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Published papers during the past 10 years
- Tsikopoulou, I., Chatzivasileiou, D., Dimitriou, P.D., Magiopoulos, I., Papageorgiou, N., Karakassis, I.Contribution of holothuroids to the bioremediation and stimulation of the benthic microbial metabolism in aquaculture (2023) Marine Pollution Bulletin, 194, art. no. 115418.
- Smith, C.J., Papadopoulou, N.K., Maina, I., Kavadas, S., van Denderen, P.D., Katsiaras, N., Reizopoulou, S., Karakassis, I., Tselepides, A., Tsikopoulou, I. Relating benthic sensitivity and status to spatial distribution and intensity of trawling in the Eastern Mediterranean (2023) Ecological Indicators, 150, art. no. 110286, .
- Manolaki, S. M., Chatzivasileiou, D., Lampa, M., Dimitriou, P. D., Philippidis, A., Karakassis, I., & Papageorgiou, N. (2023). Microplastic Contamination in Cultured Mussels and Pearl Oysters in Greece. Microplastics, 2(2), 168-181.
- Papageorgiou, N., Dimitriou, P.D., Chatzivasileiou, D., Tsapakis, M., Karakassis, I. Can IMTA provide added ecosystem value services in the fish farms of Greece? (2023) Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, art. no. 1083099, .
- Chatzivasileiou, D., Dimitriou, P.D., Theodorou, J., Kalantzi, I., Magiopoulos, I., Papageorgiou, N., Pitta, P., Tsapakis, M., Karakassis, I.
- An IMTA in Greece: Co‐Culture of Fish, Bivalves, and Holothurians (2022) Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10 (6), art. no. 776, .
- Dimitriou, P.D., Santi, I., Moraitis, M.L., Tsikopoulou, I., Pitta, P., Karakassis, I. Benthic–Pelagic Coupling in the Oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean: A Synthesis of the HYPOXIA Project Results (2022) Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, art. no. 886335, .
- Vetsis, E., Kalantzi, I., Pergantis, S.A., Kokokiris, L., Karakassis, I. Metals in tissues of marine fish from the Thermaikos Gulf, Eastern Mediterranean Sea: Detection of changes with trophic level (2021) Marine Pollution Bulletin, 173, art. no. 113024, .
- Papageorgiou, N., Dimitriou, P.D., Moraitis, M.L., Massa, F., Fezzardi, D., Karakassis, I. Changes of the Mediterranean fish farm sector towards a more sustainable approach: A closer look at temporal, spatial and technical shifts (2021) Ocean and Coastal Management, 214, art. no. 105903, .
- Tsikopoulou, I., Lampa, M., Tsiola, A., Pitta, P., Tsapakis, M., Karakassis, I. Functional adaptations of benthic communities to organic matter enrichment at the edge of an allowable zone of effect (AZE) (2021) Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 262, art. no. 107596, .
- Tsikopoulou, I., Dimitriou, P.D., Karakassis, I., Lampadariou, N., Papadopoulou, N., Smith, C.J. Temporal Variation in the Ecological Functioning of Benthic Communities After 20 Years in the Eastern Mediterranean (2021) Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, art. no. 768051, .
- Santi, I., Kasapidis, P., Karakassis, I., Pitta, P. A comparison of DNA metabarcoding and microscopy methodologies for the study of aquatic microbial eukaryotes (2021) Diversity, 13 (5), art. no. 180, .
