Journal articles: 'Aegean islands (Greece)'

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CORSINI-FOKA, MARIA, GERASIMOS KONDYLATOS, IOANNA KATSOGIANNOU, KONSTANTINOS GRITZALIS, and GIANNI INSACCO. "On the occurrence of Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1855) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Belostomatidae) in Rhodes (eastern Mediterranean Sea)." Journal of Insect Biodiversity 13, no. 1 (December 3, 2019): 10–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.12976/jib/2019.13.1.3.

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The finding in 2017 of a female of Lethocerus patruelis, a species rarely collected in the Aegean Islands, is documented from Rhodes (Greece), more than 160 years after its first record in the same island. The general distribution of the giant water bug and its occurrence in the area are briefly discussed.Keywords: Belostomatidae, giant water bug, Lethocerus patruelis, Aegean Sea, Rhodes, Greece

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Turrisi, Giuseppe Fabrizio. "Review of Aulacidae from Greece and Cyprus with new records." ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA 22, no. 1 (June 1, 2017): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/eh.11522.

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The Aulacidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) from Greece and Cyprus are reviewed. Seven species are recorded, all comprised within the genus Pristaulacus Kieffer, 1900. Two of them, P. chlapowskii Kieffer, 1900 and P. compressus (Spinola, 1808) are reported for the first time from Greece; P. mourguesi Maneval, 1935, previously known from only one locality of northern Greece, is recorded for the first time from the Eastern Aegean islands (Ikaria) and other localities from the Greek mainland are reported; P. galitae (Gribodo, 1879) is recorded for the first time from Lesvos island (Eastern Aegean islands) and Cyprus. Brief references for identification and essential data on the treated species are provided.

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Spilanis, Ioannis, Thanasis Kizos, and Paraskevi Petsioti. "Accessibility of Peripheral Regions: Evidence from Aegean Islands (Greece)." Island Studies Journal 7, no. 2 (2012): 199–214. http://dx.doi.org/10.24043/isj.268.

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Islands, especially smaller ones, are characterized by discontinuity of space and are considered as some of the least accessible areas. In this paper, we seek to shed light on the accessibility problems that islands face from the point of view of island residents. This shift in emphasis considers additional aspects to accessibility that include the availability of connections to access services required to cover the needs of island residents and the different destinations where these may be available, and the time that one may have to spend to get to these destinations in order to use these services. An alternative measure of accessibility is proposed, based on the time required to travel; this is then applied to three different Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. The accessibility of the residents of these islands to selected services is compared with that of settlements in continental Greece of similar population and distance to the capital Athens. The findings clearly demonstrate the adversities that island residents have to face, especially for smaller islands, where accessing selected services may require as many as four destinations, with virtual distances 4 to 6 times longer than ‘real distances’.

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Gunawan, Yordan, Aldha Febrila, Carissa Shifa Novendra, and Siti Asdilla Dzakiyyah. "GREECE MILITARIZATION IN AEGEAN ISLAND: AN INTERNATIONAL LAW PERSPECTIVE." Diponegoro Law Review 8, no. 2 (October 31, 2023): 159–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/dilrev.8.2.2023.159-174.

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In June 2022, President Erdogan suspended bilateral contact with Greece, citing their alleged militarization of islands in the eastern Aegean Sea, as a violation of international law. The problem that Turkey and Greece currently dealing with was caused in the first place by Greece's militarization of an island in the Aegean Sea, which was supposed to be demilitarized in the Lausanne Peace Treaty. Greece claimed that the militarization was for self-defense. In the research, the author will examine the demilitarized state of the island from the perspective of international law, and the claim that Greece has the right to act in self-defense and within the framework of world norms, as well as to make recommendations regarding what Turkey needs to do in response. The research method used is normative legal research with a case approach. Greece has indeed violated the terms of the Lausanne Peace Treat and Greece's claims of self-defense are invalid because there were no circumstances that meet the definition of self-defense. Therefore, Turkey could potentially address the matter by bringing it before the International Court of Justice.

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BAZOS, I., and A. YANNITSAROS. "FLORISTIC REPORTS FROM THE ISLAND OF LESVOS (GREECE) I. DICOTYLEDONES: ACERACEAE TO GUTTIFERAE." Edinburgh Journal of Botany 61, no. 1 (March 2004): 49–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s096042860400006x.

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Floristic and phytogeographical information is presented in the first of three papers on the flora of Lesvos (East Aegean, Greece). The taxa included here are dicotyledons and belong to families in alphabetical order from Aceraceae to Guttiferae. Of the 92 taxa (79 species, 12 subspecies and one variety) presented, two are new for Greece, five are new for the Aegean islands as a whole, four are new for the East Aegean Islands and 13 are new for Lesvos. New distribution localities on the island are also given for some interesting taxa. Furthermore, the presence of 13 taxa, reported by previous authors without specific collection data, is confirmed. Critical comments are made on 22 taxa whose presence needs confirmation or is considered doubtful or wrong. Chorological, ecological and taxonomic comments are made for the more interesting cases and distribution maps for certain taxa in Greece or Lesvos are given. Finally, the threats and conservation status of some rare and interesting taxa are briefly discussed.

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KARAOUZAS, IOANNIS. "The larvae of three Greek species of Hydropsyche (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) and key for larvae of known Aegean Hydropsyche species." Zootaxa 4382, no. 2 (February 21, 2018): 381. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4382.2.9.

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The larvae of Hydropsyche cetibeli Malicky & Sipahiler 1993 from the Aegean, Hydropsyche mostarensis Klapálek 1898, endemic of the Balkan Peninsula, and Hydropsyche pygmalion Malicky 2001 endemic of Serifos Island (Cyclades, Greece) are described for the first time. The diagnostic features of the species are described and illustrated, and some information regarding their ecology is included. In addition, a tabular key for larvae of the known Hydropsyche species of Greece and the Aegean Islands is included.

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Bazos, I., and A. Yannitsaros. "Pteridophyte flora of Lesvos (East Aegean Islands. Greece)." Edinburgh Journal of Botany 56, no. 3 (November 1999): 421–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0960428600001360.

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New data on the Pteridophyta of Lesvos (East Aegean Islands, Greece) contributing to the knowledge of their distribution and ecology are given. The presence of 24 taxa (species and subspecies) belonging to 16 genera and 7 families is confirmed whilst the occurrence of 4 more previously recorded is considered as doubtful or needs more recent confirmation. Isoetes duriei Bory, Pilularia minuta Durieu and Polystichum setiferum (Forsskål) Woynar appear to be new records for the East Aegean Islands, and Isoetes histrix Bory is new for the island of Lesvos. Furthermore the presence on Lesvos of some rare species (i.e. Notholaena marantae (L.) Desv. and Ophioglossum vulgatum L.) is confirmed. Critical comments on most of the taxa are made and dot maps of their distributions are presented. With regard to the rare species and their habitats, a need for urgent conservation measures is identified.

