Dataset of biogenic crusts from submarine caves of the Aegean Sea: An example of sponges vs microbialites competition in cryptic environments by Adriano Guido, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Franco Russo, Antonietta Rosso, Rossana Sanfilippo, Eleni Voultsiadou, Adelaide Mastandrea

“…For this purpose, the biotic crusts inside two submarine caves of the Aegean Sea were examined in order to characterize organisms involved in their formation. …”
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Estimation of selectivity parameters for target and bycatch fishes of the trammel net fisheries in the northern Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean Sea) by Angeliki Adamidou, Konstantinos Touloumis, Manos Koutrakis, Athanassios C. Tsikliras

“…The size selectivity of trammel nets was investigated in the northern Aegean Sea using 10 different inner-panel mesh sizes ranging from 16 to 70 mm nominal mesh size (bar length). …”
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Diatomaceous Silica in Environmental Applications: A Case Study from the Lacustrine Deposit of Limnos Island, Aegean Sea, Greece by Evangelos Stefanou, Nikolaos Kantiranis, Konstantinos Chatzicharalambous, Christina Mytiglaki, Michael Stamatakis, George Georgiadis

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Abundance and population characteristics of the invasive sea urchin Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) in the south Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean) by Dimitris Vafidis, Chryssanthi Antoniadou, Konstantinos Voulgaris, Anastasios Varkoulis, Chrysoula Apostologamvrou

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Traditional Structures in Turkey and Greece in 30 October 2020 Aegean Sea Earthquake: Field Observations and Empirical Fragility Assessment by Yasemin D Aktas, Ioanna Ioannou, Fatma Sevil Malcioglu, Ahsana Parammal Vatteri, Maria Kontoe, Kokcan Donmez, Jacob Black, Danai Kazantzidou-Firtinidou, Panagiotis Dermanis, Filiz Diri‐Akyildiz, Filiz Diri‐Akyildiz

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Large-scale testing of phytoplankton diversity indices for environmental assessment in Mediterranean sub-regions (Adriatic, Ionian and Aegean Seas) by Janja Francé, Ioanna Varkitzi, Elena Stanca, Francesco Cozzoli, Sanda Skejić, Nicola Ungaro, Ivano Vascotto, Patricija Mozetič, Živana Ninčević Gladan, Georgia Assimakopoulou, Alexandra Pavlidou, Soultana Zervoudaki, Kalliopi Pagou, Alberto Basset

“…In this work, a set of eight diversity indices was tested against the pressure levels within a common data set of the structure and abundance of phytoplankton communities from the Adriatic, Ionian and Aegean Seas. Expert knowledge was used to define four categories of impacts that take into account partial pressures, such as point and non-point pollution, industry, ports and fisheries. …”
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Age, Growth and Length-weight Relations of Common Sole (Solea solea Linnaeus, 1758) from Southern Aegean Sea by Hasan Cerim, Celal Ateş

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Mass mortality of the keratose sponge Sarcotragus foetidus in the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean) correlates with proliferation of Vibrio bacteria in the tissues by Ezgi Dinçtürk, Fikret Öndes, Fikret Öndes, Laia Leria, Manuel Maldonado

“…This study reports a mass mortality of wild sponges in the Aegean Sea (Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean), which affected the keratose demosponge Sarcotragus foetidus in September 2021. …”
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In situ predation of Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) on the rare hydrozoan, Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775), in the Aegean Sea, Turkey by Salim Can Akçınar

“…The feeding observation of Boops boops on Geryonia proboscidalis was observed in September 2013, in Sığacık Bay, the Aegean Sea, Turkey. The four bogue specimen was approximately 10-12 cm in total length (TL), and two out of six tentacles and tip of oral arm of G. proboscidalis was extirpated before the incidence. …”
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A Review on Toxic and Harmful Algae in Greek Coastal Waters (E. Mediterranean Sea) by Lydia Ignatiades, Olympia Gotsis-Skretas

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On Maximum Length Record of the Chub Mackerel (Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782) from Northern Aegean Sea (Turkey, eastern Mediterranean) by Özgür Cengi̇z

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First record of an Indo-Pacific gaper, Champsodon vorax  (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Champsodontidae), from the Aegean Sea, Turkey by I. Aydın, O. Akyol

