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Roelke, D.L., S.E. Cagle, R.M.W. Muhl, A. Sakavara and G. Tsirtsis, 2019. Resource fluctuation patterns influence emergent properties of phytoplankton assemblages and their resistance to harmful algal blooms. Marine and Freshwater Research, https://doi.org/10.1071/MF18386

Smeti, E., D.L. Roelke, G. Tsirtsis and S. Spatharis, 2018. Species extinctions strengthen the relationship between biodiversity and resource use efficiency. Ecological Modelling, 384, 75-86.

Tamvakis, A., C.N. Anagnostopoulos, G. Tsirtsis, A.D. Niros and S. Spatharis, 2018. Optimized classification predictions with a new index combining machine learning algorithms. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, 27(3), 1850012.

Tsoukala, A., I. Spilanis, I. Banos-Gonzalez, J. Martinez-Fernandez, M.A. Esteve-Selma and G. Tsirtsis, 2018. An exercise in decision support modelling for islands: a case study for a ‘typical’ Mediterranean island. Island Studies Journal, 13(2), 185-202.

Sakavara, A., G. Tsirtsis, D.L. Roelke, R. Mancy and S. Spatharis, 2018. Lumpy species coexistence arises robustly i fluctuating resource environments. PNAS, 115(4), 738-743.

Tamvakis, A., S. Spatharis, V. Trygonis, J. Myritzis and G. Tsirtsis, 2014. Optimizing biodiversity prediction from abiotic parameters. Environmental Modelling and Software, 53, 112-120.

Spatharis, S., Tsirtsis, G. 2013. Zipf-Mandelbrot model behavior in marine eutrophication: Two way fitting on field and simulated phytoplankton assemblages. Hydrobiologia 714(1), 191-199.

Giakoumi, S., Kokkoris, G.D. 2013. Effects of habitat and substrate complexity on shallow sublittoral fish assemblages in the Cyclades Archipelago, North-Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science 14, 58-68.

Kolovoyiannis, V., Τsirtsis, G. 2013. Downscaling the marine modelling effort: Development, application and assessment of a 3D ecosystem model implemented in a small coastal area. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 126, 44-60.

Spyropoulou, A., Spatharis, S., Papantoniou, G., Tsirtsis, G. 2013. Potential response of a semi-arid ecosystem to climate change. Hydrobiologia 705, 87-99.

Tamvakis, A., Miritzis, J., Tsirtsis, G., Spyropoulou, A., Spatharis, S. 2012. Effects of meteorological forcing on coastal eutrophication: Modeling with model trees, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 115, 210-217.

Giakoumi, S., Cebrian, E., Kokkoris, G.D., Ballesteros, E., Sala, E. 2012. The structure of shallow rocky sublittoral communities in the Cyclades, Eastern Mediterranean: Relationships between fish, sea urchins and macroalgae. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Sciences 109, 1-10.

Spatharis, S., Roelke, D.L. Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Kokkoris, G.D. 2011. Analyzing the (mis)behavior of Shannon index in eutrophication studies using field and simulated phytoplankton assemblages. Ecological Indicators 11, 697-703.

Giakoumi, S., Grantham, H.S., Kokkoris, G.D., Possingham H.P. 2011. Designing an efficient network of marine reserves in the Mediterranean sea with limited socio-economic data. Biological Conservation 144, 753-763.

Tsirtsis, G., Spatharis, S. 2011. Simulating the structure of natural phytoplankton assemblages: Descriptive vs. mechanistic approaches. Ecological Modelling 222, 1922-1928.

Spatharis, S., Orfanidis, S., Panayotidis, P., Tsirtsis, G. 2011. Assembly processes in upper subtidal macroalgae: The effect of wave exposure. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 91(2), 298-305.

Spatharis, S., Tsirtsis, G. 2010. Ecological quality scales based on phytoplankton for the implementation of Water Framework Directive in Eastern Mediterranean. Ecological Indicators 10(4), 840-847.

