monodi.Species richness,...
Biodiversity monitoring plays an essential role in tracking changes ecosystems, species distributions and abundances across the globe. Data collected through both structured unstructured biodiversity recording can inform conservation measures designed to reduce, prevent, reverse declines valued of many types. However, given that resources for are limited, it is important funding bodies prioritise investments relative requirements any region. We addressed this prioritisation requirement a...
Abstract Biodiversity monitoring plays an essential role in tracking changes ecosystems, species distributions and abundances across the globe. Data collected through both structured unstructured biodiversity recording can inform conservation measures designed to reduce, prevent, reverse declines valued of many types. However, resources for are limited, it is therefore important that funding bodies prioritise actions relative requirements any given region. We addressed this prioritisation...