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Yolanda Koulouri

Contact Address

Institute of Marine Biology of Crete
P.O.Box 2214
Heraklion 71003
Crete, Greece.
Tel: +30 2810 337842
Fax: +30 2810 337822
Email: yol72@imbc.gr

Date of Birth : July 24, 1972
Nationality : Greek
Language : Greek: Native language
English: excellent knowledge of written and spoken English.

Education

• 1992-96: B.Sc. in Biology, University of Patras, Greece.
• 1996-99: M.Sc. in Marine Biology (ecology of macrobenthic molluscs), Department of Biology, University of Crete, Greece.
• 1999 to date: Ph.D studies in Marine Biology (Doctoral thesis on development of a new method for the direct measurement of otter trawling effects on the epibenthic and hyperbenthic macrofauna), Department of Biology, University of Crete, Greece.

Professional Experience

• 1996-2001: Participation in research projects of the Dept of Technology and Management of the Marine Environment, IMBC.
• 2001 to date: Research assistant in the Dept of Technology and Management of the Marine Environment, IMBC.

Participation in recent and ongoing research projects

• Environmental and Economical Marine Pollution Project, Libya, General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) (2003 – 2004).
• Development of marine protected zones in three coastal areas. Third National Operational Program, Greek Ministry of Agriculture (2003-2004).
• Interregional telematic network for the management of risks in the Balkan and South Mediterannean area: Albania, FYROM, Bulgaria, Regions of Central Macedonia and Crete (INTERISK). European Community, ECOS – OUVERTURE, ERDF art. 10 ( 2000-2002).
• Development of a new method for the quantitative measurement of the effects of otter trawling on benthic nutrient fluxes and sediment biogeochemistry. Study Project 99/036, European Community DG-XIV (1999-2002).
• Development of a marine protected zone with artificial reefs in the coasts of Thrace, North Greece. Second Operational Program. Greek Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries ( 1997-2002).
• Implementation of Management Plans for Pylos Lagoon and Evrotas Delta, NATURA 2000 SITES, (European Community - LIFE NATURA PROJECT) (1998-2001).
• Cephalopod Resources Dynamics: Patterns in Environmental and Genetic Variation. European Community, FAIR II program (1997-2000).
• Mediterranean Action Plan (MED-POL). University of Crete. Greek Ministry of (1996-2000). Environmental Monitoring of Sewage Water Treatment Plant of Chania. Municipality of Chania (1996-2000).

Selected publications

• Koulouri P., Dounas C. & A. Eleftheriou, 2003. A new apparatus for the direct measurement of otter trawling effects on the epibenthic and hyperbenthic macrofauna. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , 83: 1363-1368.
• Koulouri P., Dounas C. & A. Eleftheriou, 2003. Preliminary results on the effect of otter trawling on hyperbenthic communities in Heraklion Bay (Eastern Mediterranean, Cretan Sea). American Fisheries Society Journal ( accepted for publication). Dounas C., Davies I., Hayes P., Arvanitidis C. & P. Koulouri, 2003. The effect of different types of otter trawl groundrope on benthic nutrient fluxes and sediment biogeochemistry. American Fisheries Society Journal ( accepted for publication).

Conference Papers

• Dounas C., Davies I., Hayes P., Arvanitidis C. & P. Koulouri, 2003. A new method for the quantitative measurement of the effects of trawling on benthic nutrient fluxes and sediment biogeochemistry. 7th Hellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries. Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, May 6-9, 2003.
• Koulouri P., Dounas C. & A. Eleftheriou, 2003. Preliminary study of hyperbenthos in the Cretan Continental Shelf (Eastern Mediterranean). 7th Hellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries. Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, May 6-9, 2003.
• Hatzigeorgiou G., Arvanitidis C., Koutsoubas D., Dounas C., Koulouri P. & A. Eleftheriou, 2003. Biodiversity patterns in the Mediterranean lagoonal ecosystem. 7th Hellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries. Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, May 6-9, 2003.
• Dounas C., Kalianiotis A., Vidoris P., Triantaphyllou G., Arvanitidis C., Petihakis G. & P. Koulouri, 2001. Assessment of otter trawling impact on Posidonia oceanica meadows in the Thrakian coasts (Greece) and application of relative national and European legislation. 10th Panellenic Congress of Ichthyologists, Chania, Greece, Oct. 18-20, 2001.
• Dounas C., Arvanitidis C. & P. Koulouri, 2000. Artificial reefs as management tools for the delimitation, protection and rehabilitation of coastal ecosystems. 9th Panellenic Congress of Ichthyologists, Messologi, Greece, Jan. 20-23, 2000.
• Koulouri P., Koutsoubas D. & C. Dounas, 2000. Structure and dynamics of the infralittoral molluscan assemblages (soft substrate) in Heraklion Bay (Crete, Eastern Mediterranean). 6th Hellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries. Chios, Greece, May 23-26, 2000. Perales-Raya C., Moreno A., Pereira J., Arvanitidis C., Koutsoubas D., Balguerías E., Cunha M., Hernández-González C.L. & P. Koulouri, 2000. Global patterns in the Northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean octopus ( Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797) stocks: an integrated overview. CIAC Cephalopod Biomass and Production, 3-7 July 2000, University of Aberdeen, Scotland .