Dr. Stylianos Somarakis

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

Other Information

- Degree in Biology University of Crete (1991).
- MSc in Marine Biology of the Department of Biology
- University of Crete (1993)
- Doctoral Diploma in Marine Biology, Department of Biology, University of Crete (1999).

Professional experience:

• 1995-1997 and 1999-2002: Contributing researcher at the Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (Ι.Θ.Α.Β.Κ.).
• 2002-2007: Lecturer at the Department of Biology of the University of Patras
• 2007: Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology of the University of Crete
• 2008-2013: Principal Researcher at EL.KEYTHE
• 2014-: Research Director at EL.KEYTHE

Research interests:

Fisheries Biology, Ecology, Oceanography. Young stages of fish, phytoplankton, zooplankton. Reproduction, growth and feeding of fish. Mediterranean ecosystems. Pelagic food chains. An ecosystem approach to fisheries management.

Research and other relevant experience:

Participation in 50 research and development projects, 25 of them as coordinator, scientific coordinator or work package manager. Author of 87 scientific papers in periodicals with judges, 16 chapters in books and more than 150 other publications (in conference proceedings, special publications, press articles, etc.). He is Editor at the International Scientific Marine Ecology Progress Series, Scientia Marina and Mediterranean Marine Science and has been Guest Editor at the Journal of Natural History and Fisheries Research. He is a reviewer in dozens of international scientific journals and Conference Proceedings, a member of the Scientific and Technical Committee for Fisheries (EU-DG MARE) and coordinator of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Sub-Regional Committee for the Adriatic Sea.

Selected recent scientific publications:

McBride R.S., Somarakis S., Fitzhugh G.R., Albert A., Yaragina N.A., Wuenschel M.J., AlonsoFernandez A., Basilone G. (2015) Energy acquisition and allocation to egg production in relation to fish reproductive strategies. Fish and Fisheries, 16, 23–57.

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, 399–416.

Schismenou E., Tsiaras K., Kourepini M.I., Lefkaditou E., Triantafyllou G., Somarakis S. (2013) Seasonal changes in growth and condition of anchovy late larvae explained with a hydrodynamicbiogeochemical model simulation. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 478, 197-209. Nikolioudakis N., Isari S., Pitta P., Somarakis S. (2012) Diet of sardine Sardina pilchardus: An 'end-toend' field study. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 453, 173-188.

Somarakis S., Schismenou E., Siapatis A., Giannoulaki M., Kallianiotis A., Machias A. (2012) High variability in the Daily Egg Production Method parameters of an eastern Mediterranean anchovy stock: Influence of environmental factors, fish condition and population density. Fisheries Research 117-118, 12-21.

Somarakis S., Ramfos A., Palialexis A., Valavanis V.D. (2011) Contrasting multispecies patterns in larval fish production trace inter-annual variability in oceanographic conditions over the N.E. Aegean Sea continental shelf (Eastern Mediterranean). Hydrobiologia, 670, 275-287.