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Goudeli, Galatea, Aristeidis Parmakelis, Konstantinos Proios, Ioannis Anastasiou, Canella Radea, Panayiotis Pafilis, and Kostas A. Triantis. "The land snails of Lichadonisia islets (Greece)." Ecologica Montenegrina 39 (February 8, 2021): 59–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.39.6.

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The Lichadonisia island group is located between Maliakos and the North Evian Gulf, in central Greece. Lichadonisia is one of the few volcanic island groups of Greece, consisting mainly of lava flows. Today the islands are uninhabited with high numbers of visitors, but permanent population existed for many decades in the past. Herein, we present for the first time the land snail fauna of the islets and we compare their species richness with islands of similar size across the Aegean Sea. This group of small islands, provides a typical example on how human activities in the current geological era, i.e., the Anthropocene, alter the natural communities and differentiate biogeographical patterns.

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John, Vourdoubas. "Energy Islands in Greece: Are they Feasible in Aegean Sea?" International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Studies 4, no. 2 (March 8, 2024): 148–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.62225/2583049x.2024.4.2.2454.

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The future development of energy islands in North Sea is going to assist the further growth of offshore wind farms in a territory characterized by rich wind energy resources. The development of offshore wind farms in Aegean Sea, which is characterized by high mean annual wind velocities, is in the initial phase while it is foreseen that by 2050 the electricity generated by offshore wind farms will have a high share in the energy mix in Greece. The future interconnection of the electric grids of the small islands in Aegean Sea with the grid of continental Greece is going to trigger the development of new renewable energy installations in these islands reducing the current use of oil-based fuels in them. The development of offshore wind farms in Aegean Sea could be combined with green hydrogen production, when it is profitable, while it could be also used in the future for electricity generation from sea waves. The future development of physical energy islands in the Archipelago combined with the development of offshore wind farms and the interconnection of the small islands' grids could promote the further development of the rich solar and wind energy resources in Aegean Sea assisting the de-carbonization of the Greek power system. The current work could be useful to policy makers, to local and regional authorities as well as to energy companies which are willing to invest in renewable energy systems in Aegean Sea.

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Symeonidou, Isaia, Georgios Sioutas, Athanasios I. Gelasakis, Dimitra Bitchava, Eleni Kanaki, and Elias Papadopoulos. "Beyond Borders: Dirofilaria immitis Infection in Dogs Spreads to Previously Non-Enzootic Areas in Greece—A Serological Survey." Veterinary Sciences 11, no. 6 (June 4, 2024): 255. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci11060255.

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Although Dirofilaria immitis in dogs is considered enzootic in northern Greece, the available data on the occurrence of infection in southern parts of the country demonstrate its scarcity. The aim of this study was to update the current knowledge on D. immitis infection in dogs in areas of Greece previously considered non-enzootic (Central Greece, Attica, Peloponnese, North Aegean, South Aegean, Crete and the Ionian islands). In total, 1528 dog blood samples were collected from the aforementioned areas and examined by Dirochek® ELISA (Synbiotics). Additionally, data published until 2022 on the prevalence of infection in these areas were compared to the data of this study. The ‘Wilson’ Score interval method (Epitools) was employed. Overall, 10.8% of dogs were positive for D. immitis. In detail, the prevalence was 21.7, 13.7, 10.7, 5.4, 4.7, 6.2 and 17.0% for D. immitis, in Central Greece, Attica, Peloponnese, North Aegean, South Aegean, Crete and the Ionian islands, respectively. Infection with D. immitis is recorded for the first time in Crete. The probability of a dog becoming infected has increased 4.1 times since 2022 in previously non-enzootic areas. This study denotes the spread of D. immitis and highlights the necessity for preventive measures.

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Synolakis, Costas, Nikos Kalligeris, Vassilios Skanavis, Marinos Charalampakis, Nikolaos Melis, Evangelos Voukouvalas, and Alessandro Annunziato. "FIELD SURVEY OF THE 30 OCTOBER 2020 SAMOS (AEGEAN SEA) TSUNAMI IN THE GREEK ISLANDS." Coastal Engineering Proceedings, no. 37 (September 1, 2023): 168. http://dx.doi.org/10.9753/icce.v37.management.168.

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On October 30th, 2020, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck offshore from the northern coast of Samos, Greece, generating a tsunami that impacted the nearshore Greek islands and the Aegean coastline of Turkey. The 2020 Samos (Aegean Sea) tsunami is arguably the most significant event in the Aegean since the 09 July 1956 Amorgos earthquake and tsunami that produced runup values as high as 20 m on the south coast of Amorgos (Okal et al., 2009). Maximum runup reached 3.8 m along the Turkish coast (Dogan et al., 2021), and ~3 m on the north coast of Samos Island (Kalligeris et al., 2021). We present detailed results from several post-event field surveys, and report first wave arrival timing and polarity information as well as tsunami height/runup measurements, from five islands.

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Maroulis, Leonidas, Danae Karakasi, Eleftherios Bitzilekis, Panagiotis Dalias, Moisis Mylonas, and Katerina Vardinoyannis. "The terrestrial gastropods in three Dodecanese islands, Rhodes, Symi, Chalki (Aegean Sea, Greece)." Folia Malacologica 32, no. 1 (February 12, 2024): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.12657/folmal.032.001.

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Rhodes, Symi and Chalki are three islands with different characteristics in the southeastern part of the Aegean Sea. In this work, we present their complete land snail fauna based on recent survey, samples from the collections of the Natural History Museum of Crete and a thorough bibliographic review. We report 67 land snail species from Rhodes, 34 species from Symi, and 32 from Chalki, with 4, 20 and 9 new records for each island, respectively. Also, one species has been added to the malacofauna of Greece, while many names, which were mentioned mainly in the 19th century, have been clarified, synonymised or abolished from the lists of the islands. Our results once again demonstrate the importance of the reproductive system as a tool for reliable assessment of the taxonomy of Aegean land snails, and that sampling during the rainy season should be the preferred methodological approach for collecting land snails in the Greek islands.

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Tzanelli, Rodanthi. "Underwater." Transfers 10, no. 2-3 (December 1, 2020): 110–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/trans.2020.10020308.

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A unique exhibition was held between 19 and 22 September 2018 in the deep blue waters of Amorgos, Greece. Amorgos is the easternmost of the Cyclades islands, neighboring the Dodecanese island group. The island’s rich aquatic life and architectural beauty featured prominently in French director Luc Besson’s internationally acclaimed English-language film on freediving, The Big Blue (Le Grand Bleu, 1988), transforming the island into an international destination for tourists and freedivers. The exhibition Underwater Gallery: On a Single Breath, was installed at a depth of 7 to 17 meters inside a sea cave in the area of Aghios Pavlos, below the Monastery of Hozoviotissa. Hozoviotissa’s famous top-floor window of the “big blue” opens to the Aegean Sea, affording visitors a bird’s eye view to the Aegean. It is clear that the gallery’s connection to Besson’s artwork is indisputable.

