Integrated Coastal Management
Since the Academic year 2001-02, the Department of Marine Sciences has been running an one-year MSc Course Program on "Integrated Coastal Zone Management". To date, there have been more than 160 graduates.
The course runs in collaboration with scientists of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) and the Fisheries Research Institute (FRI). The course objective is to provide graduates with the scientific expertise required to successfully deal with problems related to Integrated Coastal Management, focusing on the ecological and physical processes, ecosystem degradation/restoration, the sustainable management of biological resources, Climate Change impact and geo-hazard risk assessments and the sustainable development of the Coastal Zone.
Aims
The Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) postgraduate program aims to provide scientific training through both lectures and hands-on exercises. Its ultimate goals are:
- To contribute to the development of high-level professionals and researchers.
- To advance basic and applied research in the coastal/marine environment considering also sustainable development needs.
- To disseminate expert scientific knowledge to the private and public sectors involved in the ICZM.
Postgraduate students are trained in:
- the coastal and marine physical, chemical, biological, and geological processes;
- the sustainable management of living resources, with a particular focus on fisheries and aquaculture;
- pollutant quantification and the assessment of the quality of the coastal environment;
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the merging of satellite and ground-truth data, spatial environmental data analysis and the use/development of ICZM tools;
- the study of ecological processes in coastal/marine ecosystems, with a focus on eutrophication, biodiversity, primary production, marine food web analysis, and population dynamics;
- coastal hydrodynamics and morphodynamics and the effects of marine geohazards;
- ICZM international and European policies and regulation and environmental impact assessment techniques.
In addition, postgraduate students are trained:
- to use modern environmental data processing methods and multi-criteria methodologies as decision-making tools;
- in the planning of the Integrated Management of Coastal Areas and River basins, through modeling and the application of novel methods and techniques;
- the application of innovative methodologies in operational oceanography, hydroacoustics and fisheries management;
- in the risk assessment of coastal infrastructure.
Graduate studies with economic relevance
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With 6,000 islands or islets and more than 13,000 km of coastline, Greece's economy is naturally dependent on maritime activities. The numbers can be overwelming: more that 1/3 of the Greek population lives in the coastal zone, and over 18% of the annual Gross National Product is produced from tourism associated to the marine and coastal environment. The fishing and aquaculture sector yields 284 millions and 345 million euros respectively, while fishing activities secure the employment of more than 37,500 persons and maintain the cultural status of the Aegean archipelago.
Course modules
The MSc program is structured as a two-semester program of modules, containing also an MSc Dissertation. It consists of a core of mandatory modules, as well as options.
| First semester | ||
| Mandatory modules | ECTS | |
| 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | 6 | |
| 4 | 6 | |
| 5 | 6 | |
| Second semester | ||
| Mandatory modules | ECTS | |
| 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | 6 | |
| Options (1 of 3) | ||
| 3 | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | 4 | |
| Msc Thesis | ||
| 1 | 14 | |
| Total ECTS | 60 | |
Summary
| Country: | Greece |
| City: | Mytilene |
| Duration: | 2 academic semesters |
| Language: | Greek - English |
| Educational form: | Taught - Research |
| Education variants: | Fulltime |
| Special: | Joint program |
Publications of postgraduate students
2024
Tsabaris, C., Kousidou, G., Androulakaki, E. G., Patiris, D. L., Pappa, F. K., Marmara, D., & Krasakopoulou, E. (2024). Reconstruction of radioactivity and microplastic particles studying sedimentation/accumulation in the deep Lemnos basin, North Aegean Sea, Greece. Journal of Soils and Sediments 24, 3938–3952. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-024-03907-6
2023
Papadakis, O., Mamoutos, I., Ramfos, A., Catanese, G., Papadimitriou, E., Theodorou, J. A., Batargias, C., Papaioannou, C., Kamilari, M., Tragou, E., Zervakis, V., & Katsanevakis, S. (2023). Status, distribution, and threats of the last surviving fan mussel populations in Greece. Mediterranean Marine Science, 24(3), 679–708. https://doi.org/10.12681/MMS.35384
Zotou, M., Papadakis, O., Catanese, G., Stranga, Y., Ragkousis, M., Kampouris, T. E., Aga-Spyridopoulou, R. N., Papadimitriou, E., Koutsoubas, D., & Katsanevakis, S. (2023). New kid in town: Pinna rudis spreads in the eastern Mediterranean. Mediterranean Marine Science, 24(3), 709–721. https://doi.org/10.12681/MMS.35343
2021
Hasiotis T, Gazis I-Z, Anastasatou M, Manoutsoglou E, Velegrakis AF, Kapsimalis V, Karditsa A, Stamatakis M, (2021). Searching for potential marine sand resources to mitigate beach erosion in island settings. Marine Georesources and Geotechnology 39, 527–542. doi: 10.1080/1064119X.2020.1721623
Papadakis O, Tsirintanis K, Lioupa V, Katsanevakis S, (2021). The neglected role of omnivore fish in the overgrazing of Mediterranean rocky reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 673, 107–116. doi: 10.3354/meps13810
2020
Zotou M, Gkrantounis P, Karadimou E, Tsirintanis K, Sini M, Poursanidis D, Azzolin M, Dailianis T, Kytinou E, Issaris Y, Gerakaris V, Salomidi M, Lardi P, Ramfos A, Akrivos V, Spinos E, Dimitriadis C, Papageorgiou D, Lattos A, Giantsis IA, Michaelidis B, Vassilopoulou V, Miliou A, Katsanevakis S, (2020). Pinna nobilis in the Greek seas (NE Mediterranean): on the brink of extinction? Mediterranean Marine Science 21, 575–591. doi: 10.12681/mms.23777
2018
Chalazas Th, Hasiotis T, Monioudi I, Andreadis O, Manoutsoglou, E, Velegrakis A, (2018). Evaluation of coastal vulnerability using the InVest model – Case study: SE Chios Island. Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Applied Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment (HydroMedit). November 8-11, 2018, Volos, Greece, pp. 537–541.
Kefalas G, Trygonis V, Kokkoris G, Batjakas IE, (2018). Behaviour changes of the seabass Dicentrarchus Labrax in sound stimuli. Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Applied Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment (HydroMedit). November 8-11, 2018, Volos, Greece, pp. 685–686.
Manoutsoglou E, Hasiotis T, Mamoutos I, Katsanevakis S, Paleokrassas A, (2018). Evaluating the distribution of coralligenous platforms (banks) in the Aegean Sea. Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Applied Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment (HydroMedit). November 8-11, 2018, Volos, Greece, pp. 439–443.
Tsirintanis K, Sini M, Doumas O, Trygonis V, Katsanevakis S, (2018). Assessment of grazing effects on phytobenthic community structure at shallow rocky reefs: An experimental field study in the North Aegean Sea. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 503, 31–40.
2017
Gazis I-Z, Hasiotis T, Velegrakis A, Anastasatou M, Karditsa A, Andreadis O, Kapsimalis V, Stamatakis M, Poulos S, (2017). The potential of marine aggregate deposits off a highly eroded coastal area in Lesvos Isl. (Greece) – Implications for coastal management. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST 2017). August 31 - September 2, 2017, Rhodes, Greece. CEST2017_00706