Short CV
- BSc in Biology, Biology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2000-2006)
- MSc in Marine Biology, Biology Department, University of Crete (2006-2008)
Maria-Myrto Pyrounaki is a fisheries biologist. Her main research interests include fisheries acoustics and species distribution modelling. She has attended special training courses in hydroacoustics, stock assessment, ecological data analysis using R and hydroacoustic data analysis using R.
Since 2010, she holds a position as a research assistant at the Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR). She has participated in over than 10 European and National research projects (e.g. Med&BS RDBFIS II, National Fisheries Data Collection Project, PROTOMEDEA, MINOUW, SEAMAN, MEDISEH, AcousMed) related to climate change and habitat suitability modelling, geographic information systems, and fisheries acoustics. In the context of these projects, she has gained long-term experience working in the field onboard research vessels, and also on the modelling and analysis of scientific data.
She has contributed 10 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 1 book chapter, and more than 30 other publications (technical reports, working group reports, conference proceedings).
Publications
- Barra M., Bonanno A., Hattab T., Saraux C., Iglesias M., Leonori I., Ticina V., Basilone G., de Felice A., Ferreri R., Machias A., Ventero A., Costantini I., Juretic T., Pyrounaki M.M., Bourdeix J.H., Gasparevic D., Kapelonis Z., Canduci G., Giannoulaki M., 2021. Effects of sampling intensity and biomass levels on the precision of acoustic surveys in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22 (4): 769-783. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.26100
- Despoti S., Milisenda G., Ligas A., Bentes L., Maynou F., Vitaleg S., Garofalo G., Sbrana M., Erzini K., Tserpes G., Tsagarakis K., Maina I., Pyrounaki M.M., Papadopoulou N., Machias A., Colloca F., Fiorentino F., Stergiou K.I., Giannoulaki M., 2020. Marine spatial closures as a supplementary tool to reduce discards in bottom trawl fisheries: Examples from southern European waters. Fisheries Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105714
- Giannoulaki M., Pyrounaki M.M., Bourdeix J.H., Ben Abdallah L., Bonanno A., Basilone G., Iglesias M., Ventero A., De Felice A., Leonori I., Valavanis V.D., Machias A., Saraux C, Habitat Suitability Modeling to Identify the Potential Nursery Grounds of the Atlantic Mackerel and Its Relation to Oceanographic Conditions in the Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00230
- Tsagarakis K., Giannoulaki M., Pyrounaki M.M., Machias A., Species identification of small pelagic fish schools by means of hydroacoustics in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 16 (1): 151-161. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.799
- Bonanno A., Giannoulaki M., Barra M., Basilone G., Machias A., Genovese S., Goncharov S., Popov S., Rumolo P., Di Bitetto M., Aronica S., Patti B., Fontana I., Giacalone G., Ferreri R., Buscaino G., Somarakis S., Pyrounaki M.M., Tsoukali S., Mazzola S., Habitat Selection Response of Small Pelagic Fish in Different Environments. Two Examples from the Oligotrophic Mediterranean Sea. PLoS ONE,9 (7): 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101498
- Machias A., Pyrounaki M.M., Leonori I., Basilone G., Iglesias M., De Felice A., Bonanno A., Giannoulaki M., 2013. Catch of pelagic hauls in Mediterranean acoustic surveys: Is it the same between day and night? Scientia Marina, 77 (1): 69-79. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03656.21D
- Giannoulaki M., Iglesias M., Tugores M.P., Bonanno A., Patti B., De Felice A., Leonori I., Bigot J.L., Tičina V., Pyrounaki M.M., Tsagarakis K.,Machias A., Somarakis S., Schismenou E., Quinci E., Basilone G., Cuttita A., Campanella F., Miquel J., Oñate D., Roos D., Valavanis V.D., Characterizing the potential habitat of European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolusin the Mediterranean Sea, at different life stages. Fisheries Oceanography, 22 (2): 69-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12005
- Tsagarakis K., Pyrounaki M.M., Giannoulaki M., Somarakis S., Machias A., Ontogenetic shift in the schooling behaviour of sardines, Sardina pilchardus. Animal Behaviour 84: 437-443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.05.018
- Giannoulaki M., Pyrounaki M.M., Liorzou B., Leonori I., Valavanis V.D., Tsagarakis K., Bigot J.L., Roos D., De Felice A., Campanella F., Somarakis S., Arneri E., Machias A., Habitat suitability modelling for sardine juveniles (Sardina pilchardus) in the Mediterranean Sea. Fisheries Oceanography 20 (5): 367-382. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2011.00590.x
- Voultsiadou E., Pyrounaki M.M., Chintiroglou C., The habitat engineering tunicate Microcosmus sabatieri (Roule, 1885) and its associated peracarid epifauna. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 74 (1-2): 197-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2007.04.003