Seasonal evaluation of floating microplastics in a shallow Mediterranean coastal lagoon: Abundance, distribution, chemical composition, and influence of environmental factors

Simantiris, Nikolaos; Vardaki, Martha Z.; Korallı, Panagiota; Chochos, Christos L.; Gregoriou, Vasilis G.; Kourkoumelis, Nikolaos; Avlonitis, Markos

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107859

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“…Additionally, previous studies in Antinioti lagoon and the NE Ionian Sea have shown that microplastic pollution is a very significant threat to the marine biodiversity of these coastal areas [126][127][128]. Due to the high abundance of marine microplastic particles in Antinioti lagoon and the economic exploitation of the blue crab species, we need to evaluate the potential ingestion of particles through the consumption of food within the lagoon by juvenile blue crabs and the potential health risks for the local population that has included the invasive species in the local cuisine.…”

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Computing Invasive Species Population Based on a Generalized Random Walk Process: Application to Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

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Avlonitis

2023

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Animal population abundance is a significant parameter for studies on invasive species that can threaten the ecosystem. Researchers have been developing population estimation methods since the 18th century, in order to evaluate species’ evolution and environmental effects. However, studies on the population density of the invasive species Callinectes sapidus are very limited. The present work, using a simulation model combined with field measurements, examines an innovative methodology for estimating the current population of the invasive species Callinectes sapidus in a shallow Mediterranean coastal lagoon. The methodology presented here builds the first stage of modeling and predicting the evolution of this species’ population in marine environments. The simulation model’s results are validated with an estimation of the total population based on juvenile abundance, and a curvature of the species population estimation based on cage catch is implemented. The simulation experiments presented here show the possibility of a robust prediction for blue crab population estimation.

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Computing Invasive Species Population Based on a Generalized Random Walk Process: Application to Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

Simantiris

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Avlonitis

2023

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“…Raman spectroscopy is one of them as it is able to reveal molecular bond vibrations in samples of interest through the analysis of the inelastic (Raman scattered) light resulting from its interaction with the sample. Those sample-specific molecular fingerprints which can be acquired in a non-invasive way, led to the employment of Raman spectroscopy in different fields such as pharmaceutics, 1 regenerative medicine, 2 pathogen identification, 3,4 environment and food analysis, 5–7 art, 8 forensics, 9 body fluid analysis, 10–13 cell therapies, 14,15 cancer screening 16 and other disease diagnosis. 17–20…”

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