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Anastasios Tselepides

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Date of Birth : 24/12/1959
Nationality : Greek
Language : Greek:Native language
English: at native English level.

Education

• 1982:B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Salonika, Greece
• 1985 M.Sc in Marine Biology from the University of California San Diego (Scripps Institute of Oceanography)
• 1992 Ph.D. degree in Marine Biology from the University of Crete, Greece.

Professional Experience

• 1987 - to date. Participation and coordination of research projects carried out by the Marine Environment and Oceanography Departments of the nstitute of Marine Biology of Crete. Dr. A. Tselepides is a Senior Research Scientist, Head of the Oceanography Department and President of the Scientific Council at IMBC. He has been working in the Eastern Mediterranean for the past 14 years and has an invested interest in the study of the functioning of the Mediterranean Sea. His main scientific interests include: deep-sea research, productivity of marine ecosystems, structure and function of oligotrophic ecosystems, determination and quantification of the various modes of energy flux to the benthic communities in the oligotrophic E. Mediterranean Sea, benthic response to organic falls, pelagic-benthic coupling mechanisms, benthic community structure and energetic requirements, development of marine technology platforms.

European Projects

• SEEP:DG XII. MAS2-CT92-0040. Gas and water seepage on the continental margin.
• CINCS: DG XII. MAS2-CT94-0092. Pelagic-benthic Coupling in the Oligotrophic Cretan Sea(European Coordinator)
• MATERŒDG XII. MAS3-CT96-0051.Mass Transfer and Ecosystem Response
• ALIPOR: DG XII. MAS3-CT95-0010. Autonomous Lander Instrument Packages for Oceanographic Research
• MFS-PP: DG XII. Mediterranean Models Network.
• CYCLOPS:

Selected recent publications

• Tselepides, A., Psara, S., Christaki, U., Duineveld, G., Niewland, G.,Danovaro, R., Chronis, G. and V. Likoussis, 1996. Does pelagic-benthic coupling occur in the oligotrophic Cretan Sea (NE Mediterranean)? Eos Trans. AGU, 77 (3), Ocean Sciences Meet. Suppl., OS 93.
• Boetius A., Scheibe S., Tselepides A. and H. Thiel (1996). Microbial biomass and activities in deep-sea sediments of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: unusual accumulations in abyssal trenches. Deep-Sea Res., vol. 42, No. 9, pp. 1439-1460.
• Danovaro R., Dinet A., Duineveld G. & Tselepides A. (1999). Benthic response to particulate fluxes in different trophic environments: a comparison between the western and eastern Mediterranean. Prog. Oceanog., special issue "Progress in the Oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea", E. Lipiatou, S. Heussner, R. Mosetti, J. TintorŽ & A. Tselepides (eds), (in press Nov. 99).
• Tselepides A., Papadopoulou N., Podaras D., Plaiti W. and Koutsoubas D.(2000). Macrobenthic community structure over the continental margin of Crete (South Aegean Sea, NE Mediterranean). Prog. Oceanog., special issue "Pelagic-benthic coupling in the oligotrophic Cretan Sea", A. Tselepides and T. Polychronaki (eds.), (in press).
• Tselepides A., Polychronaki T., Zervakis V., Danovaro R. & Chronis G.(2000). Distribution of nutrients and POM in relation to the prevailing hydrographic features of the south Aegean Sea (NE Mediterranean). Prog. Oceanog., special issue "Pelagic-benthic coupling in the oligotrophic Cretan Sea", A. Tselepides and T. Polychronaki (eds.), (in press).
• Psarra S., Tselepides A. and Ingnatiades L. (2000). Primary productivity in the oligotrophic Aegean Sea (NE Mediterranean): seasonal and interannual variability. Prog. Oceanog., special issue "Pelagic-benthic coupling in the oligotrophic Cretan Sea", A. Tselepides and T. Polychronaki (eds.), (in press).
• Wassmann P., Ypma Y.-E. & A. Tselepides (2000). Vertical flux of Faecal pellets and microplankton on the shelf of the oligotrophic Cretan Sea (NE Mediterranean). Prog. Oceanog., special issue "Pelagic-benthic coupling in the oligotrophic Cretan Sea", A. Tselepides and T. Polychronaki (eds.), (in press).
• Duineveld G., Tselepides A., Witbaard R., Bak R. P. M., Berghuis E. M.,Nieuwland G., van der Weele J. and A. Kok (2000). Benthic-pelagic coupling in the oligotrophic Cretan Sea. Prog. Oceanog., special issue "Pelagic-benthic coupling in the oligotrophic Cretan Sea", A. Tselepides and T. Polychronaki (eds.), (in press).