Abundance of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) Caught by Small-Scale Fisheries of Lipsi Island, Greece
Buchet, V., Panagiotou, M., Drakulic, M., Rios, N., Miliou, A. Abundance of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) Caught by Small-Scale Fisheries of Lipsi Island, Greece. Commission Internationale de la Mer Méditerranée (CIESM) Congress 2016. Abstract: Recorded landings from artisanal fishermen of the Lipsi island complex, Greece, were analysed for abundance of IAS ichthyofauna. Seriola fasciata, […]
Siganus Species in an Artisanal Fishery in the Eastern Aegean
Anagnostou, B., Pennington, A., Shepperson, J., Jeffery, A., Miliou, A. Siganus Species in an Artisanal Fishery in the Eastern Aegean. Rapport de la Commission Internationale de la Mer Méditerranée (CIESM) 2013. Abstract: Underwater visual census (UVC) surveys, fishery landings surveys and interviews were used to assess the level of Siganus spp. invasion in Fourni […]
The Archipelagos Institute participates at the Microplastics Workshop 2022
At the Microplastics Workshop 2022 which took place a few days ago at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the PhD candidate, Hayley Mcilwraith presented one of our most recent researches on microplastic pollution- a collaboration between Plymouth Marine Lab, the University of East Anglia and Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation. Research on microplastic […]
Understanding fish community structures in shallow coastal habitats
I’m Coral, an undergraduate in Marine Geography at Cardiff University, Wales. I chose to do an on-site internship at Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation as part of my professional placement year. I lived and worked at the Research Bases of “Archipelagos Institute” on the island of Lipsi from September 2021 to May 2022. The main […]
Planting Underwater Gardens of Posidonia meadows
Despite the winter approaching, the Archipelagos team’s hard work on Posidonia seagrass replanting continues. Divers and snorkelers, with the help of the support team on kayaks, continue the transport and planting of our underwater gardens. We are slowly but surely making a contribution to reversing the destruction of these invaluable underwater forests. Over the years, […]
Kayak based-mapping of Posidonia seagrass meadows
My name is Liam P. Kennedy. I am from Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A. and I am currently pursuing my Bachelors in Environmental Studies & Sciences: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at Towson University. Currently, I am on a summer placement with Archipelagos, from June 2021 until late August 2021. My project at Archipelagos is to create maps […]
Assessment of microplastic accumulation on Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows
I’m Imogen, a 22-year-old New Zealand intern currently in the Microplastic and Marine Mammal Team at Archipelagos on Lipsi Island. I am currently completing my masters in Evolutionary Biology via the MEME programme, with the intention to study conservation genetics in combination with field work. While my current study is officially based at Ludwig Maximilian […]
Monitoring Diurnal Variation in Marine Macroinvertebrates
Our names are Irene and Lea. We are both fascinated by the ocean‘s complexity and therefore joined the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation to get an insight into marine biology and conservation. Irene is completing a BSc. in Biology at the University of Sevilla and I (Lea) graduated from the University of Hamburg aftering completing […]
Comparison of Microplastic Accumulation in Native and Invasive Sea Urchins of the Aegean Sea
There are many problems facing the Mediterranean Sea. We have all heard of the issues with overfishing, warming water temperatures, invasive species, and plastic pollution. But how much do we know? And what is being done about it? Archipelagos is a Greek non-profit organisation founded in 1998, focused on conservation and research in the Aegean […]
The rebirth of nature during the spring is intense in the sea
While at the Archipelagos Institute we monitor on a daily basis the changes in the marine ecosystems, due to the limited fishing and overall limited presence of humans at seas because of the pandemic, the images we record impress us, even if we know they will not last long… In the picture you can see […]