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Tzanelli, Rodanthi. "Underwater." Transfers 10, no. 2-3 (December 1, 2020): 110–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/trans.2020.1002308.

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A unique exhibition was held between 19 and 22 September 2018 in the deep blue waters of Amorgos, Greece.1 Amorgos is the easternmost of the Cyclades islands, neighboring the Dodecanese island group. The island's rich aquatic life and architectural beauty featured prominently in French director Luc Besson's internationally acclaimed English-language film on freediving, The Big Blue (Le Grand Bleu, 1988), transforming the island into an international destination for tourists and freedivers. The exhibition, Underwater Gallery: On a Single Breath, was installed at a depth of 7 to 17 meters inside a sea cave in the area of Aghios Pavlos, below the Monastery of Hozoviotissa. Hozoviotissa's famous top-floor window of the “big blue” opens to the Aegean Sea, affording visitors a bird's eye view to the Aegean. It is clear that the gallery's connection to Besson's artwork is indisputable.

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TSIAMIS, K., Ö. AYDOGAN, N. BAILLY, P. BALISTRERI, M. BARICHE, S. CARDEN-NOAD, M. CORSINI-FOKA, et al. "New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July 2015)." Mediterranean Marine Science 16, no. 2 (July 31, 2015): 472. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.1440.

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The Collective Article ‘New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records’ of the Mediterranean Marine Science journal offers the means to publish biodiversity records in the Mediterranean Sea. The current article is divided in two parts, for records of native and alien species respectively. The new records of native species include: the neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii in Capri Island, Thyrrenian Sea; the bigeye thresher shark Alopias superciliosus in the Adriatic Sea; a juvenile basking shark Cetorhinus maximus caught off Piran (northern Adriatic); the deep-sea Messina rockfish Scorpaenodes arenai in the National Marine Park of Zakynthos (East Ionian Sea, Greece); and the oceanic puffer Lagocephalus lagocephalus in the Adriatic Sea.The new records of alien species include: the red algae Antithamnionella elegans and Palisada maris-rubri, found for the first time in Israel and Greece respectively; the green alga Codium parvulum reported from Turkey (Aegean Sea); the first record of the alien sea urchin Diadema setosum in Greece; the nudibranch Goniobranchus annulatus reported from South-Eastern Aegean Sea (Greece); the opisthobranch Melibe viridis found in Lebanon; the new records of the blue spotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii in the Alicante coast (Eastern Spain); the alien fish Siganus luridus and Siganus rivulatus in Lipsi Island, Dodecanese (Greece); the first record of Stephanolepis diaspros from the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (western Sicily); a northward expansion of the alien pufferfish Torquigener flavimaculosus along the southeastern Aegean coasts of Turkey; and data on the occurrence of the Lessepsian immigrants Alepes djedaba, Lagocephalus sceleratus and Fistularia commersonii in Zakynthos Island (SE Ionian Sea, Greece).

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Gudev, P. "The Aegean Sea of Contradictions (Part I)." World Economy and International Relations 65, no. 10 (2021): 142–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-2021-65-10-142-151.

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The Aegean Sea as part of the Eastern Mediterranean has been a clash of national interests between Greece and Turkey for decades. In particular, this process has intensified since 1974, and although there have been certain peaks and troughs along the way, now it seems to be at a point of new aggravation in bilateral relations. In general, this state of affairs is due to the particular geographical characteristics of the Aegean Sea, namely the large number of Greek islands, rocks and island formations scattered throughout its waters, often close to the Turkish coastline. Through them, Athens can lay claim to significant areas of both waters, seabed and subsoil, as well as airspace, over which its sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction would extend. Such rights and powers are granted to Greece under the current international law of the sea and, above all, under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, to which Greece is a full party. However, the Aegean will in any case continue to be a region where other countries, including extra-regional ones, have their own interests in shipping and other maritime activities. In particular, it applies to the Russian Federation and the U. S. Turkey, for its part, is directly dependent on unhindered passage of its ships and warships from the Aegean Sea to the Black Sea and vice versa. The first part of this paper analyzes the historical and documentary background of the Turkish-Greek controversy, based on different understandings of the provisions and language of international agreements, such as the Lausanne Peace Treaty of 1923 and the Paris Peace Treaty of 1947. Turkey’s reasons for linking the issue of Greek sovereignty over particular islands in the Aegean Sea to their demilitarized status as prescribed in these international treaties is described. The reasons why incidents between Greek and Turkish warplanes regularly occur in the Aegean airspace, which have different interpretations of the boundaries between national and international airspace, is explored. Special attention is paid to the legal basis for the formation of air defense identification zones and flight information regions by various states, including Greece. It is shown, which legal documents regulate the establishment of Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) and Flight Information Area (FIR).

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Rettinger, Renata, and Małgorzata Rozmus. "Przestrzenne zróżnicowanie wielkości ruchu turystycznego w Grecji." Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society 16 (January 1, 2010): 237–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.24917/20801653.16.22.

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Owing to its features, Greece is a country that can meet a whole range of tourist expectations. The country is a popular destination – the number of tourists is constantly increasing; in 2007 the number amounted to 18,754,593 visitors, over 92% of whom were Europeans. Greece is the most popular with the citizens of the Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Holland, France, and the neighbouring countries – Bulgaria, Albania and Macedonia. However, the tourism intensity is spatially differentiated. Attica and the South Aegean region, Ionian Islands and Crete enjoy the highest popularity among tourists. The regions of islands are most intensely visited, while the lowest intensity of tourism is observed in Epirus and West Macedonia. The highest tourism intensity ratio is observed in the case of the South Aegean region, and the lowest – in West Macedonia.

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Bintliff, John. "Changes in Town and Country in Late Antiquity and into the Early Medieval Period in Greece and the Aegean Islands." Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia 34, no. 20 N.S. (March 7, 2024): 15–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5617/acta.11139.

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The Greek Aegean in the Late Roman era (5th-mid-7th centuries AD) offers a degree of uniformity, developing further the novel urban and rural patterns that mark the previous Imperial centuries. Characteristically, small towns with fortifications and lavish Christian monuments are surrounded by commercial villa estates, while populations shrink drastically from the mid-6th century. In the 7th-8th centuries fundamental regional divergences appear. Most of mainland Greece is lost to the Eastern Roman (aka Early Byzantine) Empire based at Constantinople, the largest towns and coastal ports excepted, following waves of Slavic settlement. A second model is found on the Aegean Islands, where reduced populations largely survive Arab raids and alien settlement through settlement displacement and negotiation. A third model is represented by the large island of Crete, free from invasion until Arab conquest in the 9th century, ironically when a revived Eastern Roman (Middle Byzantine) Empire regains control of the mainland and remaining Aegean Islands. This paper will present the evidence from archaeology for these scenarios, varying in time and space.

