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Orestis Papadakis

@orestispapadakis.bsky.social
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PhD candidate in applied Marine Ecology Freelance Marine Scientist - Scientific Diver

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Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears @shnb.org · 27/11/2024
Ens ha deixat Enric Ballesteros Sagarra, amic i soci de la Societat d’Història Natural de les Balears, i gran coneixedor i defensor del medi marí de les Balears. Volem expressar el nostre més sentit condol a la família i amics #CEABCSIC @marillesfoundation.bsky.social
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Orestis Papadakis @orestispapadakis.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
This #TheGuardian article features our work on the conservation of the critically-endangered FanMussel Pinna nobilis in #Amvrakikos Gulf Let’s continue our best efforts to protect and recover our marine life! #Pinnanobilis #LifePinnarca #IUCNRedList www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘I am so happy to see them!’: fan mussels are back in Europe’s waters – but can scientists keep them alive?
After a series of mass mortality events, it is more common to find these huge Mediterranean clams dead. Which is why the species’ ‘biggest fangirl of all’, Susan Smillie, is thrilled to see a thriving...
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Orestis Papadakis @orestispapadakis.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Our #MediterraneanMarineScience paper on the status of the last surviving fan mussel ( #Pinnanobilis) populations in Greece, conducted in the framework of the LIFE PINNARCA #LifePinnarca project. Funded by #LIFEprogramme @skatsanevakis.bsky.social ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hc...
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Athanasios Nikolaou @thanasisnikolaou.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
My first post here comes with sad news: the Mediterranean fan mussel (Pinna nobilis), an iconic and critically #endangered species, is on the brink of #extinction. Our latest study reveals an alarming 81% decline in the Gulf of Kalloni—one of its last refuges.
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Pinna nobilis refugia breached: Ongoing Mass Mortality Event in the Gulf of Kalloni (Aegean Sea)|Mediterranean Marine Science
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Orestis Papadakis @orestispapadakis.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Exciting News from Amvrakikos Gulf! Our ongoing efforts to conserve and restore the critically endangered Pinna nobilis are showing great results — juvenile fan mussels have been found in our larval collectors! #Pinnanobilis #LarvalCollectors #LarvaeCollectors #AmvrakikosGulf #Conservation
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Orestis Papadakis @orestispapadakis.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The critically-endangered FanMussel Pinna nobilis in one of its last sanctuaries worldwide: Amvrakikos Gulf. #Pinnanobilis #MarineEcology #AmvrakikosGulf #Conservation #Biodiversity
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