Aikaterini Stamouli

Journal Articles

• Lauria V., Gargano F., Arculeo M., Bono G., Fiorentino F., Flot J.-F., Collard O., Follesa M. C., Garofalo G., Georges V., Maiorano P., Massi D., Stamouli C., Vaz S., Vitale S., Vecchioni L. 2025. Genetic structure and connectivity of the critically endangered deep-sea octocoral Isidella elongata: implications for marine biodiversity conservation in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 26(4): 1050–1067. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.40883
• Stamouli C., Gerovasileiou V., Voultsiadou E., 2025. Sponges as Habitat Formers on Mesophotic, Soft-Substrate Seafloors of the Eastern Mediterranean. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 13(11):2132. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/jmse13112132.
• Damalas D., Kotomatas S., Alberini A., Stamouli C., Fotiadis N., 2024. Tragedy of the commons in a Mediterranean MPA: The Case of Gyaros Island Marine Reserve. Sustainability, 16: https: //doi.org/10.3390/su16051918.
• Stamouli C., Gerovasileiou V., Voultsiadou E., 2023. Sponge Community Patterns in Mesophotic and Deep-Sea Habitats in the Aegean and Ionian Seas. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11112204.
• Legaki A., Chatzispyrou A., Damalas D., Sgardeli V., Lefkaditou E., Anastasopoulou A., Dogrammatzi A., Charalampous K., Stamouli C., Vassilopoulou V., Tserpes G., Mytilineou C., 2023. Decline in Size-at-Maturity of European Hake in Relation to Environmental Regimes: A Case in the Eastern Ionian Sea. Animals, 14: 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14010061.
• Mytilineou C, Herrmann B, Smith CJ, Mantopoulou-Palouka D, Anastasopoulou A, Siapatis A, Sala A, Megalofonou P, Papadopoulou N, Vassilopoulou V, Stamouli C., Kavadas S, Lefkaditou E., Nicolaidou A., 2022. Impacts on biodiversity from codend and fisher selection in bottom trawl fishing. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:1021467. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1021467.
• Stamouli C., Zenetos A., Kallianiotis A. and Voultsiadou E., 2022. Megabenthic invertebrates diversity in Mediterranean trawlable soft bottoms: a synthesis of the current knowledge. Mediterranean Marine Science, 23(3): 447–459. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.29165.
• Damalas D., Stamouli C., Fotiadis N., Kikeri M., Kousteni V., Mantopoulou-Palouka D., 2022. The Gyaros island marine reserve: a biodiversity hotspot in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. PLOS ONE, 17(2): e0262943. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262943.
• Karachle P.K., Stamouli C. and Dogrammatzi A. (2020). Review of the sharpnose sevengill shark Heptranchias perlo(Chondrichthyes: Hexanchidae) in the Mediterranean: historical and recent data. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis, 30(2): 131-146.
• Katsanevakis S., Poursanidis D., Hoffman R., Rizgalla J., Rothman SB-S., Levitt-Barmats Y., Hadjioannou L., Trkov D., Garmendia JM., Rizzo M., Bartolo A.G., Bariche M., Tomas F., Kleitou P., Schembri P.J., Kletou D., Tiralongo F., Pergent C., Pergent G., Azzurro E., Bilecenoglu M., Lodola A., Ballesteros E., Gerovasileiou V., Verlaque M., Occhipinti-Ambrogi A., Kytinou E., Dailianis T., Ferrario J., Crocetta F., Jimenez C., Evans J., Ragkousis M., Lipej L., Borg J.A., Dimitriadis C., Chatzigeorgiou G., Albano P.G., Kalogirou S., Bazairi H., Espinosa F., Ben Souissi J., Tsiamis K., Badalamenti F., Langeneck J., Noel P., Deidun A., Marchini A., Skouradakis G., Royo L., Sini M., Bianchi C.N., Sghaier Y-R., Ghanem R., Doumpas N., Zaouali J., Tsirintanis K., Papadakis O., Morri C., Çinar M.E., Terrados J., Insacco G., Zava B., Soufi- Kechaou E., Piazzi L., Ounifi Ben Amor K., Andriotis E., Gambi M.C., Ben Amor M.M., Garrabou J., Linares C., Fortič A., Digenis M., Cebrian E., Fourt M., Zotou M., Castriota L., Di Martino V., Rosso A., Pipitone C., Falautano M., García M., Zakhama-Sraieb R., Khamassi .F, Mannino A.M., Ktari M.H., Kosma I., Rifi M., Karachle P.K., Yapıcı S., Bos A.R., Balistreri .P, Ramos Esplá A.A., Tempesti J., Inglese O., Giovos I., Damalas D., Benhissoune S., Huseyinoglu M.F., Rjiba- Bahri W., Santamaría J., Orlando-Bonaca M., Izquierdo A., Stamouli C., Montefalcone M., Cerim H., Golo R., Tsioli S., Orfanidis S., Michailidis N., Gaglioti M., Taşkın E., Mancuso E., Žunec A., Cvitković I., Filiz H., Sanfilippo R., Siapatis A., Mavrič B., Karaa S., Türker A., Monniot F., Verdura J., El Ouamari N., Selfati M. and Zenetos A. (2020). Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species. BioInvasions Records, 9(2): 165–182.
• Gerovasileiou V., Smith C.J., Kiparissis S., Stamouli C., Dounas C. and Mytilineou Ch. (2019). Updating the distribution status of the critically endangered bamboo coral Isidella elongata (Esper, 1788) in the deep Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 28: 100610.
• Stamouli C., Akel E. H. Kh., Azzurro E., Bakiu R., Bas A. A., Bitar G., Boyaci Y.Ö., Cakalli M., Corsini-Foka M., Crocetta F., Dragičević B., Dulčić J., Durucan F., Zrelli R. El, Erguden D., Filiz H., Giardina F., Giovos I., Gönülal O., Hemida F., Kassar A., Kondylatos G., Macali A., Mancini E., Ovalis P., Paladini De Mendoza F., Pavičić10, Rabaoui L., Rizkalla S.I., Tiralongo F., Turan C., Vrdoljak D., Yapici S. and Zenetos A. (2017). New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (December 2017). Mediterranean Marine Science, 18: 534-556.
• Dogrammatzi A. and Stamouli C. (2017). Occurrence of Leucoraja fullonica in Argolikos Gulf (Aegean Sea). In Lipez et al. (2017) New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (March 2017). Mediterranean Marine Science, 18/1: 179-201.
• Mytilineou Ch. and Stamouli C. (2016). First record of the alien species Sphoeroides pachygaster in Saronikos Gulf. In Karachle et al. (2016) Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (Jule 2016). Mediterranean Marine Science, 17/2: 608-626.
• Stamouli C. and Dogrammatzi A. (2016). First record of the Lessepsian fish Upeneus pori Ben-Tuvia & Golani, 1989 in Saronikos Gulf In: Karachle et al. (2016) Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (March 2016). Mediterranean Marine Science, 17/1: 230-252.

