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Christopher J. Smith

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Date of Birth : May 15,1961
Nationality : British
Language : English (native speaker)
Working knowledge of Greek

Education

• 1984 B.Sc. (Hons.,1st Class) in Marine Biology, Heriot - Watt University,
  Scotland
• 1988 Ph.D.,Glasgow University,Scotland

Professional Experience

• 1988 - to date. Participation and coordination of research projects carried out by the Marine Ecology Department. Head of the Department of Marine Ecology from 1998. Research experience in benthic ecology, invertebrate ecology, biology and fisheries, environmental impacts of fisheries and development of marine instrumentation. Responsible for IMBC remote imaging systems (remotely operated vehicles, towed video system, side scan sonar and sediment profile imagery).

Involvement in European Projects

• DG XII MAST I-0044C Sulphide and methane based ecosystems.
• DG XII MAST II-CT93-0058 Oxic-anoxic interfaces as productive sites.
• DG XII MAST II-CT94-0092 CINCS: Pelagic-benthic coupling in the oligotrophic Cretan Sea (NE Mediterranean).
• DG XII MAST III 950401 MATER: Mass Transfer and Ecosystem Response.
• DG XII MAST III-CT95-0024 AMADEUS: Advanced manipulation for deep underwater sampling (IMBC Responsible).
• DG XII MAST III 96/1105: ARAMIS: Advanced ROV package for automatic mobile inspection of sediments (IMBC Responsible)
• Sediment Profile Imaging: Evaluation and Intercalibration (Coordinator).
• Imaging techniques in support of benthic science (Coordinator).
• DG XIV Study Project MED/91/003: Nephrops norvegicus: stock variability and assessment in relation to fishing pressure and environmental factors (Coordinator).
• DG XIV Study Project 94/069: Calibration of the towed underwater T.V. technique for use in stock assessment of Nephrops norvegicus (IMBC Responsible)
• DG XIV Study Project 96/0813: Growth and natural mortality of Nephrops norvegicus, with an introduction and evaluation of creeling in Mediterranean waters (Coordinator).
• DG XIV Study Project 94/084: Selectivity of square mesh windows (IMBC Responsible).
• DG XIV Study Project TR/MED93/012: The environmental impact of demersal fishing gears on the marine environment (Coordinator).
• DG XIV Study Project No. 98/017: Comparison of rapid methodologies for quantifying environmental impacts of otter trawls (IMBC Responsible).

Publications

• Eleftheriou, A. & Smith, C.J. (1993): Preliminary investigations of the benthic ecosystem from the Aegean shelf. In: Symposium Mediterranean Seas 2000. ed. by N. Della Croce. ISAM. Santa Margherita Ligure pp.105-120.
• Danovaro, R., Della Croce, N., Eleftheriou, A., Fabiano, M., Papadopoulou, N., Smith, C.J. & Tselepides, A. (1994) Meiofauna of the deep Eastern Mediterranean Sea: distribution and abundance in relation to bacterial biomass, organic matter composition and environmental factors. Biological Oceanography: 36: 329-341.
• Papadopoulou, K.-N., C. Dounas & C. Smith (1994) Distributional patterns and systematics on Lumbrineridae from Crete (S. Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean). World Polychaete Conference, Angers, 27 July - 3 August 1992. MŽmoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 162: 259-268.
• Nickel, L.A., Atkinson, R.J.A., Hughes, D.J., Ansell, A.D. & Smith C.J. (1994) Burrow morphology of the echiuran worm Maxmuelleria lankesteri (Echiura: Bonelliidae). Journal of Natural History 29: 871-885.
• Eleftheriou, A. Ansell, A.D. & Smith C.J. (eds.) (1995) Biology and Ecology of Shallow Coastal Waters. Proceedings of the 28th European Marine Biological Symposium, Crete, Greece, 1993. Olsen & Olsen, Denmark. 361 pp.
• Dando, P.R., Hughes, J.A., Leahy, Y., Niven, S.J., Smith C.J. & Taylor, L.J. (1995) Gas venting from submarine hydrothermal areas around the island of Milos in the Hellenic Volcanic Arc. Continental Shelf Research; 15 (8): 913-928.
• Karakassis, I, Smith, C.J. & Eleftheriou, A. (1996) Performance of neutral model analysis in a spatio-temporal series of macrobenthic replicates. Marine Ecology Progress Series: 137; 173-179.
• Tuck, I.D., Taylor, A.C., Atkinson, R.J.A., Gamitto, M. & Smith C.J. (1997) Biochemical composition of Nephrops norvegicus: changes associated with ovary maturation. Marine Biology; 129: 505-511.
• Hughes, D.J., Marrs S.J., Smith C.J. & R.J.A. Atkinson (1999) Observations of the echiuran worm Bonellia viridis in the deep basin of the Northern Evoikos Gulf, Greece. Journal of Marine Biological Association U.K.; 79: 361-363.