“…A specimen of Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867, of 113 mm SL, was caught on 6 September 2014 with a bottom trawl from the entrance of the Bay of Izmir, north-eastern Aegean Sea at a depth of 65 m. The presently reported study constitutes the first record for the Aegean Sea but also the fourth record for the Mediterranean Sea. …”
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Shallow Sea Gas Manifestations in the Aegean Sea (Greece) as Natural Analogs to Study Ocean Acidification: First Catalog and Geochemical Characterization by Kyriaki Daskalopoulou, Kyriaki Daskalopoulou, Walter D’Alessandro, Manfredi Longo, Giovannella Pecoraino, Sergio Calabrese, Sergio Calabrese

“…In this study, we review and catalog 122 literature and unpublished data of submarine emissions distributed in ten coastal areas of the Aegean Sea. This catalog includes descriptions of the degassing vents through in situ observations, their chemical and isotopic compositions, and flux estimations. …”
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Heavy Metal Concentrations in Razor Clam (Solen marginatus, Pulteney, 1799) and Sediments from Izmir Bay, Aegean Sea, Turkey by Elif Çağrı Taş, Uğur Sunlu

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Drivers of the North Aegean Sea Ecosystem (Eastern Mediterranean) Through Time: Insights From Multidecadal Retrospective Analysis and Future Simulations by Konstantinos Tsagarakis, Simone Libralato, Marianna Giannoulaki, Konstantinos Touloumis, Stylianos Somarakis, Athanassios Machias, Constantin Frangoulis, Georgia Papantoniou, Stefanos Kavadas, Maria Th. Stoumboudi

“…Herein, we present the development of an Ecopath ecosystem model for the North Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean) in the early 1990s, as well as the parameterization of the temporal dynamic module (Ecosim) after fitting to catch and relative biomass time series for the period 1993-2020. …”
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Cross-Comparison of the “BathySent” Coastal Bathymetry to Sonar Measurements and Ratio Model Technique: Pilot Sites in the Aegean Sea (Greece) by Paraskevi Drakopoulou, Ioannis P. Panagiotopoulos, Marcello de Michele, Vassilios Kapsimalis, Daniel Raucoules, Michael Foumelis, Ioannis Morfis, Isidoros Livanos, Dimitris Sakellariou, Dimitrios Vandarakis

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Morphotectonic Structures along the Southwestern Margin of Lesvos Island, and Their Interrelation with the Southern Strand of the North Anatolian Fault, Aegean Sea, Greece by Paraskevi Nomikou, Dimitris Evangelidis, Dimitrios Papanikolaou, Danai Lampridou, Dimitris Litsas, Yannis Tsaparas, Ilias Koliopanos, Maria Petroulia

“…The Lesvos bathymetric data were combined with those of the eastern Skyros Basin, representing the southern strand of the North Anatolian Fault in the North Aegean Sea, and the resulted tectonic map indicates that the three Lesvos western basins are pull-aparts of the strike-slip fault zone between the Skyros Fault and the Adramytion (Edremit) Fault. …”
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Reproductive biology of the spotted flounder, Citharus linguatula (Actinopterygii: Pleuronectiformes: Citharidae), from Saros Bay (northern Aegean Sea, Turkey) by Ö. Cengiz, A. Ismen, U. Ozekinci

“…This study was carried out between September 2006 and September 2008 in Saros Bay (Northern Aegean Sea, Turkey), which had been closed to trawl fishing since 2000. …”
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The East Aegean Sea strong earthquake sequence of October–November 2005: lessons learned for earthquake prediction from foreshocks by G. A. Papadopoulos, I. Latoussakis, E. Daskalaki, G. Diakogianni, A. Fokaefs, M. Kolligri, K. Liadopoulou, K. Orfanogiannaki, A. Pirentis

“…The seismic sequence of October–November 2005 in the Samos area, East Aegean Sea, was studied with the aim to show how it is possible to establish criteria for (a) the rapid recognition of both the ongoing foreshock activity and the mainshock, and (b) the rapid discrimination between the foreshock and aftershock phases of activity. …”
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Mortality and exploitation of marbled spinefoot, Siganus rivulatus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Siganidae), from southern Aegean Sea small-scale fishery by H. Cerim, O. Soykan, A. Gülşahin

“…In the small-scale fisheries of the Gulf of Gökova (Turkish coast of the southern Aegean Sea) the marbled spinefoot, Siganus rivulatus Forsskål et Niebuhr, 1775, is a commercially important species. …”
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