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Stylianos Somarakis

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Date of Birth : August 19 , 1968
Nationality : Greek
Language : Greek : Native language.
English :Read , write and speak very well.
French :Read , write and speak very well.

Education

• 1991 B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Crete , Greece.
  
• 1993 M.Sc in Marine Biology from the University of Crete,Greece
  
• 2000 Ph. D in Marine Biology from the University of Crete. Greece.
  

Professional Experience

1991- : Research Scientist in the Institute of Marine Biology of Crete
2002- : Lecturer in the Biology Department of the University of Patras

Conducted research for 10 years on the following: estimation of egg production and spawning biomass in small pelagic fishes, larval fish assemblage structure and variability, reproductive strategies of Mediterranean marine fishes, growth, mortality and transport of fish larvae and the effects of environmental variability on the distribution, abundance and productivity of fish populations.

Involvement in numerous research projects funded by the EU or the Greek Government dealing with the application of fisheries independent methods for the estimation of anchovy and sardine stocks in the eastern Mediterranean, the collection and analysis of fisheries and biological data for the assessment of the Greek stocks and the interactions among fisheries, aquaculture and the environment.

Current European Projects

• DG XIV Study Project 98-039. "Evaluation of the Southern Greek sardine stocks"
• FAIR-CT 98-3941. "Fine genetic structure of swordfish (Xifias gladius) in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Study by means of individual genetic tagging using microsatellite DNA markers"
• DG XIV Study Project 98-041."State of the stocks of European Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)"
• EU-DG XIV (Quality of Life QLRT 99 - 31151). "Aquaculture and Coastal Economic and Social Sustainability"
• DG XIV Study Project 00. "Collection and management of data from commercial fisheries in Greece"
• DG XIV Study Project 00. "Patterns and propensities in Greek fishing effort and catches"

Selected publications

• Somarakis S., Kostikas I., Peristeraki N., Tsimenides N. (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.
• Somarakis S., Kostikas I., Tsimenides N. (1997). Fluctuating asymmetry in the otoliths of larval fish as an indicator of condition. Conceptual and methodological aspects. Journal of Fish Biology 51 (Supplement A): 30-38..
• Somarakis S., Tsimenides N. (1997). A Daily egg Production Method biomass estimate of the northern Aegean Sea anchovy stock. In: Motos L. (ed.) 'Improvements of the Daily Egg Production Method techniques'. Ozeanografika 2: 133-148.
• Somarakis S., Catalano B., Tsimenides N. (1998). Catchability and retention of larval European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus, with bongo nets. Fishery Bulletin 96: 917-925.
• Machias A., Somarakis S., Tsimenides N. (1998). Bathymetric distribution and movements of red mullet Mullus surmuletus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 166:247-257.
• Pavlidis M., Koumoundouros G., Stergioti A., Somarakis S., Divanach P., Kentouri M. (2000). Evidence of temperature-dependent sex determination in the European Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.). Journal of Experimental Zoology 287: 225-232.
• Somarakis S., Maraveya E., Tsimenides N. (2000). Multispecies ichthyoplankton associations in epipelagic species: Is there any intrinsic adaptive function? Belgian Journal of Zoology 130 (Supplement 1): 125-129
• Somarakis S., Koutsikopoulos C., Machias A., Tsimenides N. (in press). Applying the Daily Egg Production Method to small stocks in highly heterogeneous seas. Fisheries Research.
• Machias A., Maraveya E., Pavlidis M., Somarakis S., Divanach P. (in press). Validation of annuli on scales and otoliths of common dentex (Dentex dentex). Fisheries Research
• Loir M, Le Gac F, Somarakis S, Pavlidis M (2001) Sexuality and gonadal cycle of the common dentex (Dentex dentex) in intensive culture. Aquaculture 194: 363-381
• Machias A, Maraveya E, Pavlidis M, Somarakis S, Divanach P (2002) Validation of annuli on scales and otoliths of common dentex (Dentex dentex). Fisheries Research 54: 287-294
• Somarakis S, Koutsikopoulos C, Machias A, Tsimenides N (2002). Applying the Daily Egg Production Method to small stocks in highly heterogeneous seas. Fisheries Research 55: 193-204
• Somarakis S, Drakopoulos P, Filippou V (2002) Distribution and abundance of larval fishes in the northern Aegean Sea –eastern Mediterranean- in relation to early summer oceanographic conditions. Journal of Plankton Research 24(4): 339-357
• Somarakis S, Machias A (2002) Age, growth and bathymetric distribution of red pandora (Pagellus erithrinus) on the Cretan shelf (eastern Mediterranean). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 82: 149-160
• Stergiou KI, Machias A, Somarakis S, Kapantagakis A (in press) Can we define target species in Mediterranean trawl fisheries? Fisheries Research
• Machias , Somarakis S, Papadroulakis , Spedicato M-T, Suquet M, Lembo M, Divanach P (in press) Settlement of the wreckfish (Polyprion americanus). Marine Biology