@proceedings {15660,
	title = {Abiotic factors affecting the distribution and abundance of the fish fauna in two lagoons of Evros delta (N.E. Greece). },
	year = {2002},
	month = {22-25.5.2002},
	pages = {108},
	address = {Thessaloniki},
	keywords = {kape pisces},
	author = {Mogias, A. and Antonis K. Kokkinakis and Kevrekidis, T. and Eleftheriadis, E.A. and Boubonari, T.}
}
@proceedings {7659,
	title = {Temporal changes in the composition of the macrobenthic fauna of Drana lagoon (Evros delta, N. Aegean sea): preliminary note.},
	year = {1999},
	month = {17-21 May 1999},
	pages = {70},
	publisher = {Hellenic Zoological Society},
	address = {Kavala},
	keywords = {KAPE Annelida Mollusca Crustacea Amphipoda},
	author = {Kevrekidis, T. and Mogias, A. and Gouvis, N.}
}
@article {7660,
	title = {Interannual changes in the composition of the macrobenthic fauna of Drana lagoon (Evros Delta, n. Aegean Sea): preliminary note},
	journal = {Belgian Journal of ZoologyBelgian Journal of Zoology},
	volume = {130},
	number = {1},
	year = {2000},
	pages = {101-107},
	keywords = {marine},
	author = {Kevrekidis, T. and Mogias, A. and Gouvis, N.}
}
@article {7662,
	title = {When DNA puts ecological works back on the right track: genetic assessment and distribution patterns of mudsnail populations in the Evros Delta lagoons},
	journal = {Archiv f{\"u}r HydrobiologieArchiv f{\"u}r Hydrobiologie},
	volume = {162},
	number = {1},
	year = {2005},
	note = {Times Cited: 1ArticleEnglishCited References Count: 42896mi},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {19-35},
	abstract = {The present study aims to assess the distribution patterns of mudsnail populations in the Evros Delta lagoons and to investigate the key environmental variables affecting them. As a correct species assignment is crucial for ecological studies, the data presented here are substantiated using DNA sequences from the mitochondrial genome to verify the systematic status of the mudsnail taxon in question. A comparative molecular analysis involving almost all brackish-water taxa of Hydrobiinae indicates that the populations from the Evros Delta belong to the Pontic species Ventrosia maritima, a taxon that was not reported before from the Mediterranean. Moreover, it appears that in previous studies, the mudsnail populations from the Evros Delta were misidentified. Principal Component Analyses using environmental variables defined station groups among which V maritima showed a significant variation in density. Mudsnail specimens were absent at stations with an immediate access to the sea (salinity 32 - 34 PSU, very fine to fine sand, organic matter 0.3 -1.4 \%), they showed intermediate densities (up to 3,000 ind./m(2)) in innermost lagoonal parts (34-35 PSU, very fine sand, organic matter 1.0-1.4 \%) and relatively high densities (up to 7,000 ind./m(2)) only in isolated parts (15-17 PSU, fine sand, organic matter 0.5-0.8 \%). Contact with the sea, which is strongly correlated with seawater renewal rate and hydrodynamism, was found to be the most important factor affecting mudsnail distributions. The data presented, being the first detailed ecological information available for V. maritima, are compared with the available information for other mudsnail taxa. The present study not only lays the foundation for future comparative eco-genetic works of mudsnail taxa, it also stresses the absolute need for the routine usage of molecular markers in ecological studies involving frequently utilized but systematically poorly understood invertebrate species.},
	keywords = {Aegean sea, coastal lagoon, Community structure, Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae, life-cycle, macrobenthic fauna, Mollusca Gastropoda, mtDNA, mud snails hydrobiidae, north aegean sea, pca, PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE, salt-marsh, sediment type, spatial variation, ventrosa, ventrosia maritima},
	author = {Kevrekidis, T. and Wilke, T. and Mogias, A.}
}
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	title = {Estimating lagoonal biodiversity in Greece: Comparison of rapid assessment techniques},
	journal = {Helgoland Marine ResearchHelgoland Marine Research},
	volume = {59},
	number = {3},
	year = {2005},
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	month = {2005///},
	pages = {177-186},
	abstract = {An attempt is made to compare the results of different rapid biodiversity assessment techniques at the pan-Mediterranean, sectorial and local levels. A uniform multivariate pattern exists at the pan-Mediterranean and national (sectorial) levels: lagoons can be different when they host only a few species, but as species numbers increase, lagoons become homogenous in composition. Multivariate techniques cannot distinguish anthropogenically-impacted lagoons from those, which are naturally disturbed. In the pan-Mediterranean context it is the higher taxonomic levels, but in the national and local context it is the most abundant macrobenthic groups (polychaetes, molluscs and crustaceans) and meiobenthos which provide patterns closest to that derived from the species level. Taxonomic distinctness indices applied to polychaete and mollusc inventories provide meaningful results at most levels and scales of observation. These indices seem to be robust enough to discriminate anthropogenically impacted from naturally disturbed lagoons. {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag and AWI 2005.},
	keywords = {biodiversity, macrofauna, marine, Mediterranean, multivariate analysis, Taxonomic distinctness},
	author = {Arvanitidis, C. and Chatzigeorgiou, G. and Koutsoubas, D. and Kevrekidis, T. and Dounas, C. and Eleftheriou, A. and Koulouri, P. and Mogias, A.}
}
