Coastal Morphodynamics-Management & Marine Geology
Publications
Selected recent publications:
Chatzipavlis A.,Tsekouras G.E. Trygonis V., Velegrakis A.F., Tsimikas J., Rigos A., Hasiotis T., Salmas C., 2019. A novel backtracking search algorithm for optimizing a neuro-fuzzy network to model beach realignment. Neural Computing and Applications (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-018-3809-2).
Koutalakis, P., Tzoraki, O., Zaimes, G.N., 2019, UAVs for hydrologic scopes: Application of a low cost UAV to estimate surface water velocity by using three different image-based methods. Drones, 3, 14; doi:10.3390/drones3010014
Tzoraki O., 2019, A descriptive study of the Schooling and Higher Education reforms to respond to the Refugees’ Influx into Greece, MDPI, in press
Monioudi I., N., Asariotis R., Becker A., Bhat C., Dowding-Gooden D. Esteban E., Mentaschi L., Nikolaou A., Nurse L., Phillips W., Satoh M., Smith D, Trotz U., Velegrakis A.F., Voukouvalas E., Vousdoukas M.I., Witkop R., 2018. Climate change impacts on critical international transportation assets of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS): The case of Jamaica and Saint Lucia. Regional Environmental Change, 18 (8), 2211–2225.
Manoutsoglou E., Hasiotis T., Kyriakoudi D., Velegrakis A. and Lowag J., 2018. Shallow soft sediment mounds at a semi-enclosed embayment: Gulf of Gera, Lesvos Island, Greece. Geo-Marine Letters, 38: 359-370, doi.org/10.1007/s00367-018-0539-5.
Tsatiris, A., Papadopoulos, V., Makri, D., Topouzelis, K., Manoutsoglou, E., Hasiotis, T., Katsanevakis S., 2018. Spatial distribution, abundance and habitat use of the endemic Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis in the Gera Gulf, Lesvos (Greece): comparison of design-based and model-based approaches. Mediterranean Marine Science, 19/3¨642-655, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.14156.
Tzoraki O., I. Monioudi, A.F. Velegrakis, N.Moutafis, G.Pavlogeorgatos D. Kitsiou, 2017. Vulnerability and resilience of island beaches under Climate Change. Coastal Management 46 (2), 78-102.
Zarkogiannis S., Kontakiotis G., Vousdoukas M.I., Velegrakis A.F., Collins M.B., Antonarakou E., 2018. Scarping of artificially nourished mixed sand and gravel beaches: Sedimentlogical characteristics of Hayling Island beach, S.E England. Coastal Engineering 133, 1-12.
Tsekouras G.E. V. Trygonis, A.Maniatopoulos, A.Rigos, A. Chatzipavlis, J. Tsimikas, N. Mitianoudis, A.F. Velegrakis, 2018. A Hermite Neural Network Incorporating Artificial Bee Colony Optimization to Model Shoreline Realignment at a Reef-Fronted Beach. Neurocomputing 280, 32-45.
Bormann, H., Madruga de Brito, M., Charchousi, D., et al, 2018, Impact of hydrological modellers’ decisions and attitude on the performance of a calibrated conceptual catchment model: results from a modelling contest. Hydrology Journal, 5, 64 (MDPI); doi:10.3390/hydrology5040064
Tzoraki O., Monioudi S., Velegrakis A., Moutafis N., Pavleogiorgatos G., Kitsiou D., 2018. Resilience of touristic island beaches under sea level rise: a methodological framework’, Journal of Coastal Management, 46(2): 78-102 https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2018.1426376.
Tzoraki O., Dokou Z., Christodoulou G., Karatzas G., Gaganis P., 2018, Assessing the efficiency of a coastal Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) system in Cyprus, STOTEN, 626: 875-886, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.160
Monioudi I., Velegrakis A.F., Chatzipavlis A., et al., 2017. Assessment of island beach erosion due to sea level rise: The case of the Aegean Archipelago (Eastern Mediterranean. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science 17, 449–466.
Sini M, Katsanevakis S, Koukourouvli N, Gerovasileiou V, Dailianis T, Buhl-Mortensen L, Damalas D, Dendrinos P, Dimas X, Frantzis A, Gerakaris V, Giakoumi S, Gonzalez-Mirelis G, Hasiotis T, Issaris Y, Kavadas S, Koutsogiannopoulos DD, Koutsoubas D, Manoutsoglou E, Markantonatou V, Mazaris A, Poursanidis D, Papatheodorou G, Salomidi M, Topouzelis K, Zotou M., 2017. Assembling ecological pieces to reconstruct the conservation puzzle of the Aegean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4: 347, doi 10.3389/fmars.2017.00347
Marinou P., Feloni E., Tzoraki O., Baltas E., 2017, An implementation of a water balance model in the Evrotas basin, European Water 57:147-154
Kontogeorgos, Tzoraki O., I., Moutafis N., Hasiotis Th. and Velegrakis A., 2017, Methodological framework to estimate the coastal sediment supply of the island beaches, European Water 57: 261-266
Chalazas Th., Tzoraki O., Cooper D., Efstratiou A., Bakopoulos V., 2017, Ecosystem service evaluation of streams for nutrients and bacteria purification of a pastureland watershed, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin Journal, Parlar publisher, Dec 2017
Uniyal B., Dietrich Joerg, Vasilakos Ch., Tzoraki O., 2017, Combined Hydrological Modeling & Remote Sensing Approach for Simulating Irrigation Demand using Soil Moisture on a Catchment Scale, Agricultural Water Management. 193, 55–70.