Submitted

• Milllot J.,……., Stamouli C., et al., Characterizing Soft-bottom Megabenthic Communities of the Mediterranean Continental Shelf: A Biogeographic Approach. Journal of Biogeography, Submitted in 2025.
• Galli S., Maiello G., Marinchel N., Carpentieri P., Chatzispyrou A., Damalas D., Charalampous K., Stamouli C., Mariani S., Russo T., Sbrana A.. Harnessing Environmental DNA Metabarcoding for the Detection and Mapping of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the Medditerranean Sea. Biodiversity and Conservation, Submitted in 2025.
• Georges V., Garofalo G., Gonzales-Irusta J. M, Millot J., Vaz S., Chimienti G., Anibaldi A., Casini M., Fanelli E., V., Gerovasileiou, Massi D., Laffargue P., Perdichizzi A., Profeta A., Sabatini L., Stamouli C., Smith C.J., Lauria V. Climate-driven distribution shifts of sea pens (Scleralcyonacea: Pennatuloidea) in European Waters to support conservation of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems. Progress in Oceanography, Submitted in 2026.
• Millot J., Lauria V., Georges V., Smith c., Domingez-Carrio C., Evangelopoulos A., Gerovasileiou V., Chimienti G., Fanelli E., Evans J., Casini M., Fabri M-C. Pierluigi C., Rinelli P., Massi D., Profeta A., JadaudA., Manfredi C., Stamouli C.,Mytilineou C., Teresa F., Masumeci C., Sbrana M., Petovíc S., Pisani L., Agius D., Kamidis N., Thasitis I., Kolitari J., Vaz S., Climate – driven habitat shifts of the vulnerable sea pen Funiqulina quandrangularis in the Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Living Resources, Submitted in 2025.
• Hogg K., Calò A., Carbonara P., Claudet J., Damalas D., Di Lorenzo M., Galli S., Loiseau C. Panayotova M., Raykov V., Russo S., Russo T., Sabatella R., Scannella D., Scianna C., Sgardeli V., Stamouli C., Vitale S., Di Franco A.. Small-scale fishers’ perceptions and behavioral responses to marine protected areas implementation. Marine Policy, Submitted in 2025.

