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Panagiota Peristeraki

Contact Address

Institute of Marine Biology of Crete
P.O.Box 2214
Heraklion 71003
Crete, Greece.
Tel: +30 2810 337830
Fax: +30 2810 337820
Email: notap@imbc.gr

Year of Birth: 1961
Nationality: Greek
Language: Greek: Native language.
English: Reading, writing and spoken English at high level

Education

• 1986 B.Sc.,Biology, University of Athens, Greece.

Professional Experience

• 1987 - to date. Participation in research projects carried out by the Fisheries Dept., IMBC and the Fisheries Research Laboratory, University of Crete.

Current European Projects

• DG XIV Study Project 97-0046. Investigation of the swordfish fishery in the central and eastern Mediterranean
• DG XIV Study Project 98-045. The bluefin tuna fishery in the Eastern Mediterranean (Scientific responsible)
• DG XIV Study Project 98-034. Analysis of swordfish fisheries data series in the central and eastern Mediterranean
• FAIR CT98-3941. Fine genetic structure of swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ) in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic: study by means of individual tagging, using microsatellite DNA.
• MEDITS Project 97-0041. International bottom trawl survey in the Mediterranean - MEDITS Stock assessment in the Mediterranean - SAMED
• DG XIV Study Project 97-0046. The swordfish fishery in the Mediterranean
• DG XIV Study Project 00-044. Investigation of the bluefin tuna fishery in the eastern Mediterranean". (Scientific responsible).
• DG XIV Study Project 00-010. International bottom trawl survey in the Mediterranean - MEDITS V
• National fisheries data collection project, 2002-06. (Regional responsible for the experimental bottom trawl survey).

Selected publications

• Somarakis S., Kostikas I., Peristeraki P ., and N.Tsimenides,1997. Fluctuating asymmetry in the otoliths of larval anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus and the use of developmental instability as an indicator of condition in larval fish . Marine Ecology Progress Series 151: 191-203.
• Tserpes, G., Peristeraki P., Potamias G. and N.Tsimenides,, 1999. Species distribution in the southern Aegean sea based on bottom-trawl surveys. Aquat. Liv.Resour 12: 167-175.
• Lefkaditou E., Souplet A., Peristeraki P , Gonzalez M ., Kavadas S, Vidoris P., Cucu D., and C. Papaconstantinou. 2000 . “Preliminary investigation of factors affecting the spatial distribution and abundance of Eledone cirrhosa (Cephalopoda: Octopoda) in the Mediterranean Sea”. In : J.A. Bertrand & G. Relini (eds.) Demersal resources in the Mediterranean. Symposium Proc, Pisa, 18-21 March 1998. Actes de Colloques 26: 208-218. Ifremer, Plouzane .
• Tserpes G., Peristeraki P . and S. Somarakis, 2001. On the reproduction of swordfish (Xiphias gladius L.) in the eastern Mediterranean. Collective volume of scientific papers ICCAT, 52: 740-744.
• Tserpes G. and P. Peristeraki . 2002. Trends in the abundance of demersal species in the southern Aegean Sea. Sci. Mar. 66 (Suppl. 2): 243-252.
• Stergiou K.I., Tserpes G. and P. Peristeraki . 2003. Modeling and forecasting monthly swordfish catches in the Eastern Mediterranean. SCI. MAR., 67 (Suppl. 1): 283-290.
• Tserpes G., Darby C., Di Natale A., Peristeraki P ., and A. Mangano, 2003. Assessment of the Mediterranean swordfish stock based on Greek and Italian fisheries data. Collective volume of scientific papers ICCAT, 55(1): 94-106.