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Quinquennial Evaluation 2013 - 2017 of the Institute of Oceanography HCMR SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME Anavyssos, December 2018 Quinquennial Evaluation 2013 - 2017 of the Institute of Oceanography HCMR SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME Anavyssos, December 2018 The Self-Study Report of the Institute of Oceanography has been elaborated by the IO’s Scientific Council under the supervision of the Institute’s Director Dr. A.P. Karageorgis with the contribution of a wider team comprising administrative personnel, research technical scientists, functional scientists and researchers (in alphabetical order): L. Bray, L. Giannoudi, A. Gogou, A. Iona, G. Korres, A. Mavriki, K. Papatrechas, K. Parinos, A. Pavlidou, L. Perivoliotis, G. Petihakis., A. Prospathopoulos, G. Rousakis, D. Sakellariou, K. Sa- rantakos, T. Soukisian, M. Stefanaki, G. Triantafyllou, I. Varkitzi. Cite the present document as follows: Quinquennial Evaluation 2013-2017 of the Institute of Oceanography-HCMR, Self-Study Report, 2019. Karageorgis A., Tsabaris C., Panagiotidis P., Zeri C., Kaberi H., Tsapakis M., Psarra S., Zervoudaki S., Dra- kopoulou P. (Eds.), Anavyssos, Greece. Design - Cover Photo: Pavlidis Creative TABLE OF CONTENTS IO DIRECTORS’ CV DR. VASILEIOS LYKOUSIS - DIRECTOR OF THE IO DURING THE EVALUATION PERIOD 2013-2017 ......2 DR. ARISTOMENIS KARAGEORGIS - DIRECTOR OF THE IO SINCE DECEMBER 2018. ................................3 DATA FORMS ................................................................................................................................................................... 13 TABLE 1A - PERSONNEL ON 31/12/2017 (TOTAL, GENDER, CITIZENSHIP, TYPE OF CONTRACT, AGE) ..................................................................................................................................... 16 TABLE 1B - PERSONNEL ON 31/12/2017 (SUM PER TYPE PER YEAR)....................................................... 17 TABLE 2A - FINANCIAL STATEMENT (INCOME TOTAL IN EUROS PER YEAR) .......................................... 20 TABLE 2B - FINANCIAL STATEMENT (% BASED ON THE YEAR’S TOTAL) ................................................ 21 TABLE 4A - ACADEMIC OUTPUTS OF THE INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY .......................................... 25 TABLE 4B - SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENTS BY RESEARCHER / COLLABORATING FACULTY MEMBER 2013-2017 ........................................................ 26 ANNEXES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 123 ANNEX 1 - INFRASTRUCTURES – RESEARCH UNITS – CORE FACILITIES ............................................. 127 I. REMARKS AND IMPORTANT CHANGES SINCE 1.1.2013 ................................................................... 127 II. BUILDINGS ................................................................................................................................................... 128 III. GENERAL FACILITIES (LIBRARIES, ADMINISTRATION ETC) ........................................................... 128 IV. LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS .................................................................................................................... 131 V. FIELD INSTRUMENTS................................................................................................................................ 139 ANNEX 2 - COMPUTING FACILITIES .................................................................................................................. 145 I. GIS AND REMOTE SENSING UNIT INFRASTRUCTURE ...................................................................... 147 II. HELLENIC NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER (HNODC) INFRASTRUCTURE ............ 148 III. GEODATA PROCESSING & GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS .................................................................. 148 IV. POSEIDON SYSTEM’S COMPUTING FACILITIES ................................................................................. 149 V. OTHER COMPUTING FACILITIES USED FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND ECOLOGICAL MODELING ................................................................................ 149 ANNEX 3 - RESEARCH PROJECTS ................................................................................................................... 151 I. PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUNDS-NATIONAL PROJECTS & STUDIES ............................................... 153 II. PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUNDS-STRUCTURAL FUNDS .......................................................................153 III. PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUNDS-OTHER FUNDING ............................................................................... 154 [ III ] IV. INCOME FROM THE EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMMES ...................................................................... 154 V. INCOME FROM OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OR FOREIGN PUBLIC SOURCES ................................................................................................................... 155 VI. INCOME FROM R&D CONTRACTED BY FIRMS AND OTHER PRIVATE LEGAL ENTITIES ..................................................................................................... 156 VII. INCOME FROM SALES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, STUDIES, TESTS, ETC TO THIRD PARTIES .................................................................. 