Conference Papers & Proceedings

• Lefkaditou E., Drosi M., Kommatas D., Manoliou A., Dokos I., Rokana Ch., Stamouli C., Charalambous K., Christides G., Dogrammatzi A., 2025. The recent invasion of Lessepsian fish species on the continental shelf of Saronikos Gulf, as evidenced by bottom trawl survey (MEDITS). 19^th Panhellenic Conference of Ichthyologists.
• Lauria V., Fiorentino F., Agnetta D., Gargano F., Georges V., Massi D., Panzeri D., Scannella D., Vecchioni L., Arculeo M.M Bono G., Calabro M., Chimienti G., Flot J-F., Follesa C., Libralato S., Maiorano P., Milisenda G., Russo T., Stamouli C., Vaz S., Vitale S. & Garofalo G., 2024. Biodiversity conservation and sustainability of deep water fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea. National Forum on Biodiversity, May 2024.
• Gerovasileiou V., Smith CJ., Salomidi M., Stamouli C., Drakopoulou V., Jimenez C. 2022. Insights to the understudied sponge assemblages of the deep Eastern Mediterranean Sea. 11th International Sponge Symposium.
• Stamouli C., Gerovasileiou V. and Voultsiadou E. (2019). Sponge diversity and distribution in mesophotic and deep-sea grounds trawled in the Aegean and Ionian Seas: Preliminary results. 14th International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions (ICZEGAR).
• Mytilineou Ch., Anastasopoulou A., Damalas D., Drakopoulou V., Farrag M., Gerovasileiou V., Gücü A.C., Jimenez C., Iona S., Kapiris K., Kavadas S., Kiparissis S., Kontoyiannis H., Lambadariou N., Lefkaditou E., Lteif M., Ali M., Papadopoulou N., Peristeraki P., Rousakis G., Sakellariou D., Salomidi M., Sharif J., Sevastou K., Smith C.J., Stamouli C., Souvermezoglou E., Thasitis I. and Otero M.M. (2019). DEEPEASTMED: State of the Knowledge of Deep-water Vulnerable Species and Habitats in the Eastern Mediterranean. ICES Annual Science Conference.
• Kapiris K., Bordbar L., Glikokokkalos S., Kavadas S., Kapakos J., Laiaki M., Legaki A., Mantopoulou D., Dokos J., Petroutsos J.S., Stamouli C., Fitylakos J.,Charalambous C. and Christides G. (2019). Preliminary results from a pilot study on recreational fishing in the Saronic Gulf. 17th Panhellenic Conference of Ichthyologists.
• Stamouli C., Mytilineou Ch. and Smith Ch. (2018). Distribution patterns of the hatpin sea-urchin Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. 12th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries.
• Gerovasileiou V., Stamouli C., Kiparissis S., Jimenez C., Mytilineou Ch., Lefkaditou E., Thasitis I., Kavadas S., Smith CJ. and Otero M. (2018). Vulnerable deep-sea megabenthos in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: benefits of photographic documentation in experimental fishing surveys. 12th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries.
• Stamouli C. and Dogrammatzi A. (2016). First record of the Lessepsian fish Upeneus pori Ben-Tuvia & Golani, 1989 in Saronikos Gulf. 51st EMBS European Marine Biology Symposium, Book of Abstracts p.87.
• Papadopoulou K.-N., Anastasopoulou A., Mytilineou Ch., Smith C.J. and Stamouli C. (2016). Invisible out-of-sight pollution: seabed marine litter in the Aegean Sea, Mediterranean. 13th International Conference on Protection and Restoration of the Environment, Mykonos Isl., Greece.
• Stamouli C. Mytilineou Ch., Papadopoulou K. N., Smith C. J. and Dogrammatzi A. (2015). Endangered benthic invertebrates in bottom trawl catches in the South Aegean Sea. 13th International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions (ICZEGAR).
• Karayanni H.; Meziti A.; Kormas K.; Kokkinos P.; Vantarakis A.; Leonardos I.; Stamouli A. and Nicolaidou A. (2015). Assessing the ecological status of Igoumenitsa Gulf (NW Greece) in an integrated way. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting.
• Mytilineou Ch, Anastasopoulou A., Stamouli C., Kavadas S., Smith C.J., Siapatis A. and Papadopoulou K. (2015). Diversity in the retained and escapee catch of three different trawl codend meshes in the E. Mediterranean. ICES Annual Science Conference.