- Moraitis ML, Karakassis I (2020) Assessing large-scale macrobenthic community shifts in the Aegean Sea using novel beta diversity modelling methods. Ramifications on environmental assessment. Sci Total Environ 734
- Tsikopoulou I, Santi I, Dimitriou PD, Papageorgiou N, Pitta P, Karakassis I (2020) Response of Microphytobenthos and Benthic Bacteria Viability to Eutrophication in a Benthic–Pelagic Coupling Mesocosm Experiment. Frontiers in Marine Science 7
- Moraitis ML, Valavanis VD, Karakassis I (2019) Modelling the effects of climate change on the distribution of benthic indicator species in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Sci Total Environ 667:16-24
- Santi I, Tsiola A, Dimitriou PD, Fodelianakis S, Kasapidis P, Papageorgiou N, Daffonchio D, Pitta P, Karakassis I (2019) Prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial community responses to N and P nutrient addition in oligotrophic Mediterranean coastal waters: Novel insights from DNA metabarcoding and network analysis. Mar Environ Res 150
- Tsikopoulou I, Papageorgiou N, Tsiavos T, Fodelianakis S, Kotzabasis K, Karakassis I (2019) Microphytobenthic response to organic matter enrichment: Does the same stressor lead to identical communities? Regional Studies in Marine Science 29
- Tsikopoulou I, Smith CJ, Papadopoulou NK, Eleftheriadou E, Karakassis I (2019) A fishing ground benthic ecosystem improved during the economic crisis. ICES J Mar Sci 76:402-409
- Tsikopoulou I, Smith CJ, Papadopoulou KN, Eleftheriadou E, Karakassis I (2019); A fishing ground benthic ecosystem improved during the economic crisis, ICES J Mar Sci 76, 402–409
- Piperagkas O, Papageorgiou N, Karakassis I (2019). Qualitative and quantitative assessment of microplastics in three sandy Mediterranean beaches, including different methodological approaches. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 219:169-175
- Tsikopoulou I, Moraitis ML, Geropoulos A, Papadopoulou KN, Papageorgiou N, Plaiti W, Smith CJ, Karakassis I, Eleftheriou A (2019). Long-term changes in the structure of benthic communities: Revisiting a sampling transect in Crete after 24 years, Mar Environ Res144:9-19
- Tsikopoulou I, Moraitis ML, Tsapakis M, Karakassis I (2018); Can intensive fish farming for 20 years induce changes in benthic ecosystems on a scale of waterbody? An assessment from Cephalonia bay (Ionian Sea), Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 190: 469
- Moraitis ML, Tsikopoulou I, Geropoulos A, Dimitriou PD, Papageorgiou N, Giannoulaki M, Valavanis VD, Karakassis I (2018). Molluscan indicator species and their potential use in ecological status assessment using species distribution modeling. Marine Environmental Research, 140, pp. 10-17
- Apostolaki ET, Holmer M, Santinelli V, Karakassis I (2018) Species-specific response to sulfide intrusion in native and exotic Mediterranean seagrasses under stress. Mar Environ Res 134, pp 85-95
- Dimitriou PD, Papageorgiou N, Karakassis I (2017) Response of benthic macrofauna to eutrophication in a mesocosm experiment: ecosystem resilience prevents hypoxic conditions. Frontiers in Marine Science 4:391Dimitriou PD, Papageorgiou N, Geropoulos A, Kalogeropoulou, V, Moraitis M, Santi I, Tsikopoulou I, Pitta P, Karakassis I (2017) A novel mesocosm setup for benthic-pelagic coupling experiments. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 15:349-361
- Dimitriou PD, Papageorgiou N, Geropoulos A, Kalogeropoulou, V, Moraitis M, Santi I, Tsikopoulou I, Pitta P, Karakassis I (2017) Benthic Pelagic coupling in a mesocosm experiment: delayed sediment responses and regime shifts. Science of the Total Envronment 605:637-645
- Fodelianakis S, Moustakas A, Papageorgiou N, Manoli O, Tsikopoulou I, Michoud, G, Daffonchio D, Karakassis I, Ladoukakis ED (2017) Modified niche optima and breadths explain the historical contingency of bacterial community responses to eutrophication in coastal sediments. Mollecular Ecology 26:2006-2018
- Romero-Ramirez A, Bonifácio P, Labrune C, Sardá R, Amouroux JP, Bellan G, Duchêne JC, Hermand R, Karakassis I, Dounas C, Grémare A (2016) Long-term (1998–2010) large-scale comparison of the ecological quality status of gulf of lions (NW Mediterranean) benthic habitats. Marine Pollution Bulletin 102:102-113
- Sanchez-Jerez P, Karakassis I, Massa F, Fezzardi D, Aguilar-Manjarrez J, Soto D, Chapela R, Avila P, Macias JC, Tomassetti P, Marino G, Borg J, Franičević V, Yucel-Gier G, Fleming I, Biao X, Nhhala H, Hamza H, Forcada A, Dempster T (2016) Aquaculture’s struggle for space: the need for coastal spatial planning and the potential benefits of Allocated Zones for Aquaculture (AZA) to avoid conflict and promote sustainability. Aquaculture Environment interactions 8:41-54
- Kalantzi I, Pergantis SA, Black KD, Shimmield TM, Papageorgiou N, Tsapakis M, Karakassis I (2016) Metals in tissues of seabass and seabream reared in sites with oxic and anoxic substrata and risk assessment for consumers. Food Chemistry 194:659-670
