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Ecology and Evolution
Greece
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
59
Citations
15461
World Ranking
2392
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Greece Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Greece Leader Award

Overview

Argyro Zenetos is affiliated with the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research in Greece and has contributed extensively to the field of environmental science, particularly focusing on marine ecology and invasive species.

Their research spans various related fields, including global and planetary change, ecology, molecular biology, oceanography, and paleontology. Within these areas, their work primarily addresses topics such as marine ecology and invasive species, coral and marine ecosystems studies, identification and quantification in food, parasite biology and host interactions, marine biology and ecology research, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, and marine and environmental studies.

Zenetos has published research in several scientific journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Diversity
  • Mediterranean Marine Science
  • Aquatic Invasions
  • Scientific Data
  • BioInvasions Records

Their recent papers include:

  • Mediterranean non indigenous species at the start of the 2020s: recent changes, 2020, Marine Biodiversity Records
  • Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea, 2022, Aquatic Invasions
  • A global occurrence database of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus, 2021, Scientific Data
  • Prioritizing marine invasive alien species in the European Union through horizon scanning, 2020, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Status and Trends in the Rate of Introduction of Marine Non-Indigenous Species in European Seas, 2022, Diversity

Zenetos frequently collaborates with other researchers in this area. The most common co-authors include:

  • Stelios Katsanevakis
  • Marika Galanidi
  • Konstantinos Tsiamis
  • Paraskevi K. Karachle
  • Luca Castriota

Best Publications

  • Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution

    A. Zenetos;S. Gofas;M. Verlaque;M.E. Cinar

  • Impacts of invasive alien marine species on ecosystem services and biodiversity: a pan-European review.

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Inger Wallentinus;Argyro Zenetos;Erkki Leppäkoski

  • Benthic indicators to use in Ecological Quality classification of Mediterranean soft bottom marine ecosystems, including a new Biotic Index

    N. Simboura;A. Zenetos

  • Alien Marine Species in the Mediterranean - the 100 'Worst Invasives' and their Impact

    N. Streftaris;A. Zenetos

  • Globalisation in marine ecosystems : The story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas

    Nikos Streftaris;Argyro Zenetos;Evangelos Papathanassiou

  • Ecosystem-based marine spatial management: Review of concepts, policies, tools, and critical issues

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Vanessa Stelzenmüller;Andy South;Thomas Kirk Sørensen

  • Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species

    A. Zenetos;M.E. Cinar;M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou;J.G. Harmelin

  • The Hellenic Seas : Physics, chemistry, biology and fisheries

    K. I. Stergiou;E. D. Christou;D. Georgopoulos;A. Zenetos

  • CIESM atlas of exotic species in the Mediterranean

    Argyro Zenetos;Serge Gofas;Giovanni Russo;José Templado

  • Invading European Seas: Assessing pathways of introduction of marine aliens

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Argyro Zenetos;Constança Belchior;Ana Cristina Cardoso

  • Invading the Mediterranean Sea: biodiversity patterns shaped by human activities

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Marta Coll;Chiara Piroddi;Jeroen Steenbeek

  • Global climate change amplifies the entry of tropical species into the eastern Mediterranean Sea

    Dionysios E. Raitsos;Gregory Beaugrand;Dimitrios Georgopoulos;Argyro Zenetos

  • Crossing Frontiers in Tackling Pathways of Biological Invasions

    Franz Essl;Sven Bacher;Tim M. Blackburn;Olaf Booy

  • Uncertainties and validation of alien species catalogues: The Mediterranean as an example

    Argyro Zenetos;Melih Ertan Çinar;Fabio Crocetta;Dani Golani

  • A Sea Change — Exotics in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

    Bella S. Galil;Argyro Zenetos

  • Developing a framework of minimum standards for the risk assessment of alien species

    Helen E. Roy;Wolfgang Rabitsch;Riccardo Scalera;Alan Stewart

  • Ecoregion-Based Conservation Planning in the Mediterranean: Dealing with Large-Scale Heterogeneity

    Sylvaine Giakoumi;Maria Sini;Vasilis Gerovasileiou;Tessa Mazor

  • Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea

    Unknown

  • Developing a list of invasive alien species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the European Union

    Helen E. Roy;Sven Bacher;Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Tim Adriaens

  • Gateways to alien invasions in the European seas

    Ana Luísa Nunes;Stelios Katsanevakis;Argyro Zenetos;Ana Cristina Cardoso

  • Ten recommendations for advancing the assessment and management of non-indigenous species in marine ecosystems

    Henn Ojaveer;Bella S. Galil;Dan Minchin;Sergej Olenin

Frequent Co-Authors

Stelios Katsanevakis
Stelios Katsanevakis University of the Aegean
Fabio Crocetta
Fabio Crocetta Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Helen E. Roy
Helen E. Roy Anglia Ruskin University
Melih Ertan Çinar
Melih Ertan Çinar Ege University
Vasilis Gerovasileiou
Vasilis Gerovasileiou Ionian University
Nomiki Simboura
Nomiki Simboura National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Ernesto Azzurro
Ernesto Azzurro Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Elena Tricarico
Elena Tricarico University of Florence
Wolfgang Rabitsch
Wolfgang Rabitsch Umweltbundesamt, Austria
Marc Verlaque
Marc Verlaque Aix-Marseille University

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