Dr. Nikolaos Lampadariou

Work Packages / Deliverables: WP2, WP5 / D2.1, D2.2, D2.3, D2.4, D5.1, D5.3

Other Information

- Degree in Biology Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1990).
- Ph.D. of the Department of Biology of the University of Crete (2001).

Research interests:

Study of the minority organisms and especially the most abundant group of them study of the impact of anthropogenic activities on the marine environment environment, research into deep marine ecosystems in relation to its cycle carbon and surface primary productivity, pelagic - bungal interaction, as well as the interaction of the terrestrial - marine environment as well as the biodiversity of marine ecosystems.

Research experience:

Participation in 24 research projects, 2 of them as coordinator, while in other 5 as scientific director. Author of 40 scientific papers and participation in over 60 international scientific conferences with oral or poster work. He also participated in the publishing group of 2 scientific journals and a reviewer in more than 30 international scientific journals

Selected recent scientific publications:

Pedrosa-Pàmies R, Sanchez-Vidal A, Canals M, Lampadariou N, Velaoras D, Gogou A, Parinos C, Calafat A (2016) Enhanced carbon export to the abyssal depths driven by atmosphere dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters 43:doi:10.1002/2016GL069781

Pedrosa-Pàmies R, Parinos C, Sanchez-Vidal A, Gogou A, Calafat A, Canals M, Bouloubassi I, Lampadariou N (2015) Composition and sources of sedimentary organic matter in the deep eastern Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences 12:7379-7402

Lampadariou N, Kalogeropoulou V, Sevastou K, Keklikoglou K, Sarrazin J (2013) Influence of chemosynthetic ecosystems on nematode community structure and biomass in the deep eastern Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences 10:5381-5398

Sevastou K, Lampadariou N, Polymenakou PN, Tselepides A (2013) Benthic communities in the deep Mediterranean Sea: exploring microbial and meiofaunal patterns in slope and basin ecosystems. Biogeosciences 10:4861-4878

Sevastou K, Lampadariou N, Eleftheriou A (2011) Meiobenthic diversity in space and time: The case of harpacticoid copepods in two Mediterranean microtidal sandy beaches. Journal of Sea Research 66:205-214

Gambi C, Lampadariou N, Danovaro R (2010) Latitudinal, longitudinal and bathymetric patterns of abundance, biomass of metazoan meiofauna: importance of the rare taxa and anomalies in the deep Mediterranean Sea. Advances in Oceanography and Limnology 1:167-197

Lampadariou N, Tselepides A, Hatziyanni E (2009) Deep-sea meiofaunal and foraminiferal communities along a gradient of primary productivity in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Scientia Marina 73:337-345

Lampadariou N, Tselepides A (2006) Spatial variability of meiofaunal communities at areas of contrasting depth and productivity in the Aegean Sea (NE Mediterranean). Progress in Oceanography 69:19-36

Lampadariou N, Karakassis I, Pearson TH (2005) Cost/benefit analysis of a benthic monitoringprogramme of organic benthic enrichment using different sampling and analysis methods. Marine