- Dimitriou PD, Karakassis I, Pitta P, Tsagaraki TM, Apostolaki ET, Magiopoulos I, Nikolioudakis N, Diliberto S, Theodorou JA, Tzovenis I, Kagalou I, Beza P, Tsapakis M (2015) Mussel farming in Maliakos Gulf and quality indicators of the marine environment: Good benthic below poor pelagic ecological status. Marine Pollution Bulletin 101:784-793
- Dimitriou PD,·Papageorgiou N,·Arvanitidis C, Assimakopoulou G,·Pagou K,·Papadopoulou KN, Pavlidou A,·Pitta P, Reizopoulou S,·Simboura N,·Karakassis I·(2015) One Step forward: Benthic Pelagic Coupling and Indicators for Environmental Status. PLOS ONE 10 (10), e0141071
- Patel SH, Panagopoulou A, Morreale SJ, Kilham SS, Karakassis I, Riggal T, Margaritoulis D, Spotila JR (2015) Differences in size and reproductive output of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta nesting in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea are linked to foraging site. Marine Ecology Progress Series 535:231-241
- Jackson D, Drumm A, McEvoy S, Jensen Ø, Mendiola D, GabiñaG, Borg JA, Papageorgiou N, Karakassis Y, Black KD (2015) A pan-European valuation of the extent, causes and cost of escape events from sea cage fish farming. Aquaculture 436: 21-26Sanz-Lázaro C, Fodelianakis S, Guerrero-Meseguer L, Marín A, Karakassis I (2015) Effects of organic pollution on biological communities of marine biofilm on hard substrata. Environmental Pollution 201: 17-25
- Fodelianakis S, Papageorgiou N, Karakassis I, Ladoukakis ED (2015) Community structure changes in sediment bacterial communities along an organic enrichment gradient associated with fish farming. Annals of Microbiology 65:331-338
- Fodelianakis S, Papageorgiou N, Pitta P, Kasapidis P, Karakassis I, Ladoukakis ED (2014) The Pattern of Change in the Abundances of Specific Bacterioplankton Groups Is Consistent across Different Nutrient-Enriched Habitats in Crete. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80 :3784-3792
- Fodelianakis S, Pitta P, Thingstad TF, Kasapidis P, Karakassis I, Ladoukakis ED (2014) Phosphate addition has minimal short-term effects on bacterioplankton community structure of the P-starved Eastern Mediterranean. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 72:98-106
- Kalantzi I, Papageorgiou N, Sevastou K, Black KD, Pergantis SA, Karakassis I (2014) Metals in benthic macrofauna and biogeochemical factors affecting their trophic transfer to wild fish around fish farm cages. Science of the Total Environment, 470-471: 742-753
- Tsagaraki TM, Pitta P, Frangoulis C, Petihakis G, Karakassis I (2013) Plankton response to nutrient enrichment is maximized at intermediate distances from fish farms. Marine Ecology Progress Series 493: 31-42
- Moraitis M, Papageorgiou N, Dimitriou PD, Petrou A, Karakassis I (2013) Effects of offshore tuna farming on benthic assemblages in the Eastern Mediterranean. Aquaculture Environment interactions 4:41-51
- Karakassis I, Papageorgiou N, Kalantzi I, Sevastou K, Koutsikopoulos C (2013) Adaptation of fish farming production to the environmental characteristics of the receiving marine ecosystems: A proxy to carrying capacity. Aquaculture 408–409:184-190
- Kalantzi I, Black KD, Pergantis SA, Shimmield TM, Papageorgiou N, Sevastou K, Karakassis I (2013) Metals and other elements in tissues of wild fish from fish farms and comparison with farmed species in sites with oxic and anoxic sediments. Food Chemistry 141: 680-694
- Karakassis I, Dimitriou PD, Papageorgiou N, Apostolaki ET, Lampadariou N, Black KD (2013) Methodological considerations on the coastal and transitional benthic indicators proposed for the Water Framework Directive. Ecological Indicators 29:26-33
- Kalantzi I, Shimmield TM, Pergantis SA, Papageorgiou N, Black KD, Karakassis I (2013) Heavy metals, trace elements and sediment geochemistry at four Mediterranean fish farms. Science of the Total Environment, 444:128-137
- Sanz-Lázaro C, Malea P, Apostolaki ET, Kalantzi I, Marín A, Karakassis I (2012) The role of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the cycling of trace elements. Biogeoscience 9: 2497-2507
- Dimitriou PD, Apostolaki ET, Papageorgiou N, Reizopoulou S, Simboura N, Arvanitidis C, Karakassis I (2012) Meta-analysis of a large data set with Water Framework Directive indicators and calibration of a Benthic Quality Index at the family level. Ecological Indicators 20: 101-107.Cromey CJ, Thetmeyer H, Lampadariou N, Black KD, Koegeler J, Karakassis I (2012) MERAMOD - predicting the deposition and benthic impact of aquaculture in the Eastern Mediterranean. Aquaculture Environment interactions 2: 157-176
- Apostolaki ET, Vizzini S, Karakassis I (2012) Leaf vs. epiphyte nitrogen uptake in a nutrient enriched Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadow. Aquatic Botany, 96: 58-62
- Rountos KJ, Peterson BJ, Karakassis I (2012) Indirect effects of fish cage aquaculture on shallow Posidonia oceanica seagrass patches in coastal Greek waters. Aquaculture Environment interactions 2:105-115