Subject Area
Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Fisheries
Aquaculture
Marine Biotechnology
Marine Products
Activities
• Impact of ocean acidification and increased temperature on harmful microalgae
• Interaction of phytoplankton with other marine organisms under future ocean conditions
• Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs): dynamics, role of eutrophication, impact of toxic microalgae on benthic and pelagic organisms (e.g. bivalve molluscs, copepods)
• HABs early warning systems
• Climate change impact on marine phytoplankton composition, growth and productivity (light and fluorescence microscopy, radioactive isotope methods)
• Isolation of microalgae from natural populations and establishment of monospecific laboratory cultures
• HCMR collection of cultured microalgae
• Micrographs collection of microalgae from hellenic seas, eastern Mediterranean (microscopy combined with Image Analysis software)
Skills
Ecology, physiology and taxonomy of harmful microalgae and other marine phytoplankton groups (field and laboratory studies)
