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Nadia Papadopoulou - Smith

Marine Ecology & Biodiversity Department

Contact Address

Institute of Marine Biology of Crete
P.O.Box 2214
Heraklion 71003
Crete, Greece.
Tel: +30 2810 346860 (Ext. 158)
Fax: +30 2810 241882
Email: nadiapap@imbc.gr

Date of Birth : April 20,1960
Nationality : Greek
Language : Greek (native language)
English: excellent (native speaker level)

Education

  • 1987: B.Sc. in Biology, University of Athens
  • 1997: University of Thessaloniki, registered Ph.D. student

Professional Experience

1988 to date: Institute of Marine Biology of Crete. Research Assistant. Dept. Marine Ecology
1988 to 1997, Dept. Marine Environment 1997-1998, Dept. Marine Ecology and Biodiversity 1998 to date.
  • Active participation in many national and international research programmes on benthic ecology, environmental impacts, population dynamics as well as benthic-pelagic coupling. Expertise in the areas of impacts of fishing on the marine environment. Author of over 30 publications and editor of several project final reports.
  • Participation in the Organising Committee of several International Conferences (28th EMBS, 7th Deep Sea Biology Symposium, ICES Symposium Marine Benthos Dynamics: Environmental and Fisheries impacts).
  • Minute Secretary/Rapporteur, IMBC Scientific Council and Advisory Board
Research Interests: benthic ecology, macro- and mega-benthic community structure and dynamics, environmental impacts with emphasis on environment-fisheries interactions, age, growth and mortality of benthic invertebrates, survival, vulnerability and functional roles of benthic invertebrates, biodiversity, imaging methodologies (underwater video, Side Scan Sonar, SPI), taxonomy, ecology and feeding ecology of polychaetes.

Involvement in European Projects

  • COST-IMPACT: COSTing the IMPACT of demersal fishing on marine ecosystem processes and biodiversity, QLRT ñ 2000-00993, 2001-2004.
  • AQCESS: Aquaculture and Coastal Economic and Social Sustainability, QLRT-99-31151, 2000 ñ2003.
  • MERAMED: Modelling Environmental Response to Aquaculture in the MEDiterranean, QLRT-99-31779, 2000-2003.
  • OTIP/FGEII: Comparison of rapid methodologies for quantifying environmental impacts of towed Fishing GEars (FGE II), DGXIV, 1999-2001.
  • Imaging: Imaging techniques in support of benthic science, Greece-Germany Joint Research and Technology Programme, GSRT, 1999- 2001.
  • Nephrops: Growth and natural mortality of Nephrops norvegicus with an introduction and evaluation of creeling in Mediterranean waters, DGXIV, 1997- 2001.
  • SfS: Trawling effects on the environment and the productivity of fishing grounds of Black Sea, NATO SfS ñ OUTREACH, 1997- 2000.
  • SPI: Sediment profile imaging: evaluation and intercalibration, Greece-Germany Joint Research and Technology Programme, GSRT, 1997- 2000.
  • MATER: Mass Transfer and Ecosystem Response, DGXII, MAST, 1996-2000. Interactions of Aquaculture and the Environment, OPRT, 1995 - 1997.
  • CINCS: Benthic-pelagic coupling in the Cretan Sea, DGXII, MAST, 1994-1998.
  • FGE I: The environmental impact of demersal Fishing Gears on the marine Environment, DGXIV, 1994-1998.

Selected recent publications

  • Smith CJ, Papadopoulou K.-N. & S. Diliberto 2000. Impact of otter trawling on an Eastern Mediterranean commercial trawl fishing ground. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57:1340-1351
  • Tselepides A., Papadopoulou K.-N., Podaras D., Plaiti W., Koutsoubas D. and Pantazoglou F. 2000. Macrobenthic community structure and dynamics over the continental margin of north Crete. Progr. Oceanog., 46: 401-428.
  • Karakassis I, M Tsapakis, E Hatziyianni, & Papadopoulou K.-N. 2000. Impact of bass and bream farming in cages on the seabed in three Mediterranean coastal areas. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57:1462-1471
  • Tselepides A., Duineveld G., Papadopoulou K.-N., Moodley L., & Lampadariou N., 2000. Benthic community structure and activity in the Aegean Sea (NE Mediterranean) Proceedings of the ASLO 2000, 5-9 June 2000, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Smith C.J., Papadopoulou K.-N., Catalano B. & Tselepides A. Megafaunal communities of the of the Aegean Sea. Proc. 6th Natl. Symp. Oceanogr. Fish., 1: 280-284.
  • Tselepides A., Papadopoulou K.-N., Podaras D., Koutsoubas D. Macrobenthic community structure of the Aegean Sea. Proc. 6th Natl. Symp. Oceanogr. Fish., 1: 275-279.
  • Labropoulou M., & Papadopoulou K.-N. 1999. Foraging strategies of four demersal fish species. Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Science, 49(A), 99-108.
  • Tselepides A., Papadopoulou K.-N., Podaras D. & D. Koutsoubas 1999. Benthic community structure in areas of contrasting productivity in the Aegean Sea. 4th MTP-II Workshop on the Variability of the Mediterranean Sea, EC-MAST Conference, October 1999, Perpignan, France, Abstr. pp: 204 (Oral presentation)
  • Smith C, Papadopoulou K.-N., Catalano B, Koutsoubas D. & Tselepides A., 1998. Megafaunal communities in the N. Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). 3rd MTP Workshop on the Variability of the Mediterranean Sea, Rhodos, Greece, Abstr. pp: 204.
  • Papadopoulou K.-N., Karakassis I. & A. Otegui, 1998. Iraklion harbour meiofaunal communities and organic enrichment effects. FEB, 7(1/2), 034-041.
  • Smith, C.J., Papadopoulou, K.-N., Kallianiotis, A., Catalano, B. & Diliberto, S. 1997. The interaction between otter trawling and the marine environment. Proc. 5th Natl. Symp. Oceanogr. Fish., vol.2, 32-36.
  • Smith, C.J., K.-N. Papadopoulou, M. Labropoulou & A. Tselepides, 1997. Megafaunal communities of the continental shelf and slope of the Cretan Sea. Proc. 5th Natl. Symp. Oceanogr. Fish., vol.1, 229-232.

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