Dr. Stella Psarra

Work Packages / Deliverables: WP5, WP6 / D5.1, D5.3, D6.1, D6.2, D6.3, D6.4

Other Information

- BSc in Biology (1989).
- Oceanography Postgraduate, University of Athens (1994)
- Ph.D. of the Université de la Méditerranée (Aix Marseille II) (2002). The major part of the dissertation was conducted in the IATBIC in 1997-2002, as part of the MATER -IP research project.

Research interests:

Phytoplankton dynamics (primary production, biodiversity / taxonomy, metabolism, biopsy) in relation to environmental factors and its interconnection with biogeochemical cycles and trophic relationships in planktonic food grids.

Research experience:

Since 1994, she has participated in 27 research projects (Greek / European), two national as coordinator. Participation in a multitude of oceanic missions, several as head of mission. Author of 35 works in magazines with I.F. (1131 reports, Index 17) and 76 works at conferences / scientific meetings. He is a reviewer in 9 international scientific journals.

Selected recent scientific publications:

Thingstad, T.F., Krom, M.D., Mantoura, R.F.C., Flaten, G.A.F., Groom, S., Herut, B., Kress, N., Law, C.S., Pasternak, A., Pitta, P., Psarra, S., Rassoulzadegan, F., Tanaka, T., Tselepides, A., Wassmann, P., Woodward, M.S., Wexels Riser, C., Zodiatis, G. and T. Zohary, 2005. Nature of phosphorus limitation in the ultraoligotrophic eastern Mediterranean. Science 309, No 5737: 1068-1071.

Psarra, S., Zohary, T., Krom, M.D., Mantoura, R.F.C., Polychronaki, T., Stambler, N., Tanaka, T.,Tselepides, A., Thingstad, T.F., 2005. Phytoplankton response to a Lagrangian phosphate addition in the Levantine Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). Deep-Sea Research-II, 52(22-23): 2928-2943

Tanaka, T., Zohary, T., Krom, M.D., Law, C.S., Pitta, P., Psarra, S., Rassoulzadegan, F., Thingstad, T.F., Tselepides, A., Woodward, E.M.S., Flaten, G.A.F., Skjoldal, E.F., Zodiatis, G., 2007. Microbial community structure and function in the Levantine Basin of the eastern Mediterranean. Deep Sea Research I 54 (10): 1721-1743

Frangoulis C., Psarra S., Zervakis V., Meador T.B., Mara P., Gogou A., Zervoudaki S., Giannakourou A., Pitta P., Lagaria A., Krasakopoulou E., Siokou-Frangou I., 2010. Connecting export fluxes to plankton food web efficiency in the Black Sea waters inflowing into the Mediterranean Sea. J. Plankton Res. 32 (8): 1203-1216

Lagaria A., Psarra S., Lefèvre D., Van Wambeke F., Courties C., Pujo-Pay M., Oriol L., Tanaka T., Christaki U., 2011. The effects of nutrient additions on particulate and dissolved primary production in surface waters of three Mediterranean eddies. Biogeosciences 8 (9), 2595-2607

Lagaria A., Psarra S., Gogou A., Krasakopoulou E., Pavlidou A., Tuğrul S., Yücel N., Christaki U., 2013. Particulate and dissolved primary production along a gradient of hydrographic and trophic regimes. Journal of Marine Systems. Journal of Marine Systems, 119-120, 1-10.

Pitta, P., Nejstgaard, JC, Tsagaraki, TM, Zervoudaki, S., Egge, JK, Frangoulis, C., Lagaria, A., Magiopoulos, I., Psarra, S., Sandaa, RA, Skjoldal, EF, Tanaka, T., Thyrhaug, R., Thingstad, TF, 2016.

Confirming the "Rapid phosphorus transfer from microorganisms to mesozooplankton in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea" scenario through a mesocosm experiment. Journal of Plankton Research, 38 (3), 502-521.

Lagaria, A., Mandalakis, M., Mara, P., Frangoulis, C., Karatsolis, B.-Th., Pitta, P., Triantaphyllou, M., Tsiola, A. and S. Psarra. Phytoplankton variability and community structure in relation to hydrographic features in the NE Aegean frontal area (NE Mediterranean Sea). Continental Shelf Research (in press).