Material for Awareness Raising on the Threats of Plastics
Thursday, 29 December 2016
This month Archipelagos’ media team, in cooperation with Microplastics research team, worked on posters and leaflets as a part of an awareness raising campaign in regards to “Why we are moving away from Plastic”. The main goal is to enlighten the public on how small plastic particles can leach from plastic materials that we all use daily
- Published in Media Team
In Search for Microplastics: Analysing the Content of a Loggerhead Turtle’ s Gastrointestinal Tract
Wednesday, 28 December 2016
At the beginning of November, a sea turtle stranding (Caretta caretta) on Psili Ammos beach allowed the start of a new study: micro-plastic research in stomach and intestinal contents. The sea turtle was necropsied and the gastrointestinal tract was removed and frozen for later lab work. Over the next few weeks, a number of papers
Habitat Modelling of Common Dolphin by Using Different Dynamic Models
Sunday, 27 November 2016
The aim of the project is to complete habitat modelling of common dolphins, Delphinus delphis, in the Aegean Sea by using different dynamic models. Populations of marine mammals found in Mediterranean Sea are genetically distinct from their North Atlantic relatives, which is why the studies revealing their habitats and biology are so important. The Aegean
Posidonia oceanica Mapping
Saturday, 26 November 2016
Posidonia oceanica is an aquatic flowering plant endemic to the Mediterranean, instrumental in providing habitats and nursery grounds to a diverse array of species in the area. Although the seagrass is imperative to ecosystem health, conservation efforts have not mirrored this: Posidonia oceanica’s status is only listed as “least concern” in the IUCN Red List
- Published in GIS Team, GIS Team, Marine Conservation Team
Research on the Golden Jackal of Samos
Friday, 25 November 2016
Jackal diet preference survey Jackals are opportunistic feeders, meaning that they will eat anything available at the moment, ranging from grapes and carobs to rodents and birds or even animal carcasses. The aim of this survey is to investigate the preference of seasonal and easy to find food like carob or olives with not so
- Published in Terrestrial Conservation Team
Current Projects Regarding Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Thursday, 24 November 2016
Studying Surface Water for Plankton & Microplastics In this project we collect sea surface water in the eastern Aegean Sea to find trends between the amount of plankton and microplastics and establish if a correlation exists. We hypothesise that greater quantities of plastics leads to fewer plankton in the neustonic layer leading to a greater
Distribution Model for Common Dolphins near the Island of Samos
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
The aim of this project is to develop a species distribution model (SDM) for common dolphins which takes into account dynamic environmental factors such as sea surface temperature, salinity and chlorophyll. SDMs take occurrence or abundance data about certain species and extrapolate this data in space and time using a statistical model. In the case of
Implementing Small Scale Renewable Applications
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Desalination stills Desalination stills are using the suns radiant energy to evaporate water. The evaporated water is then condensed again on a cool inside surface, where it drips down and is collected. Archipelagos’ prototype is a two slope basin solar still with a 20° horizontal angle. The aim of the desalination process in our base
- Published in Renewable Energy Team