@article {14303,
	title = {Comparison of the benthic fauna of three Aegean islands.},
	journal = {Rapport et Proc{\'e}s-Verbaux des R{\'e}unions de la Commission Internationale pour l{\textquoteright}Exploration Scientifique de la Mer M{\'e}diterran{\'e}eRapport et Proc{\'e}s-Verbaux des R{\'e}unions de la Commission Internationale pour l{\textquoteright}Exploration Scientifique de la Mer M{\'e}diterran},
	volume = {31},
	number = {2},
	year = {1988},
	pages = {317},
	keywords = {kape Annelida Polycheata Mollusca Bivalvia},
	author = {Xenopoulou, D. and Papadopoulou, K. N. and Nicolaidou, A.}
}
@inbook {13533,
	title = {Fishery and benthic indicators to evaluate the effects of fishing in Hellenic waters},
	booktitle = {State of Hellenic Fisheries},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {325-335},
	isbn = {978-960-98054-1-4},
	author = {Vassilopoulou, V. and Papadopoulou, K. N. and Smith, C. J. and Haralabous, J. and Streftaris, N.},
	editor = {Papaconstantinou, C. and Zenetos, A. and Vassilopoulou, V. and Tserpes, G.}
}
@article {8964,
	title = {Response of demersal fish communities to the presence of fish farms},
	journal = {Marine Ecology Progress SeriesMarine Ecology Progress Series},
	volume = {288},
	year = {2005},
	note = {Times Cited: 6ArticleEnglishCited References Count: 53916og},
	pages = {241-250},
	abstract = {The hypothesis that the presence of fish farms affects the communities of wild fish at large spatial scales was investigated through experimental trawl surveys. Three regions of the Aegean Sea with aquaculture zones were sampled in May and September (reproductive and recruitment periods, respectively for most species in the Aegean Sea). In each region, 2 sub-areas were sampled: 1 located nearby the fish farming zones (within 2 to 3 n mile) and a similar site ({\textquoteright}reference site{\textquoteright}) far away from these zones (> 20 n mile). Three replicate hauls were made in each sub-area for each of the 3 investigated regions. Significant differences were observed in community structure between farming and reference sites, which were mainly due to quantitative rather than qualitative aspects, The overall abundance and/or biomass of wild demersal fish was significantly higher near the fish farms in every region studied during May without any significant change in diversity or biodiversity. During the recruitment period in September, total abundance and biomass were fairly similar. These findings support the hypothesis that the presence of fish farms affects the wild fish populations in the oligotrophic eastern Mediterranean at a spatial scale larger than the immediate vicinity of fish cages. It seems that during the recruitment period all sites were stocked with fish close to the carrying capacity of the respective areas, and by late spring the areas close to fish farming zones had suffered little losses during winter, whereas populations at the reference sites had decreased substantially.},
	keywords = {aquaculture, bathymetric distribution, CAGE FARM, CHEMICAL FLUXES, coastal sediments, Environmental impacts, Fish communities, fisheries, mass balances, Mediterranean, mediterranean-sea, Pisces, seagrass posidonia-oceanica, Taxonomic distinctness, wild fish},
	author = {Machias, A. and Karakassis, I. and Giannoulaki, M. and Papadopoulou, K. N. and Smith, C. J. and Somarakis, S.}
}
@article {8965,
	title = {Changes in wild fish assemblages after the establishment of a fish farming zone in an oligotrophic marine ecosystem},
	journal = {Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf ScienceEstuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science},
	volume = {60},
	number = {4},
	year = {2004},
	note = {Times Cited: 8ArticleEnglishCited References Count: 55845jt},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {771-779},
	abstract = {The species composition, abundance and diversity of demersal fish assemblages has been investigated in an oligotrophic coastal bay in the Aegean Sea which is a designated zone for the development of aquaculture. Samples were collected using experimental trawling, before the establishment of fish cages in the area during early June 1987 and after attaining the maximal production of the aquaculture zone in late May 2001. The overall abundance of the fish assemblage increased by a factor of 4 and the average trophic level of the fish community increased from 3.59 to 3.79. Traditional diversity indices showed an increase in dominance but the distinctness measures of biodiversity showed that the overall structure obtained after the establishment of fish farming was not phylogenctically impoverished. Multivariate analysis showed that the community differences between the two periods are quantitative rather than qualitative. Comparisons in length frequencies between the two periods indicated that specimens of the species compared were either similar or larger in the second period. The species favoured by the presence of aquaculture were not the ones normally feeding on the food pellets under the cages but those normally occurring in the fishing grounds of the study. It is concluded that the release of nutrients from fish farming in nutrient-poor systems can have a positive effect on local fisheries with no visible negative change in species composition or biodiversity. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {aquaculture, biodiversity, CAGE FARM, CHEMICAL FLUXES, coastal sediments, Community structure, diversity, Environmental impact, fisheries, impact, mass balances, Mediterranean, mediterranean-sea, Pisces, seagrass posidonia-oceanica, Taxonomic distinctness},
	author = {Machias, A. and Karakassis, I. and Labropoulou, M. and Somarakis, S. and Papadopoulou, K. N. and Papaconstantinou, C.}
}