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Margaris, Nicos S. "Primary sector and environments in the Aegean Islands, Greece." Environmental Management 16, no. 5 (September 1992): 569–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02589011.

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WARINGER, JOHANN, and HANS MALICKY. "The larvae of Athripsodes longispinosus longispinosus (Martynov 1909), Athripsodes longispinosus paleochora (Malicky 1972), and Athripsodes bilineatus aegeus Malicky 1999 (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae), including a discriminatory matrix to the larvae of genus Athripsodes Billberg 1820 in Greece." Zootaxa 4609, no. 3 (May 24, 2019): 485. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.5.

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Larvae of three leptocerid caddisfly subspecies described in the present paper were sampled in Greece and the North Aegean island of Gökceada (Turkey). Information on the morphology of the final larval instar of each is given and the most important diagnostic features are illustrated. The subspecies are integrated into a synoptic discriminatory matrix including the currently known larvae of Greek species of genus Athripsodes. The species can be easily separated by head coloration; the morphology of the ventral apotome; setal and spinal patterns on the metadorsum, foretibiae, and anal prolegs; and by distribution. With respect to distribution, Athripsodes longispinosus longispinosus is known from Bulgaria, the Caucasus area, Turkey, the northern Greek mainland, and the Greek islands of Thasos, Lesbos, Andros, Ikaria, Naxos, and Rhodes. Athripsodes longispinosus paleochora is an endemic of the Greek island of Crete, and A. bilineatus aegeus has been recorded from the Peloponnese; the Greek islands of Euboea, Skiathos, Kithira, Andros; and Turkey.

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Patharkar, Tanmayi, Lucas Van Passel, and Kinsey M. Brock. "Eat or be eaten? An observation of Podarcis erhardii consuming Scolopendra cingulata from Andros Island, Cyclades, Greece." Herpetozoa 35 (October 18, 2022): 209–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.35.e94006.

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Podarcis wall lizards mainly feed on coleopterans, orthopterans, arachnids, and other small invertebrates. However, Aegean wall lizards, Podarcis erhardii, are widely distributed across Aegean islands and are increasingly observed eating non-traditional food items ranging from plant material to conspecific eggs and body parts. Here, we report the first documented case of P. erhardii consuming a large centipede, Scolopendra cingulata. The predator-prey relationship between these species has appeared to go both ways and may intensify on islands.

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Kontopanou, Anna, and Maria Panitsa. "Habitat Islands on the Aegean Islands (Greece): Elevational Gradient of Chasmophytic Diversity, Endemism, Phytogeographical Patterns and need for Monitoring and Conservation." Diversity 12, no. 1 (January 17, 2020): 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d12010033.

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The Aegean archipelago, characterized as a natural laboratory for research concerning plant species diversity and phytogeography has a complex geological and paleogeographical history that varies among its phytogeographical areas. A different combination of factors of variable intensity and duration time drives patterns of its impressive plant species richness and endemism. Cliffs, a conspicuous feature of the Aegean landscape, consist of biologically closed communities that serve as refugia for obligate chasmophytes, the majority of which are Greek or Aegean endemics, and for this reason, they are also considered as habitat islands on the Aegean islands. A synoptic analysis is presented concerning chasmophytic plant diversity focusing on endemic obligate chasmophytes. Phytogeographical patterns of obligate chasmophytes, and especially the endemic ones as well as their elevational range and distribution and zeta diversity, are analyzed and discussed in the frame of climatic change, mentioning that the most threatened endemic obligate chasmophytes are those specialized in high elevation areas, and focusing on the need for monitoring and conservation.

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Constantoglou, Mary. "Destination Management in Lesvos, Greece. Characteristics, Preferences, Images, Satisfaction, and Overall Experience." Business Ethics and Leadership 4, no. 3 (2020): 81–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.21272/bel.4(3).81-106.2020.

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As the tourism sector is continually evolving, touristic destinations and service providers should give close and thoughtful attention to customers’ satisfaction, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic period. Tourism for Greece represents one of the most valuable pillars of the economy and the impact of the pandemic to the sector and GDP will be significant. In this era, it is evident the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals and effective Destination Management that will take into consideration all aspects of the local communities. Customer satisfaction is crucial to improving strategies that destinations must follow to service quality and satisfaction management strategies. Recent consumer and technological trends make customer satisfaction more important than ever. This paper aims to investigate the characteristics, preferences, images, satisfaction levels, and the overall experience gained by the tourists visiting Lesvos island in the North Aegean Region Greece. Primary research was conducted and the airport of the island during departure in 2019. The useful gathered questionnaires (201) provided helpful information to the island’s DMO related to the visitors’ demographic characteristics, destination perception, awareness and competitiveness, satisfaction and overall experience. The basic research findings were the strong impression of the visitors about the authenticity of the destination. They also believe that prices are excellent and the rate of value for money is high. At the same time, visitors think that the island is not promoted very good and the image/brand of the island is not very clear and well defined. It is the first research conducted to visitors departing from Lesvos island to the authors’ best knowledge. The results and discussion of this study will be useful to the islands’ DMO and the island’s tourism authorities and the North Aegean Region and other similar island destinations, which wish to maximize the benefits of tourism development. Keywords: Destination Management Organization, Destination Image, Branding, Visitor Satisfaction, Experience.

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Kotsiou, Antonia, and Vasiliki Michalaki. "Razarajuće epidemije grčke populacije u novije doba." Acta medico-historica Adriatica 15, no. 2 (2017): 283–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.31952/amha.15.2.6.

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In the recent Greek ages the most devastating epidemics were plague, smallpox, leprosy and cholera. In 1816 plague struck the Ionian and Aegean Islands, mainland Greece, Constantinople and Smyrna. The Venetians ruling the Ionian Islands effectively combated plague in contrast to the Ottomans ruling all other regions. In 1922, plague appeared in Patras refugees who were expelled by the Turks from Smyrna and Asia Minor. Inoculation against smallpox was first performed in Thessaly by the Greek women, and the Greek doctors Emmanouel Timonis (1713, Oxford) and Jakovos Pylarinos (1715, Venice) made relevant scientific publications. The first leper colony opened in Chios Island. In Crete, Spinalonga was transformed into a leper island, which following the Independence War against Turkish occupation and the unification of Crete with Greece in 1913, was classified as an International Leper Hospital. Cholera struck Greece in 1853-1854 brought by the French troops during the Crimean War, and again during the Balkan Wars (1912-13) when the Bulgarian troops brought cholera to northern Greece. Due to successive wars, medical assistance was not always available, so desperate people turned many times to religion through processions in honor of local saints, for their salvation in epidemics.

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ΖΕΝΕΤΟΣ, Α., E. H. KH AKEL, C. APOSTOLIDIS, M. BILECENOGLU, G. BITAR, V. BUCHET, N. CHALARI, et al. "New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (April 2015)." Mediterranean Marine Science 16, no. 1 (January 21, 2015): 266. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.1292.