157 VIII. INCOME FROM EDUCATION AND TRAINING SERVICES ................................................................. 157 ANNEX 4 - IO’S FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 2013-2017 ........................................................................ 159 I. PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS ......................................................... 161 II. BOOK CHAPTERS ....................................................................................................................................... 198 III. PUBLICATIONS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS – EXTENDED ABSTRACTS ............................. 200 IV. PUBLICATIONS IN 11TH PANHELLENIC SYMPOSIUM ON OCEANOGRAPHY & FISHERIES ....................................................................................208 V. PUBLICATIONS IN OTHER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIUMS PROCEEDINGS ............................................................................................................. 217 VI. PARTICIPATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS/MEETINGS ................................................... 243 ANNEX 5 - FULL CITATIONS LIST (INDEXED IN SCOPUS - AS ON FEBRUARY 6TH 2019) OF IO’S PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS (2013-2017) .......................................................................... 247 ANNEX 6 - IO’S PUBLICATIONS BREAKDOWN FOR THE PERIOD OF 2013-2017, ALONG WITH THE CORRESPONDING 2017 IF OF EACH INDIVIDUAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. ............................................................................................259 ANNEX 7 - REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................................... 267 [ IV ] IIOO DDIIRREECCTTOORRSS'' CCVV DR. VASILEIOS LYKOUSIS - Director of the IO during the evaluation period 2013-2017. DR. ARISTOMENIS KARAGEORGIS - Director of the IO since December 2018. [ 1 ] Dr Vasileios Lykousis 2013- 2018. 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    С. S. RAFINESQUE AS A CARCINOLOGIST, AN ANNOTATED COMPILATION OF THE INFORMATION ON CRUSTACEA CONTAINED IN THE WORKS OF THAT AUTHOR by L. B. HOLTHUIS I. INTRODUCTION In the last tens of years more and more attention has been paid to the much neglected and ignored publications written by the eccentric early American naturalist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. Until now, however, Rafinesque's work in the field of carcinology has received but little attention from modern authors. In 1905 Ortmann (1905, p. 107) pointed out that the name Astacus limosus Rafinesque, 1817, is older than the name Astacus affinis Say, 1817, for the same species, and that consequently the former name has to be used. In the same year Richardson (1905, p. 10) replaced the invalid generic name Ligia Fabricius, 1798, by Ligyda Rafinesque, 1815. M. J. Rathbun (1937, p. 63) substituted the generic name Thelxiope Rafi- nesque, 1814, for the name Homola Leach, 1815. Finally, in 1949 Hubricht & Mackin (1949, p. 334) dropped the generic name Mancasellus Harger, 1876, in favour of Lirceus Rafinesque, 1820, at the same time changing the species name Mancasellus macrourus Garman, 1890, to Lirceus fontinalis Rafinesque, 1820. I know of no other names given by Rafinesque to Crus- tacea that have been adopted by modern authors, though many of the names given by him to genera and species of that group antedate names which now are currently in use. Since the acceptance of most of Rafinesque's valid generic and specific names would greatly upset the stability of carcinological nomenclature, the present author has submitted to the International Com- mission on Zoological Nomenclature a proposal in which is asked the suppression of those of Rafinesque's Decapod and Stomatopod names that might cause undesirable nomenclatorial confusion.

  • Decapod Crustacean Fauna of the Aegean Sea: New Information, Check List, Affinities

    Senckenbergiana marit. | 22 | (3/6) | 217—244 | Frankfurt am.AfeiSrT5~5. 1992 Senckenberg am Meer 463. Decapod Crustacean Fauna of the Aegean Sea: New Information, Check List, Affinities. With 2 Text-Figures and 4 Tables. ATHANASIOS KOUKOURAS & COSTAS DOUNAS & MICHAEL TURKAY & ELENI VOULTSIADOU-KOUKOURA. Abstract. [KOUKOURAS, A. & DOUNAS, C. & TURKAY, M. & VOULTSIADOU-KOUKOURA, E. (1992): Decapod crustacean fauna of the Aegean Sea: New information, check list, affinities. — Senckenbergiana marit. 22 (3/6): 217-244, 2 figs, 4 tabs.; Frankfurt a. M.] The examination of certain decapod crustacean collections from the Aegean Sea and the review of the relevant literature showed that the number of the species known from this area is 231. Seven of these species are reported for the first time from the eastern Mediterranean and three from the Aegean Sea. For the 19 more interesting species found, information on their distribution and their habitat is given. The numbers of decapods known from the entire Mediterranean, the Adriatic Sea, the coast of Israel and the Black Sea, according to the existing literature, are estimated. The affinities among the decapod faunas of the above areas are estimated by the coefficient of CHEKANOWSKI together with the number of species common to each pair of areas. The most strongly related fauna to that of the Aegean Sea is the fauna of the Adriatic. The fauna of the coast of Israel is more related to that of the coast of Cyprus although their degree of affinity is lower than that between Adriatic and Aegean. The two pairs of areas have an affinity with each other of about 60 %.