Tzoraki O., Dörflinger G., Demetriou Ch., 2017. Nutrients and Heavy metals mobility of bottom sediment from the water reservoir, Kouris in Cyprus. Journal of Lake and Reservoir Management, 22: 74-84
Velegrakis, A.F., Trygonis, V., Chatzipavlis, A.E., Karambas, Th., Vousdoukas, M.I., Ghionis, G. Monioudi I.N., Hasiotis, Th., Andreadis, O. and Psarros, F., 2016. Shoreline variability of an urban beach fronted by a beachrock reef from video imagery. Natural Hazards, 83, Supplement 1, 201–222.
Hasiotis, T. and Katsanevakis, S., (2016). Deepest record of Caulerpa Cylindracea in the Mediterranean. In Dailianis et al., New Mediterranean Biodivesity Records (July 2016), p.616. Mediterranean Marine Science (collective article), 17/2: 608-626, doi: 10.12681/mms.1734.
Monioudi I.N., Karditsa A., Chatzipavlis A., Alexandrakis G., Andreadis O.P, Velegrakis A.F., Poulos S.E., Ghionis G., Petrakis S., Sifnioti D., Hasiotis T., Lipakis M., Kampanis N.and Marinos E., 2016. Assessment of the vulnerability of the eastern Cretan beaches (Greece) to sea level rise. Regional Environmental Change, 16 (7), 1951–1962.
Rigos A., Tsekouras G.E., Vousdoukas M.I., Chatzipavlis A. and Velegrakis A.F., 2016. A Chebyshev polynomial RBF neural network for automated shoreline extraction from coastal imagery. Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, 23 (2), 141-160.
Querner E.P., Froebrich J., Gallart F., Prat N., Cazemier M., Tzoraki O., 2016. Simulating stream flow variability in temporary streams using a coupled groundwater – surface water model. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 1 (1): 146-161 doi: 10.1080/02626667.2014.983514.
Tzoraki O., Girolamo A.M., Gamvroudis Ch., Skoulikidis N., 2016. Assessing the Flow alteration of temporary streams under current conditions and changing climate by SWAT model, Intl. J. River Basin Management, Vol. 14 (1): 1571-5124, DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2015.1049182
Katsanevakis S., Levin N., Coll M., Giakoumi S., Shkedi D., Mackelworth P., Levy R., Velegrakis A.F., Koutsoubas D., Caric H., Brokovich E., Ozturk B. and Kark S., 2015. Marine conservation challenges in an era of economic crisis and geopolitical instability: The case of the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Policy, 51, 31-39.
Allenbach, K., Garonna, I., Herold, C., Monioudi, I., Giuliani, G., Lehmann, A.F. Velegrakis, 2015. Black Sea beach vulnerability to sea level rise. Environmental Science & Policy 46, 95–109. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.07.014.
Karydas Ch., Tzoraki O., Panagos P. 2015. A New Spatiotemporal Risk Index for Heavy Metals; Application in Cyprus. Water, 7(8): 4323-4342; doi:10.3390/w7084323
Tzoraki O., Karaouzas I., Patrolecco L., Skoulikidis N., Nikolaidis N., 2015. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Heavy Metal Occurrence in Bed Sediments of a Temporary River. Journal of Water, Air and Soil, 226(12) DOI: 10.1007/s11270-015-2671-4.
Gamvroudis C., Nikolaidis N.P., Tzoraki O., Papadoulakis V., Karalemas N., 2015. Water and sediment transport modeling of a large temporary river basin in Greece. Science of the Total Environment, 508, 354–365.
Tzoraki O., Kritsotakis M., Baltas E., 2015. Spatial Water Use Efficiency Index towards resources sustainability: application in the island of Crete, Greece. International Journal of Water Development, 31(4), http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2014.949637.
Kontogianni, A.D., Damigos, D., Tourkolias C., Vousdoukas M.I., Velegrakis A.F., Zanou B. and Skourtos M., 2014. The social cost of coastal erosion: eliciting beach users' willingness to pay for protecting European beaches from beachrock processes. Ocean & Coastal Management, 98, 167-175.
Tzoraki O., Cooper D., Dörflinger G., Panagos P., 2014. A new MONERIS in-stream Retention Module to account Nutrient budget of a temporary river in Cyprus, Water Resources Management, 28: 2917-2935.
