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Manolis Tsapakis

Manolis Tsapakis

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
6073
World Ranking
8084
National Ranking
49

Overview

Manolis Tsapakis is affiliated with the University of Crete in Greece and is active in research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Oceanography, Pollution, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Aquatic Science.

The scientist has published extensively in topics such as Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ioanna Kalantzi
  • Iordanis Magiopoulos
  • Paraskevi Pitta
  • Anastasia Tsiola
  • Eleni Tzempelikou

Their recent publications exhibit an emphasis on environmental and marine science challenges. Notable papers include:

  • "Fish farming, metals and antibiotics in the eastern Mediterranean Sea: Is there a threat to sediment wildlife?" published in 2020 in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Decline of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) production over two decades in the face of warming of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea" published in 2023 in New Phytologist
  • "An IMTA in Greece: Co-Culture of Fish, Bivalves, and Holothurians" published in 2022 in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • "Passive-Sampler-Derived PCB and OCP Concentrations in the Waters of the WorldFirst Results from the AQUA-GAPS/MONET Network" published in 2023 in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Marine plastics alter the organic matter composition of the air-sea boundary layer, with influences on CO2 exchange: a large-scale analysis method to explore future ocean scenarios" published in 2022 in The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Science & Technology, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Best Publications

  • Source apportionment of urban particulate aliphatic and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using multivariate methods

    Ilias G. Kavouras;Petros Koutrakis;Manolis Tsapakis;Evaggelia Lagoudaki

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

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

  • Gas–particle concentrations and distribution of aliphatic hydrocarbons, PAHs, PCBs and PCDD/Fs in the atmosphere of Athens (Greece)

    Manolis Mandalakis;Manolis Tsapakis;Athanasia Tsoga;Euripides G Stephanou

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

    Ioannis Karakassis;Eleni Hatziyanni;Manolis Tsapakis;Wanda Plaiti

  • Occurrence of gaseous and particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the urban atmosphere: study of sources and ambient temperature effect on the gas/particle concentration and distribution.

    Manolis Tsapakis;Euripides G. Stephanou

  • 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

  • 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

  • The composition and sources of PM2.5 organic aerosol in two urban areas of Chile

    Manolis Tsapakis;Evaggelia Lagoudaki;Euripides G Stephanou;Ilias G Kavouras

  • Sedimentation of organic matter from fish farms in oligotrophic Mediterranean assessed through bulk and stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) analyses

    Marianne Holmer;Núria Marbà;Elena Díaz-Almela;Carlos M. Duarte

  • Collection of gas and particle semi-volatile organic compounds: use of an oxidant denuder to minimize polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons degradation during high-volume air sampling

    Manolis Tsapakis;Euripides G. Stephanou

  • Diurnal cycle of PAHs, nitro-PAHs, and oxy-PAHs in a high oxidation capacity marine background atmosphere.

    Manolis Tsapakis;Euripides G. Stephanou

  • Atmospheric deposition and marine sedimentation fluxes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin.

    Manolis Tsapakis;Maria Apostolaki;Steven Eisenreich;Euripides G Stephanou

  • '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

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

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

  • Metals in tissues of seabass and seabream reared in sites with oxic and anoxic substrata and risk assessment for consumers

    I. Kalantzi;S.A. Pergantis;K.D. Black;T.M. Shimmield

  • Methods of eutrophication assessment in the context of the water framework directive: Examples from the Eastern Mediterranean coastal areas

    Alexandra Pavlidou;Nomiki Simboura;Eleni Rousselaki;Manolis Tsapakis

  • Fish farming impact on sediments and macrofauna associated with seagrass meadows in the Mediterranean

    Eugenia T. Apostolaki;Tatiana Tsagaraki;Manolis Tsapakis;Ioannis Karakassis

  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Atmosphere of the Eastern Mediterranean

    Manolis Tsapakis;Euripides G Stephanou

  • Fish farming effects on chemical and microbial variables of the water column: a spatio-temporal study along the Mediterranean Sea

    P. Pitta;E. T. Apostolaki;T. Tsagaraki;M. Tsapakis

  • The influence of caged mariculture on the early development of sublittoral fouling communities: a pan-European study

    E.J. Cook;K.D. Black;M.D.J. Sayer;C.J. Cromey

Frequent Co-Authors

Ioannis Karakassis
Ioannis Karakassis University of Crete
Paraskevi Pitta
Paraskevi Pitta Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Euripides G. Stephanou
Euripides G. Stephanou University of Crete
Dror L. Angel
Dror L. Angel University of Haifa
Alenka Malej
Alenka Malej National Institute of Biology
Nomiki Simboura
Nomiki Simboura National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Marianne Holmer
Marianne Holmer University of Southern Denmark
Ehud Spanier
Ehud Spanier University of Haifa
Petros Koutrakis
Petros Koutrakis Harvard University

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