• Mytilineou Ch., Anastasopoulou A., Stamouli C., Kavadas S., Smith C.J., Dokos G., Christidis G. and Papadopoulou K. (2015). Preliminary results on the diamond and square mesh trawl codend elasmobranchs catches in the Southern Aegean Sea. Annual Symposium of The Fisheries Society of The British Isles, Plymouth, U.K.
• Mytilineou Ch., Stamouli C., Anastasopoulou A., Kavadas S., Haralabous J. Smith Ch. J., Papadopoulou K., Siapatis A., Dokos J., Christidis G., Kypraiou E. and Oikonomidis G. (2015). Biodiversity indices for the catch of square and diamond trawl codend meshes in the south Aegean Sea. Aquatic Biodiversity & Ecosystems: Evolution, interactions & global change.
• Papadopoulou K.-N., Anastasopoulou A., Mytilineou Ch., Smith C.J. and Stamouli C. (2015). Marine litter collected by trawling from fishing grounds in the Aegean Sea (E. Mediterranean) and potential underestimates. Marine Conference “A WAKE OF PLASTICS, What You Sea Is What You Get”. Venice, Italy.
• Papadopoulou K.-N., Anastasopoulou A., Mytilineou Ch., Smith Ch. J. and Stamouli C. (2015). Marine litter baseline; data from four trawling grounds in the Aegean Sea, Mediterranean. Aquatic Biodiversity & Ecosystems: Evolution, interactions & global change.
• Karayanni H., Meziti A., Kokkinos P., Stamouli C., Vantarakis A., Nikolaidou A. and Kormas K. (2015). Combining benthic macrofauna, virus and bacteria data for the assessment of the ecological status of a coastal area subject to human pressures. 11th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries.
• Papadopoulou K-N., Anastasopoulou A., Mytilineou Ch., Smith C.J. and Stamouli C. (2015). Seabed marine litter, comparison of 4 Aegean trawling grounds. 11th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries.
• Smith C.J., Stamouli C., Mytilineou Ch., Dokos G. and Oikonomidis G. (2015). Preliminary results of underwater observations of trawl codend escapees behaviour. 11th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries.
• Mytilineou Ch., Anastasopoulou A., Stamouli C., Kavadas S., Vassilopoulou V., Smith C.J.1, Dokos J., Christidis G. and Kypraiou E. (2015). Preliminary results on the study of the diamond and square mesh in the trawl codend: differences in the composition, abundance and biomass of the catch. 11th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries.
• Stamouli C., Haralabous J., Mytilineou Ch., Smith C.J., Siapatis A., Papadopoulou K-N., Christidis G. (2015). Study on the non-commercial benthic invertebrates of trawl codend: Preliminary results using different nets. 11th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries.
• Stamouli C., Nikolaidou A., Meziti A. and Karayanni H. (2014). Preliminary study of the benthic macrofauna of Igoumenitsa Gulf. 36th Scientific Conference of Hellenic Association for Biological Sciences.
• Verriopoulos G., Theodorou I., Karlatou-Charalabopoulou A., Kytinou E., Lardi P., Protopappa M., Siapatis A., Stamouli C., Fafouti K. and Fytilakos I., (2013). Mesozooplankton Abundance and Composition in Τhermaikos and Toronaios Gulf. 15th Panhellenic Conference of Ichthyologists.
• Stamouli A., Lolas A. and Vafidis D. (2012). The reproductive cycle of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in the central Aegean region. Abstracts, 12th International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions (ICZEGAR).
• Stamouli A., Lolas A. and Vafidis D. (2012). Population structure and biometric characteristics of the common sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816), in two habitats. 10th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries.
• Stamouli A., Lolas A. and Vafidis D. (2011). Preliminary results of the study of the reproductive behaviour of the common sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816), in Pagasitikos gulf. 4th International Symposium on Hydrobiology & Fisheries.