De Girolamo, A. M., Lo Porto, A., Pappagallo, G., Tzoraki O. and Gallart, F., 2014, The hydrological status concept: Application at a temporary river (Candelaro, Italy). River Res. Applic.. doi: 10.1002/rra.2786
Prat, N., Gallart, F., Von Schiller, D., Polesello, S., García-Roger, E. M., Latron, J., Rieradevall, M., Llorens, P., Barberá, G. G., Brito, D., De Girolamo, A. M., Dieter, D., Lo Porto, A., Buffagni, A., Erba, S., Nikolaidis, N. P., Querner, E. P., Tournoud, M. G., Tzoraki O., Skoulikidis, N., Gómez, R., Sánchez-Montoya, M. M., Tockner, K. and Froebrich, J. (2014), The MIRAGE Toolbox: An integrated assessment tool for temporary streams. River Res. Applic. 30, 1318–1334, doi: 10.1002/rra.2757
Tzoraki O., Kathitziotis N., Kontou A., Doerflinger G., 2014. Nutrient based ecological consideration of a temporary river catchment affected by a reservoir operation to facilitate efficient management. IWA, Water Science and Technology, 02/2014; 69(4):847-854.
Vousdoukas, M.I., Kirupakaramoorthy T., de la Torre M., Wubbold F., Wagner W., Schimmels S., Oumeraci, H., 2014. The role of combined laser scanning and video techniques in monitoring wave-by-wave swash zone processes. Coastal Engineering, 83, 150-165.
Tzoraki O., N.P. Nikolaidis, V. Papadoulakis, Cooper D., Kassotaki E., 2013. Nutrient mitigation in a temporary river. Environmental Management and Assessment (in press).
Tzoraki O., Nikolaidis N.P., Keldjsem Thomas, Cooper David, C. Gambroudis, Francesc Gallart, Froebrich J., Querner E. 2013. Flood Generation and Classification of a semi-arid Intermittent Flow Watershed: Evrotas river. Intl. J. River Basin Management, 11, No. 1 (March 2013), pp. 116.
Tzoraki O., Kathitziotis N., Kontou A., Doerflinger G., 2013. Integrated Intermittent flow river basin and Coastal area Management: Kouris river, Cyprus, IWA, Water Science and Technology, (in press).
Tzoraki O., Nikolaidis N.P., Cooper D., Kassotaki E., 2014. Nutrient mitigation in a temporary river basin, EMAS (DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3533-4), 186 (4): 2243-2257.
Becker A, M Acciaro, R Asariotis, E Cabrera, L Cretegny, P Crist, M Esteban, A Mather, S Messner, S Naruse, AKY Ng, S Rahmstorf, M Savonis, DW Song, V Stenek and AF Velegrakis, 2013. A note on climate change adaptation for seaports: A challenge for global ports, a challenge for global society. Climatic Change, 120, 683-695
Velegrakis A.F., 2013. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for International Transport Networks. Expert Group Report, Inland Transport Committee, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe 235 pp. (in press).
Peduzzi, P., Velegrakis, A.F., Estrella, M. And Chatenoux, B. 2013. Integrating the role of ecosytems in disaster risk and vulnerability assessments: Lessons from the Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Methodology Development Project (RiVAMP) in Negril Jamaica. In FG Renaud et al., (eds), The role of Ecosystems in Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations University Press (ISBN 978-9280812213), 109-139.
Manoutsoglou E., T. Hasiotis and A. Velegrakis, (2013). Acoustic detection of benthic assemblages in a land-locked shallow marine environment: Gulf of Gera, Lesvos, Greece. 40th CIESM Congress, Marseilles-France, 28 Oct. to 1 Nov., Proceedings, paper ID: 6919-127374.
Baltas E., Tzoraki O. 2013. Water resources management on the island of Crete: Lessons learnt. Bookchapter on Free Flow, a UNESCO copyright publication for the 2013 United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation, (available online here)
Vousdoukas, M.I., A.F. Velegrakis, M. Paul, C. Dimitriadis, E. Makrykosta, D. Koutsoubas, 2012. Field observations and modeling of wave attenuation over colonized beachrocks. Continental Shelf Research, 48, 100-109.
Ferentinou, M., Hasiotis, T. and Sakellariou, M., 2012. Application of computational intelligence tools for the analysis of marine geotechnical properties in the head of Zakynthos Canyon, Greece. Computers & Geosciences, 40, pp. 166-174.
Vousdoukas, M.I. 2012. Erosion/accretion patterns and multiple beach cusp systems on a meso-tidal, steeply-sloping beach. Geomorphology, 141-142, 34-46.
Vousdoukas M.I., Ferreira, P.M., Almeida, L.P., Dodet, G., Andriolo, U., Psaros, F., Taborda, R., Silva, A.N., Ruano, A.E., Ferreira, O., 2011. Performance of intertidal topography video monitoring of a meso-tidal reflective beach in South Portugal. Ocean Dynamics, 61(10), 1521-1540.
Velegrakis, A.F., Ballay, A., Poulos, S., Radzevicius, R., Bellec, V., and Manso, F., 2010. European marine aggregates resources: Origins, usage, and mining techniques Journal of Coastal Research, SI 51, 1-14.