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Professor A. Eleftheriou
Dr. Nikolaos Lampadariou
Mrs Katerina Sevastou


Professor A. Eleftheriou

The Marine Ecology Laboratory is run by Professor A. Eleftheriou, who has been Professor in the Department of Biology, University of Crete since 1985.

Degrees:
B.Sc., Zoology, University of Aberdeen.
Ph.D., Marine Biology, University of Aberdeen.

Posts held:
1964 - 1985 Principal Scientific Officer, Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, Scotland. 1985 to date Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Crete, Greece.
1987 to 1998 Director of the Institute of Marine Biology of Crete, Greece (IMBC).

External Appointments and Consultancies
1971 - 1981: consultancies: Royal Society (UK) International Biology Programme, India; W.H.O. ( Environmental Pollution Control Project Athens);

1981 - 1986: UNESCO(Biological Oceanography in Athens, Greece)
Founder /Chairman of the North Sea Benthos Working Group ICES.

1987 to date: Greek National Delegate to the following international organisations:

  • International Council for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea (CIESM)
  • Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
  • United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) in marine pollution
  • EU Committee MEDMARIS- marine sciences in the Mediterranean
  • MAST-COM Committee DG XII. National Coordinator of International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Barcelona Convention on Scientific Research/Technology in EU / Third countries.

From 1987 in Greece:
National Consultative Committee for Scientific Affairs and National Committee for the Coordination of Marine Sciences (General Secretariat for Research and Technology).

1995-96: Chairman of the Management committee of the National Centre for Marine Research, Athens

EU special posts:
1995 to date: Evaluator of proposals for theTraining, Mobility & Research (TMR) Committee
1998-to date: Member of the TMR Review panel
1998-to date: Expert Adviser in External Advisory Group for 5th Framework(Water & Marine Ecosystems)
2000 to date: Vice-Chairman of TMR Evaluation Panel.

Recent presentations

Publications: Over 60 research papers in international journals; over 25 research reports in recognized series.
Recent publications:
ELEFTHERIOU, A., ANSELL A & SMITH C.J. (eds) 1996. Biology and Ecology of Shallow Coastal Waters. Proceedings 28th EMBS, Crete, Sept. 1993, Olsen & Olsen, Copenhagen, 387 pp.
KARAKASSIS, I., SMITH C.J. & ELEFTHERIOU, A. (1996). Performance of neutral model analysis in a spatiotemporal series of macrobenthic replicates, Mar. Ecol. prog. Ser., 137, 173-179.
KOUTSOUBAS, D., TSELEPIDES, A. & ELEFTHERIOU A., (1996). Deep-Sea molluscan fauna of the Cretan Sea (Eastern Mediterranean) proc. Seckenberg. Inter. Conf. Global Diversity Research in Europe, 1-21.
DOUNAS, C., KOUTSOUBAS, D., ARVANITIDIS C., PETIHAKIS , G., DRUMMOND, L., & ELEFTHERIOU A. (1996), Biodiversity in Mediterranean lagoons. The case of Gialova Lagoon, SW Greece, Prc. Seckenberg Intern. Conf. Global Diversity Research in Europe, 45-47.
LABROPOULOU, M., MACHIAS, A., TSIMENIDES, N., & ELEFTHERIOU A. (1997),Feeding habits and outgoing diet shift on the striped red mullet Mullus surmuletus Linneaus 1758, Fish Res. 31, 257-267.
KARAKASSIS, I., & ELEFTHERIOU, A. (1997). The continental shelf of Crete: The structure of macrobenthic communities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 160, 185-196.
LABROPOULOU, M., & ELEFTHERIOU, A. (1997). The foraging ecology of two pairs of congeneric fish species : importance of morphological characteristics in prey selection. J. Fish Biol. 50, 324-340.
DAANS,N. & ELEFTHERIOU, A. (Guest Ed.), (2000). Marine Benthic Dynamics: Environmental and Fisheries Impacts. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57: 5, 224 pp.
ELEFTHERIOU, A. (2000). Marine Benthic Dynamics: Environmental and Fisheries Impacts:
Introduction and Overview. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57:5, 1299-1303.
ARVANITIDIS, C., KOUTSOUBAS, D., DOUNAS, C., & ELEFTHERIOU, A. (2000). Macro-benthicCommunity structure and disturbance assessment in Gialova Lagoon, Ionian Sea.. ICES Journal of Marine Science 57: 5, 1472-1480.
TRIANTAFYLLOU, G., PETIHAKIS, G., DOUNAS, C., KOUTSOUBAS, D., ARVANITIDIS, C. & ELEFTHERIOU, A. (2000). Temporal Variations in benthic communities and their response to physicochemical forcing; a numerical approach. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57: 5, 1507-1516.
READ, P.A., T. F. FERNANDES, K. L. MILLER, A. ELEFTHERIOU, M. ELEFTHERIOU, I. M. DAVIES, G. K. RODGER, (eds) (2000). The Implications of Directives, Conventions and Codes of Practice on the Monitoring and Regulation of Marine Aquaculture in Europe. Proceedings, 2nd MARAQUA workshop held at IMBC,Crete 20-22 March 2000. Aberdeen, UK: Scottish Executive, 114pp, ISBN: 0 9532 838 5 2.
ELEFTHERIOU, A. & M.ELEFTHERIOU (2000). Legal and Regulatory Backgroundto Best Environmental Practice. In: READ, P.A., T. F. FERNANDES, K. L. MILLER, A. ELEFTHERIOU, M. ELEFTHERIOU, I. M. DAVIES, G. K. RODGER, (eds) (2000). The Implications of Directives, Conventions and Codes of Practice on the Monitoring and Regulation of Marine Aquaculture in Europe. Proceedings, 2nd MARAQUA workshop held at IMBC, 20-22 March 2000. Pp 1-12. Aberdeen, UK: Scottish Executive, 114pp.

Scientific responsible for the following projects:

International:

  • MAST I: Sulphur and Methane-Based Ecosystems (MAST 1 -OO44C)
  • MAST II: Oxic-anoxic interfaces as productive sites (MAST II-CT93-0058)
  • MAST II: SEEPS: Gas & Water Seepage on the Continental Margin Seeps (MAST ll CT92-0040)
  • FAR Study Project: Nephrops norvegicus: stock variability and assessment in relation to fishing pressure and environmental factors (MED-91-003)
  • CFP: Study Project 94/069: Calibration of the towed underwater TV technique for use in stock assessment of Nephrops norvegicus: RECITE:(ROC-NORD)Transfer of technology from the Region of Jutland to the Region of Crete
  • AVICENNE: Use of parasite species to measure environmental deterioration from pollutants (AVI*-CT920001)
  • QUASIMEME: Quality assurance and management in marine analytical chemistry, setting up of a network of analytical laboratories throughout Europe
  • MIP: Coastal Pollution in Crete;
  • FAIR: CT98-4300(CA) Monitoring and Regulation of Marine Aquaculture (MARAQUA)
  • OPRT:Interactions of Aquaculture and the Environment (CSF ll/OPRT)
  • E(93)3703/ & 3704/16.12.93 Environmental Impacts of Oil Spill Pollution in Navarino Bay and Gialova Lagoon.

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