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The Collective Article ‘New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records’ of the Mediterranean Marine Science journal offers the means to publish biodiversity records in the Mediterranean Sea. The current article is divided in two parts, for records of native and alien species respectively. The new records of native fish species include: the slender sunfish Ranzania laevis and the scalloped ribbonfish Zu cristatus in Calabria; the Azores rockling Gaidropsarus granti in Calabria and Sicily; the agujon needlefish Tylosurus acus imperialis in the Northern Aegean; and the amphibious behaviour of Gouania willdenowi in Southern Turkey. As regards molluscs, the interesting findings include Ischnochiton usticensis in Calabria and Thordisa filix in the bay of Piran (Slovenia). The stomatopod Parasquilla ferussaci was collected from Lesvos island (Greece); the isopod Anilocra frontalis was observed parasitizing the alien Pteragogus trispilus in the Rhodes area. The asteroid Tethyaster subinermis and the butterfly ray Gymnura altavela were reported from several localities in the Greek Ionian and Aegean Seas. The new records of alien species include: the antenna codlet Bregmaceros atlanticus in Saronikos Gulf; three new fish records and two decapods from Egypt; the establishment of the two spot cardinal fish Cheilodipterus novemstriatus and the first record of the Indo-Pacific marble shrimp Saron marmoratus in semi-dark caves along the Lebanese coastline; the finding of Lagocephalus sceleratus, Sargocentron rubrum, Fistularia commersonii and Stephanolepis diaspros around Lipsi island (Aegean Sea, Greece); the decapod Penaeus hathor in Aegean waters; the decapod Penaeus aztecus and the nudibranch Melibe viridis in the Dodecanese islands; the finding of Pinctada imbricata radiata in the Mar Grande of Taranto (Ionian Sea, Italy) and the Maliakos Gulf (Greece).

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Deligiannakis, Georgios. "LATE PAGANISM ON THE AEGEAN ISLANDS AND PROCESSES OF CHRISTIANISATION." Late Antique Archaeology 7, no. 1 (2011): 311–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134522-90000161.

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Detailed case-studies of Aegean paganism and temple conversion are presented for six sanctuaries in the Province of the Islands, and are assessed as part of the debate on Christianisation from western Asia Minor to mainland Greece. It is argued that, despite many similarities between the eastern islands and western coastal Asia Minor, there is little cultural homogeneity between the many sub-regions in this wide area.

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Kontopanos, Athanasios, Ioannis Tsakiridis, Themistoklis Dagklis, Eirini Boureka, Apostolos Mamopoulos, and Apostolos Athanasiadis. "Cesarean section rates in each region of Greece: A retrospective analysis." Hellenic Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 22, no. 1 (March 3, 2023): 35–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.33574/hjog.0522.

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Introduction: There is a national trend in increasing cesarean section rates in Greece. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of cesarean sections per district of the Greek territory. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective observational study, the records of all births in Greece between 2019-2020 from the official archives of the Hellenic Statistical Authority were processed and analyzed. The NUTS-1 classification according to the EUROSTAT was used for the division of the Greek territory into districts. Based on this classification, Greece is divided into four major districts: Northern Greece, Central Greece, Attica and Aegean Islands-Crete. Results: In total, 169,417 births were recorded in Greece during the two-year period from 1/1/2019 to 31/12/2020. Of these, 55.79% were performed by cesarean section, 40.24% by vaginal delivery, 0.02% by a combination of vaginal delivery and cesarean section, while the mode of procedure was not reported in 3.95% of all deliveries. The highest frequency of cesarean sections was observed in Attica with a rate of 58.86%. The corresponding rates in the other districts were 55.50% (Aegean Islands and Crete), 53.55% (Northern Greece) and 51.49% (Central Greece). Notably, the mode of delivery was not reported in 13.75% of births in Central Greece, while the respective rates in the other districts ranged between 1.02% and 2.1%. Conclusions: The frequency of cesarean sections in Greece was high, with a rate of 55.79% of all births, during the study period. The district with the highest frequency of cesarean section was Attica, with a rate over 58%.

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Zenelis, Petros. "Transport connectivity of remote islands: The case of Kastellorizo, Greece." Journal of Air Transport Studies 13, no. 2 (July 1, 2022): 39–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.38008/jats.v13i2.199.

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This paper examines the transportation network and the respective connections of the remote island of Kastellorizo, the eastern Greek island which is located in the southeast Aegean Sea close to the Turkish coast. The accessibility options available in Kastellorizo are studied together with the challenges that residents encounter concerning their mobility demands. The most important factors that are directly related to the transport connectivity of Kastellorizo have to do with its remote location, the satisfactoriness of the existing transportation infrastructure and the economic and political conditions. In this paper, it is observed that the island in question faces significant challenges the most important of which is the insufficiency of the existing infrastructure to satisfy a potential increase in transportation demand to and from Kastellorizo. Specific solutions are suggested for the upgrading of the island’s transportation linkages. These include ideas for increasing the local transportation demand, promoting the island's natural beauty, growing local businesses and sustainable tourism practices and offering incentives to private transportation providers to include Kastellorizo in their routes. The importance of the transportation infrastructure and sustainability for the everyday life of the residents is highlighted in this paper’s conclusions. Future research is needed to further explore in more detail the transportation challenges that remote island communities like Kastellorizo face and recommend targeted solutions that take into account the unique characteristics of the regions in question.

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Karkani, Anna, and Niki Evelpidou. "Multiple Submerged Tidal Notches: A Witness of Sequences of Coseismic Subsidence in the Aegean Sea, Greece." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9, no. 4 (April 14, 2021): 426. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse9040426.

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In some islands of the Aegean, there is evidence of the occurrence of repeated rapid subsidences during the Late Holocene. In this paper, the shape of tidal notches that may be well-preserved underwater is recalled in order to reconstruct sequences of coseismic subsidences and other relative sea-level changes, which occurred during, at least, the last few millennia. A reanalysis of the published measurements of submerged tidal notches in several islands reveals that subsidence trends in many areas of the Aegean are not continuous with gradual movement but, also, are the result of repeated coseismic vertical subsidences of some decimetres at each time. The estimated average return times are of the order of approximately some centuries to one millennium. Although the results cannot be used for short-term predictions of earthquakes, they may provide useful indications on the long-term tectonic trends that are active in the Aegean region.

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Glöer, Peter, Tihomir Stefanov, and Dilian Georgiev. "A NEW PSEUDAMNICOLA (GASTROPODA: HYDROBIIDAE) FROM THE ISLAND OF LIMNOS (GREECE)." Ecologica Montenegrina 19 (December 20, 2018): 159–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2018.19.16.

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Many Pseudamnicola species have been found in the Aegean Islands reported by Szarowska et al. (2015) and Radea et al. (2015), all regional endemic. We found an additional Pseudamnicola from the island of Limnos and described this species here as new for science. The holotype and two paratypes are depicted in addition to the penis, which is characteristic for the genus Pseudamnicola. A map of all hitherto mentioned Pseudamnicola taxa is given.

