Dr. Athanasios Machias

Work Packages/ Deliverables: WP1, WP2, WP5, WP6 / D1.1, D1.2, D1.3, D1.4, D2.1, D2.2, D2.3, D2.4, D5.1, D5.3, D6.1, D6.2, D6.3, D6.4

Other Information

- Degree in Biology National Kapodistrian University of Athens (1983).
- Postgraduate Diploma in Marine Biology, University of Crete (1989)
- Doctoral Degree in Marine Biology, Department of Biology, University of Crete (1993).

Research interests:

Fisheries research, fisheries ecology, discards, stock assessment, acoustic research into small pelagic fish.

Research experience:

Coordinator in more than 15 European and national research programs, participation in 25 other European and national research and development programs. He is the author of more than 60 scientific papers in international scientific journals with judges, three chapters in scientific books, over 300 scientific papers, international and Greek conferences. He is a reviewer of scientific articles in various international scientific journals and conferences.

Selected recent scientific publications:

Coll, M., Shannon, L.J., Kleisner, K.M., Juan-Jordá, M.J., Bundy, A., Akoglu, A.G., Banaru, D., Boldt, J.L., Borges, M.F., Cook, A., Diallo, I., Fu, C., Fox, C., Gascuel, D., Gurney, L.J., Hattab, T., Heymans, J.J., Jouffre, D., Knight, B.R., Kucukavsar, S., Large, S.I., Lynam, C., Machias, A., et al. 2016. Ecological indicators to capture the effects of fishing on biodiversity and conservation status ofmarine ecosystems.Ecological Indicators, 60, pp. 947-962

Politikos, D., Somarakis, S., Tsiaras, K.P., Giannoulaki, M., Petihakis, G. Machias, A., Triantafyllou, G. 2015. Simulating anchovy's full life cycle in the northern Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean): A coupled hydro-biogeochemical-IBM model. Progress in Oceanography, 138, pp. 399-416

Giannoulaki, M., Ibaibarriaga, L., Antonakakis, K., Uriarte, A., Machias, A., Somarakis, S., Sanchez, S., Roel, B.A. 2014. Applying a two-stage Bayesian dynamic model to a short-lived species, the anchovy, in the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). Comparison with an integrated catch at age stock assessment model. Mediterranean Marine Science, 15 (2), pp. 350-365

Nikolioudakis N., I. Palomera, A. Machias, S. Somarakis. 2011. Diel feeding intensity and daily ration of the sardine Sardina pilchardus. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 437: 215–228.

Tsagarakis K., M. Coll, M. Giannoulaki, S. Somarakis, C. Papaconstantinou, A. Machias. 2010. Foodweb traits of the North Aegean Sea ecosystem (Eastern Mediterranean) and comparison with other Mediterranean ecosystems. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 88, 233-248.

Machias A, Stergiou KI, Somarakis S, Karpouzu VS, Kapantagakis A. 2008. Trends in trawl and purse seine catch rates in the north-eastern Mediterranean. Mediterranean Marine Science 9(1), 49- 65.

Machias A., Karakassis I., Labropoulou M., Somarakis S., Papadopoulou KN, Papaconstantinou C. 2004. Changes in wild fish assemblages after the establishment of a fish farming zone in oligotrophic marine ecosystems Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 60 (4): 771-779.