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Ioannis Karakassis

Ioannis Karakassis

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Ecology and Evolution
Greece
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
8812
World Ranking
4228
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Ioannis Karakassis is affiliated with the University of Crete in Greece and contributes research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Aquatic Science, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their main research topics focus on Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Echinoderm Biology and Ecology, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Karakassis include Panagiotis D. Dimitriou, Nafsika Papageorgiou, Irini Tsikopoulou, Paraskevi Pitta, and Manolis Tsapakis.

Publication venues where Karakassis frequently publishes include Marine Pollution Bulletin, Frontiers in Marine Science, Microplastics, Diversity, and Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Ioannis Karakassis are:

  • A Comparison of DNA Metabarcoding and Microscopy Methodologies for the Study of Aquatic Microbial Eukaryotes (2021), Diversity
  • Metals in tissues of marine fish from the Thermaikos Gulf, Eastern Mediterranean Sea: Detection of changes with trophic level (2021), Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • An IMTA in Greece: Co-Culture of Fish, Bivalves, and Holothurians (2022), Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Changes of the Mediterranean fish farm sector towards a more sustainable approach: A closer look at temporal, spatial and technical shifts (2021), Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Microplastic Contamination in Cultured Mussels and Pearl Oysters in Greece (2023), Microplastics

Best Publications

  • Global analysis of response and recovery of benthic biota to fishing

    M. J. Kaiser;K. R. Clarke;Hilmar Hinz;Melanie C. V. Austen

  • Impact of cage farming of fish on the seabed in three Mediterranean coastal areas

    I. Karakassis;M. Tsapakis;E. Hatziyanni;K.-N Papadopoulou

  • Organic carbon content of sediments as an indicator of stress in the marine benthos

    J Hyland;L Balthis;I Karakassis;P Magni

  • Will the Oceans Help Feed Humanity

    Carlos M. Duarte;Marianne Holmer;Yngvar Olsen;Doris Soto

  • Benthic impacts of fish farming: Meta-analysis of community and geochemical data

    Ioanna Kalantzi;Ioannis Karakassis;Ioannis Karakassis

  • Benthic recovery following cessation of fish farming: a series of successes and catastrophes

    Ioannis Karakassis;Eleni Hatziyanni;Manolis Tsapakis;Wanda Plaiti

  • Seasonal variability in sediment profiles beneath fish farm cages in the Mediterranean

    Ioannis Karakassis;Manolis Tsapakis;Eleni Hatziyanni

  • Natural vs. mariculture induced variability in nutrients and plankton in the eastern Mediterranean.

    Paraskevi Pitta;Ioannis Karakassis;Manolis Tsapakis;Snezana Zivanovic

  • Assessing the suitability of a range of benthic indices in the evaluation of environmental impact of fin and shellfish aquaculture located in sites across Europe

    Ángel Borja;J. Germán Rodríguez;Kenny Black;Alain Bodoy

  • Effects of fish farm waste on Posidonia oceanica meadows: Synthesis and provision of monitoring and management tools

    Marianne Holmer;Marina Argyrou;Tage Dalsgaard;Roberto Danovaro

  • Heavy metals, trace elements and sediment geochemistry at four Mediterranean fish farms

    I. Kalantzi;T.M. Shimmield;S.A. Pergantis;N. Papageorgiou

  • Changes in wild fish assemblages after the establishment of a fish farming zone in an oligotrophic marine ecosystem

    A Machias;I Karakassis;M Labropoulou;S Somarakis

  • The continental shelf of Crete:structure of macrobenthic communities

    Ioannis Karakassis;Anastasios Eleftheriou

  • Aquaculture in the ecosystem

    Marianne Holmer;Kenny Black;Carlos M. Duarte;Nuria Marbà

  • Aquaculture’s struggle for space: the need for coastal spatial planning and the potential benefits of Allocated Zones for Aquaculture (AZAs) to avoid conflict and promote sustainability

    Pablo Sanchez-Jerez;Ioannis Karakassis;Fabio Massa;Davide Fezzardi

  • Benthic disturbance due to fish farming analyzed under different levels of taxonomic resolution

    Ioannis Karakassis;Eleni Hatziyanni

  • Contribution of fish farming to the nutrient loading of the Mediterranean

    Ioannis Karakassis;Paraskevi Pitta;Michael D. Krom

  • 'Ghost nutrients' from fish farms are transferred up the food web by phytoplankton grazers

    Paraskevi Pitta;Manolis Tsapakis;Eugenia T. Apostolaki;Tatiana Tsagaraki

  • Evaluation of atmospheric transport as a nonpoint source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in marine sediments of the Eastern Mediterranean

    Manolis Tsapakis;Euripides G. Stephanou;Ioannis Karakassis

  • Use of hydrodynamic and benthic models for managing environmental impacts of marine aquaculture

    A. Henderson;S. Gamito;I. Karakassis;P. Pederson

  • Fish farming impacts in the Mediterranean studied through sediment profiling imagery

    Ioannis Karakassis;Manolis Tsapakis;Christopher J. Smith;Heye Rumohr

Frequent Co-Authors

Manolis Tsapakis
Manolis Tsapakis University of Crete
Paraskevi Pitta
Paraskevi Pitta Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Marianne Holmer
Marianne Holmer University of Southern Denmark
Núria Marbà
Núria Marbà Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies
Antoine Grémare
Antoine Grémare University of Bordeaux
Rafael Sardá
Rafael Sardá Spanish National Research Council
Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk
Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk Polish Academy of Sciences
Steven Degraer
Steven Degraer Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi
Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi University of Pavia
Stylianos Somarakis
Stylianos Somarakis Hellenic Centre for Marine Research

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