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Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, and Miguel Angel Martínez-Morales. "Nestedness in centipede (Chilopoda) assemblages on continental islands (Aegean, Greece)." Acta Oecologica 36, no. 3 (May 2010): 282–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2010.01.007.

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Valli, Anna-Thalassini, and Rea Artelari. "Limonium korakonisicum (Plumbaginaceae), a new species from Zakynthos Island (Ionian Islands, Greece)." Phytotaxa 217, no. 1 (June 22, 2015): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.217.1.5.

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Limonium korakonisicum (Plumbaginaceae), a new species from Zakynthos Island (Ionian Islands, Greece), is described and illustrated from the only known population (locality Korakonisi) located in the southwestern coast of the island. The hexaploid chromosome number (2n=6x=51), the karyotype and the self-incompatible pollen-stigma combination A (‘A’pollen and ‘Cob’ stigma), support that L. korakonisicum is an apomictic taxon originated through hybridization. This new taxon is related to the polyploid apomictic Limonium species which are prevalent in the Aegean area and especially to the recently described Cytherian endemic L. spreitzenhoferi Erben & Brullo. The morphological differences of L. korakonisicum from L. spreitzenhoferi as well as from the sexual diploid endemic L. phitosianum, which coexists at the same locality, are discussed. Data on the ecology and conservation status of the new species are also given.

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Pappas, B. G., J. Boyazoglu, and Ch Vasiloudis. "THE SKOPELOS GOAT BREED OF GREECE." Animal Genetic Resources Information 9 (April 1992): 69–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1014233900003229.

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SUMMARYIn the Northern Sporades islands of the Aegean Sea a goat population isolate exists with an exceptional milk yield potential (225 kg marketed milk from average lactations of 174 days). The prolificacy is 135% and the average adult live weight of the females 56 kg.While the actual purebred “Skopelos” population is estimated at only 8000 goats, the development of recording and a breed selection programme, combined with a necessary conservation policy, should help preserve the breed and assure its development possibilities.

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Retallack, Gregory J. "Rocks, views, soils and plants at the temples of ancient Greece." Antiquity 82, no. 317 (September 1, 2008): 640–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00097283.

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This study explores bedrock geology, topographic setting, compass orientation, soil profile and plant cover at 84 temples of Classical (480-338 BC) mainland Greece, several Aegean islands and Cyprus. A striking pattern emerges: the soil and vegetation matches the dedications to particular deities, suggesting an economic basis for particular cults.

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Kossoff, Angelina, Sheila Schueller, Hannah Nossan, Ian Slack, Pavlos Avramidis, and Johannes Foufopoulos. "Ecological Impacts of Introduced European Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) on Island Ecosystems in the Mediterranean." Diversity 16, no. 4 (April 19, 2024): 244. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d16040244.

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The Cyclades Islands (Aegean Sea, Greece) are part of the Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspot and harbor a plethora of endemic species. Plant communities on the smaller islands in this region have largely evolved in the absence of herbivory and frequently lack antiherbivore defenses. This study evaluates the short- and long-term effects of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), an herbivore that has been released on numerous islands in the region, by comparing islands that 1. have historically been rabbit-free (ungrazed); 2. are currently grazed by rabbits, and 3. have previously been grazed, but are now rabbit-free. Ecological impacts of rabbits on the Aegean Islands were investigated by assessing the abundance, composition, and diversity of plant and arthropod communities as well as soil characteristics. Our results indicate that ungrazed islands have more arthropod species, more specialized or endemic plant species, and less exposed soil than currently grazed islands. While ungrazed islands did not necessarily possess higher total plant species richness, they did harbor significantly more small-island endemic taxa relative to presently grazed islands. This study indicates that native plant communities on Mediterranean islets are not adapted to the presence of this introduced species and that the practice of intentionally releasing rabbits on islands has significant and lasting negative ecological impacts, especially on small islands. While a complete recovery of post-rabbit was not evident over the time span of our research, both arthropod and plant data indicate that partial recovery is possible once rabbits have been removed.

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SIMAIAKIS, STYLIANOS, and MOISIS MYLONAS. "The Scolopendra species (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) of Greece (E-Mediterranean): a theoretical approach on the effect of geography and palaeogeography on their distribution." Zootaxa 1792, no. 1 (June 12, 2008): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1792.1.3.

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The species of the genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 are very widely distributed in the Mediterranean region. Current knowledge is summarized, with references to material derived mainly from the well-explored islands of the Aegean Archipelago, several localities in continental Greece and old bibliographic reports. We suggest that Scolopendra species represent examples of both paradigms of historical biogeography, namely vicariance and dispersal. We propose that the dispersal routes of Scolopendra species in Greece were mainly influenced by late Miocene and upper Pleistocene palaeogeography. The formation of the Mid-Aegean trench (c. 12 – 9 Mya) considered as a remarkable geographical barrier between the Anatolian peninsula and mainland Greece, prevented the entry of certain Scolopendra species westwards. In total, five Scolopendra species have been recorded from mainland and insular Greece. A vicariance event that occurred in the area more than 17 Mya, when the Aegean region was part of a united landmass, better explains the biogeographical history of S. canidens. Cyclades harbours remnants of the ancient populations of S. canidens, whereas during the late Pleistocene (c. 400.000 21.000 ya) S. canidens was isolated in Dodecanese. S. cretica is the only endemic, being distributed in Crete and its adjacent islets. S. clavipes in E-Mediterranean and S. dalmatica in W-Mediterranean evolved from ancient canidens populations. S. cingulata entered central and southern Europe from the east (c. 20 – 11 Mya), while the formation of the Mid-Aegean trench (c. 12 – 9 Mya) prevented its entry in Crete.

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YILDIZBAŞ, AVNI, and MURAT KOÇ. "On the typification of Bolanthus cherlerioides (Bornm.) Bark. (Caryophyllaceae)." Phytotaxa 343, no. 2 (March 9, 2018): 199. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.343.2.12.

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The genus Bolanthus (Ser.) Rchb. (1841: 205) (Caryophyllaceae Juss.) includes 24 taxa mostly occurring along the coasts of eastern Mediterranean regions (Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Greece, Isreal, and Turkey) (Barkoudah 1962). The genus is represented by 8 taxa in the Europaean flora and by 6 taxa in Syria, Palestine, Isreal and Lebanon (Barkoudah 1962, Zohary 1966, Barkoudah 1993). All of the taxa that are distributed in Europe are known from Greece and East Aegean Islands, Phitos (1997).

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Ailianos, Costis J. "The Balkan Conundrum and Relations between Austria-Hungary and Greece, 1912–1914." Südost-Forschungen 73, no. 1 (August 8, 2014): 1–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sofo-2014-0103.