Primpas I, Tsirtsis G. Karydis M. and Kokkoris G.D. 2010. Principal component analysis: Development of a multivariate index for assessing eutrophication according to the European water framework directive. Ecological Indicators 10, 178-183.

Spatharis, S., Dolapsakis, N.P., Economou-Amilli, A., Tsirtsis, G., Danielidis, D.B. 2009. Dynamics of potentially harmful microalgae in a confined Mediterranean gulf-Assessing the risk of bloom formation. Harmful Algae 8, 736-743.

Spatharis S., Mouillot, D., Tsirtsis, G., Do Chi, T., Danielidis, D. 2009. A niche-based modeling approach to phytoplankton community assembly rules. Oecologia 159(1), 171-180.

Tsirtsis G., Spatharis, S., Sampatakaki, A., Spyropoulou, A. 2008. Thresholds of terrestrial nutrient loading for the development of eutrophication episodes in a coastal embayment in the Aegean Sea. Transitional Water Bulletin 3, 25-37.

Spatharis, S., Mouillot, D., Danielidis, D., Karydis, M., Do Chi, T., Tsirtsis, G. 2008. Influence of terrestrial runoff on phytoplankton species richness-biomass relationships: a double stress hypothesis. Journal of Marine Biology and Ecology 362, 55-62.

Christianou, M., Kokkoris, G.D. 2008. Complexity does not affect stability in feasible model communities. Journal of Theoretical Biology 253, 162-169.

Spatharis, S., Danielidis, D., Tsirtsis, G. 2007. Recurrent Pseudonitzschia calliantha (Bacillariophyceae) and A. insuetum (Dinophyceae) winter blooms induced by agricultural run-off. Harmful Algae 6, 811-822.

Spatharis, S., Tsirtsis, G., Danielidis, D., Do Chi, T., Mouillot, D. 2007. Effects of pulsed nutrient inputs on phytoplankton assemblage structure and blooms in an enclosed coastal area. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 73, 807-815.

Leach, P.G.L., Miritzis, J. 2006. Analytic behaviour of Competition among Three Species. Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics 13(4), 535-548.

Leach, P.G.L., Miritzis, J. 2004. Competing Species, Integrability and Stability. Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics 11(1), 123-133.

Jansen, V.A.A., Kokkoris, G.D. 2003. Complexity and stability revisited. Ecology Letters 6, 498-502.

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PhD Theses Supervision

Spatharis, Sofie, 2007. Dynamics of the development and spreading of phytoplankton blooms originating from anthropogenic activities in the coastal zone. PhD. Thesis in the framework of Franco-Hellenic cooperation ‘Cotutelle’ between Univesities of the Aegean and Montpellier 2. Supervisor: G. Tsirtsis.

Giakoumi, Sylvaine. 2010. Design of a network of marine reserves based on the principles of systematic design for nature protection: The case of Cyclades Archipelago. Supervisor: G.D. Kokkoris.

Kolovoyiannis, Vassilios, 2013. Development and application of a coupled hydrodynamic-ecological simulation model of high resolution in a coastal ecosystem. Supervisor: G. Tsirtsis.

Tamvaki, Androniki, (2014). Optimization of algorithms of artificial intelligence in marine ecology. Supervisor: J. Myritzis.

Smeti, Evaggelia, (2015). Fragmentation and reconnection in aquatic ecosystems: Effects on biodiversity and ecosystem function. Supervisor: G.D. Kokkoris.

Spyropoulou, Alexandra, (2015). Trends of change in dynamics of coastal systems under the influence of climate changes. Supervisor: G. Tsirtsis.

Tsoukala, Anna, (in progress). Islands as dynamic systems: Decision support for sustainable growth understanding of socio-ecological processes. Supervisor: G. Tsirtsis

Sakavara, Athanasia (in progress). The paradox of plankton: Regulating factors. Supervisor: G. Tsirtsis

Masouras, Andreas (in progress). Effects of climate changes on the quality, diversity and productivity of riverine systems, based on the analysis of benthic diatoms. Supervisor: G. Tsirtsis