Book Chapters

• Mytilineou Ch., Gerovasileiou V., Ali M., Farrag M., Stamouli C., Papadopoulou K.N., Smith C.J., Kallianiotis A., Stergiou K.I. and Otero, M., 2022. Biotic Environment. In: Otero M., Mytilineou C. (Eds). Deep-sea Atlas of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (13-18 pp.). IUCN-HCMR DeepEastMed Project. Publisher, IUCN Gland, Malaga.
• Salomidi M., Gerovasileiou V., Stamouli C., Drakopoulou V., Otero M.M., Jimenez C., Kiparissis S., Mytilineou Ch., Papadopoulou N., Smith C.J., Thasitis I., Anastasiadou Ch., Lefkaditou E., Makovsky Y. and Schüler M. 2022. Deep-sea vulnerable benthic fauna. In: Otero M., Mytilineou C. (Eds). Deep-sea Atlas of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (123-144 pp.). IUCN-HCMR DeepEastMed Project. Publisher, IUCN Gland, Malaga.

Special publications from scientific networks and organizations

• Mytilineou Ch., Herrmann B., Smith C.J., Mantopoulou-Palouka D., Anastasopoulou A., Siapatis A., Sala A., Megalofonou P., Papadopoulou K., Vassilopoulou V., Stamouli C., Kavadas S., Lefkaditou E., Nicolaidou A. TOPIC Group: The use of indicators to describe and compare the performance of fishing gears (Indica-tors) (TG Indicator). ICES Scientific Reports, 5:83: 94-95. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24080889.
• Mytilineou Ch., Herrmann B., Smith CJ, Mantopoulou-Palouka D., Anastasopoulou A., Siapatis A., Sala A., Megalofonou P., Papadopoulou K., Vassilopoulou V., Stamouli C., Kavadas S., Lefkaditou E., Nicolaidou A. 2023. Is biodiversity affected by bottom trawl fishing? It’s time to take decisions. ICES/FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB23), Cochin, India.
• Massi D., Petovic S., Stamouli C., Profeta A., Scannella D., Titone A., Chimienti G., 2022. Field Identification Guide of Benthos. Technical Paper of MEDITS Working Group on Benthos: 37 p.

THESES

• Stamouli C., 2025. Diversity of non-commercial benthic invertebrates and structure of benthic communities at the main fishing grounds of the Hellenic seas. PhD Dissertation, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Thessaloniki, 281 pp.
• Stamouli C, 2014. Assessment of the ecological status of Igoumenitsa Bay based on benthic macrofauna. Master’s Thesis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Athens, 67 pp.
• Stamouli C., 2012. Histological analysis of the gonads of the common sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) in the Pagasitikos Gulf. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Thessaly (UTH), Volos, 88 pp.