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Abstract Relations between Greece and Austria-Hungary had never been particularly cordial, despite some brief periods of a certain rapprochement, and Vienna displayed a total lack of consideration for the interests of Athens also during the Balkan Wars. Greek ‘dreams’ were only marginally ‘tangent’ to Vienna’s interests and the Ballhausplatz did not envisage any point of convergence of their political goals. The cooperation, let alone the alliance, between Greece and Serbia proved to be a thorn in the Greco-Austrian relations. All issues of Greek interest met with Vienna’s strong opposition: the drawing of the southern/southeastern borders of Albania; the fate of Thessaloniki and Kavalla; the future of the East Aegean islands. While Austria was aiming at bringing Bulgaria in her sphere of influence, Germany wanted to attract Athens closer to the Triple Alliance, which led to serious misunderstandings between the two empires. Ultimately, this divergence of policy worked in favour of Greece that obtained Thessaloniki and its hinterland, Kavalla, a large part of Epirus, safeguarded her titles on the Aegean islands and secured a common Greco-Serbian borderline. However, the issue of Northern Epirus was left in abeyance until after the First World War. Finally, the Ballhausplatz, re-evaluating the new geopolitical realities in the Balkans, started looking constructively to the future role of Greece in the region.

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Ailianos, Costis J. "The Balkan Conundrum and Relations between Austria-Hungary and Greece, 1912–1914." Südost-Forschungen 73, no. 1 (January 8, 2014): 1–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sofo-2016-0103.

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AbstractRelations between Greece and Austria-Hungary had never been particularly cordial, despite some brief periods of a certain rapprochement, and Vienna displayed a total lack of consideration for the interests of Athens also during the Balkan Wars. Greek ‘dreams’ were only marginally ‘tangent’ to Vienna’s interests and the Ballhausplatz did not envisage any point of convergence of their political goals. The cooperation, let alone the alliance, between Greece and Serbia proved to be a thorn in the Greco-Austrian relations. All issues of Greek interest met with Vienna’s strong opposition: the drawing of the southern/southeastern borders of Albania; the fate of Thessaloniki and Kavalla; the future of the East Aegean islands. While Austria was aiming at bringing Bulgaria in her sphere of influence, Germany wanted to attract Athens closer to the Triple Alliance, which led to serious misunderstandings between the two empires. Ultimately, this divergence of policy worked in favour of Greece that obtained Thessaloniki and its hinterland, Kavalla, a large part of Epirus, safeguarded her titles on the Aegean islands and secured a common Greco-Serbian borderline. However, the issue of Northern Epirus was left in abeyance until after the First World War. Finally, the Ballhausplatz, re-evaluating the new geopolitical realities in the Balkans, started looking constructively to the future role of Greece in the region.

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Broggi, Mario F. "Occurrence and status of the European Pond Turtle, Emys orbicularis hellenica (Valenciennes, 1833), on Aegean and Ionian Islands (Greece, Turkey)." Herpetozoa 36 (August 23, 2023): 249–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e106864.

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A study on the occurrence of Emys orbicularis in the Aegean, published in 2012, is here extended to the Ionian Islands. For the first time, a status analysis has also been carried out for the individual islands. Emys orbicularis is found on 11 Greek islands and one Turkish. Its presence on the big islands of Rhodes and Chios has not been ascertained so far, while for four previously mentioned islands there is no confirmation. On Corfu and Lesbos there are still viable larger Emys populations. Most other island occurrences are characterized by small populations. On Kefalonia, Zakynthos, Thassos and Samos, E. orbicularis is in danger of extinction because the wetland biotopes are threatened. In the meantime, many wetlands have been placed under protection. The enforcement of these nature conservation regulations needs to be monitored, and E. orbicularis can be a lead species for such monitoring.

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Karystianos, Michalis E., Charalampos N. Pitas, Stamatina P. Efstathiou, Marina A. Tsili, John C. Mantzaris, Eirini A. Leonidaki, Emmanouil M. Voumvoulakis, and Nikos G. Sakellaridis. "Planning of Aegean Archipelago Interconnections to the Continental Power System of Greece." Energies 14, no. 13 (June 24, 2021): 3818. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14133818.

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This paper presents the results of a thorough planning investigation carried out by the Transmission System Operator (TSO) and the Distribution Network Operator (DNO) in Greece in order to study the interconnections of the Aegean Islands with the mainland power system. The feasibility of interconnecting islands is based on the need for a reliable power supply to isolated and autonomous islands, reducing the operating costs of the power generation system through the withdrawal of high-cost oil-fired generating units, and the further ability to increase renewable energy source (RES) penetration in the country’s energy mix, according to directions imposed by the National Energy and Climate Plan. Among the alternative topologies and interconnection technologies considered, the final selection of the interconnection scheme selected for inclusion in the development plans of TSO and DNO was based on their detailed comparative evaluation, considering financial and other technical criteria.

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Arvaniti, Theodora, and Yannis Maniatis. "Tracing the Absolute Time-Frame of the Early Bronze Age in the Aegean." Radiocarbon 60, no. 3 (April 23, 2018): 751–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2018.28.

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AbstractThe Early Bronze Age (EBA) is associated with technological and cultural changes that may suggest the onset of a new culture. The question usually posed is whether the spread of the EBA culture is a matter of contemporary evolutionary practices or a matter of migration of peoples. We contribute to this discussion by tracing the appearance and spread of the EBA in the Aegean using an absolute time-frame provided by more than 200 radiocarbon (14C) dates from 25 different Aegean sites. These have been compiled and statistically treated, individually, and in geographical groups to allow temporal and spatial comparisons. A new model is constructed for the first time for northern Greece. The dates are compared between various settlements and areas in each of the traditional cultural divisions EBA I, EBA II, and EBA III and possible subdivisions. The statistical treatment and comparisons indicate that the EBA appeared slightly earlier, around 3300 BC, in northern Greece than in southern Greece, and the Cycladic Islands and also lasted longer in some areas in northern Greece, ending at around 1900 BC.

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Salmeri, Cristina. "Allium brulloi(Alliaceae), a new species from Astypalea (Aegean Islands, Greece)." Willdenowia 28, no. 1-2 (April 1998): 69–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3372/wi.28.2807.

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Foufopoulos, Johannes, and Gregory C. Mayer. "Turnover of passerine birds on islands in the Aegean Sea (Greece)." Journal of Biogeography 34, no. 7 (July 2007): 1113–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01695.x.

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Anagnostou, Vassiliki, and Anna Papa. "Seroprevalence of Toscana virus among residents of Aegean Sea islands, Greece." Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 11, no. 2 (March 2013): 98–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.11.006.

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Batzakis, Dimitrios-Vasileios, Loukas-Moysis Misthos, Gerasimos Voulgaris, Konstantinos Tsanakas, Maria Andreou, Ioannis Tsodoulos, and Efthimios Karymbalis. "Assessment of Building Vulnerability to Tsunami Hazard in Kamari (Santorini Island, Greece)." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, no. 11 (November 7, 2020): 886. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse8110886.

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Santorini Island, located in the Southern Aegean Sea, is prone to tsunamis due to its proximity to the Hellenic subduction zone, which is one of the major tsunamigenic areas. Characteristic events, such as those of 365 A.D. and 1303 A.D. greatly affected the coasts of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, causing significant loss of life and construction damage. Tsunami disaster risk is nowadays significantly higher due to the increased exposure of the buildings as a result of the economic and touristic growth of the Aegean Islands. This study focuses on the eastern coast of Santorini, since its morphology and human presence amplify the necessity to assess its building vulnerability. After conducting an exposure analysis at the settlements of the eastern coast, Kamari poses the highest physical, social and economic relative exposure to any potential natural hazard. The main objective of this research is to quantify the building stock’s vulnerability to tsunami hazard. For this purpose, a “worst-case run-up scenario” was developed. Considering the history of tsunamis in the Aegean Sea, an extreme sea-level rise after a 10 m a.s.l. tsunami run-up, caused by an earthquake with Mw~8.5, was assumed. The relative vulnerability of the buildings in Kamari was calculated via the application of the Papathoma Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment (PTVA-4) analytic model. The results indicate that 423 buildings are within the inundation zone, 58% of which are characterized as highly and very highly vulnerable to tsunamis, revealing the problematic characteristics of the building stock, offering important information to the decision-makers to mitigate a possible future tsunami impact.

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Kourtis, Ioannis M., Harris Vangelis, Dimitris Tigkas, Anna Mamara, Ioannis Nalbantis, George Tsakiris, and Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis. "Drought Assessment in Greece Using SPI and ERA5 Climate Reanalysis Data." Sustainability 15, no. 22 (November 16, 2023): 15999. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su152215999.

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The present work aims to assess the spatial variability and the trends of the annual rainfall and meteorological drought in the entire territory of Greece utilising the ERA5 reanalysis precipitation dataset of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), which spans from January 1940 to December 2022 (an 83-year period). Drought assessment took place based on the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for timescales ranging from 1 month to 12 months. Evaluation was carried out by calculating SPI using observed rainfall data from five meteorological stations. The annual rainfall and drought severity trends for timescales of 1 (SPI-1), 3 (SPI-3), 6 (SPI-6) and 12 (SPI-12) months were analysed using the Theil–Sen slope method and the Mann–Kendall trend test. The results indicate significant, both increasing and decreasing, annual precipitation trends at the 95% significance level for the Aegean Islands, western Crete and western mainland of Greece. The results also indicate significant drought trends for SPI-12 for the Aegean Islands and western Peloponnese. Trend analysis for SPI-1, SPI-3 and SPI-6 indicate a mixture of non-significantly increasing wetting trends and increasing drought trends at the national scale. In conclusion, the ERA5 dataset seems to be a valuable tool for drought monitoring at the spatial scale.

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Dawe, Kevin. "Minotaurs or musonauts? ‘World Music’ and Cretan Music." Popular Music 18, no. 2 (May 1999): 209–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0261143000009053.

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In a recent issue of Popular Music devoted to the music of the Middle East, Martin Stokes and Ruth Davis note that ‘the movement of Middle Eastern sounds into Western cultural spaces … has largely been ignored’ (1996, p. 255) and that ‘Middle Eastern popular musics will probably continue to mark an unassimilable and unwelcome “otherness” for most Europeans and Americans’ (ibid, p. 257). In this paper, written partly in response to these remarks, I examine the movement of contemporary Middle Eastern sounds into Greek cultural space and Greek musical culture, a musical culture that has an affinity with ‘Eastern’ musics but also a strong sense of its own identity. Middle Eastern music can indeed take on the form of an ‘unwelcome “otherness”’ in Greece and I shall provide examples of this from my own fieldwork on the Greek island of Crete. Greece and the Greek islands are outposts, on the European periphery, on the frontier between ‘the East’ and ‘the West’, where a history of confrontations, invasions and forced exchanges in political, economic and demographic terms with the Middle East has ensued for millenia. Greece and Turkey still remain in dispute over territory from the Thracian borderlands to the smaller islands of the Eastern Aegean Sea.

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Dereli, Hakkı, Vahdet Ünal, Anastasia Miliou, Theodoros Tsimpidis, Ifigeneia Trompouki, Zafer Tosunoğlu, Konstantinos Alexopoulos, and Aylin Ulman. "Comparison of technical measures in the Aegean Sea to support harmonization of fisheries management policies." Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52, no. 2 (May 10, 2022): 111–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.80083.

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The Aegean Sea features an important archipelago in the Eastern Mediterranean, consisting of 60 inhabited islands, more than 1400 uninhabited islands, about 60–70 commercial marine taxa, along many vulnerable species. Fisheries are mainly coastal and are exploited by Greek and Turkish fishers. The multi-species and multi-gear fisheries operate within each country’s 6-nautical mile territorial sea and in the international waters of the Aegean Sea. As the fisheries resources are currently declining in this region, it is clear that current management initiatives are ineffective and would benefit from a new regime aiming to improve the state of the commercial marine resources. This study offers a comparative analysis of certain fishing gear technical measures applied by Greece and Turkey in the Aegean Sea. Identified differences can provide clear and helpful insights for decision-makers for the development of a new and productive management approach in Aegean waters. The fishery regulations were shown to be highly variable, sharing few similarities and stressing many more differences, thus rendering the current management of the shared fish stocks unsustainable. The resources of both states would greatly benefit from the harmonization of management measures focusing on an ecosystem approach to fisheries, and incorporating fishers as stakeholders.

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Bardis, Giannis, Elissavet Feloni, and Evangelos Baltas. "Simulation and Evaluation of a Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Supplying a Desalination Unit on the Island of Lipsi, Greece." Advances in Sciences and Engineering 12, no. 1 (June 25, 2020): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.32732/ase.2020.12.1.1.

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Water scarcity is a serious problem for the Aegean Islands in Greece. Due to the fact that tourist development grows in a continuous way, the situation has deteriorated over the last years. Current water resources management practices involving the exploitation of the groundwater reservoirs have provoked the salty water intrusion into the aquifers and in many arid islands water is transported by sea, at a considerably high cost (reaches about 12 €/m³ in some cases). Desalination is foreseen as a solution to this problem and it has already been adopted in many islands, as it is a process that can provide fresh and potable water in the required quantities, at a much lower cost. The coupling of desalination with renewable energy sources (RES) constitutes an appealing and promising option. This paper presents an integrated case study regarding the design and operation of a water-energy system for meeting irrigation and potable water demand in Lipsi Island (Dodecanese complex, Greece). As the desalination unit operation depends on the wind power, a detailed description regarding the generation of synthetic time series of wind speed data is also presented. Finally, a Cost-Benefit Analysis is carried out to discuss each scenario we examine from a financial perspective.

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