Publications by authors named "Yiannis Kapakos"

Article Synopsis
  • - The study examines the effectiveness of using electrofishing to control invasive Eastern mosquitofish populations in southern Greece's lowland headwater streams, showing significant reductions but not complete eradication due to ongoing natural recruitment.
  • - Findings suggest that multiple removal campaigns and long-term population monitoring are necessary, emphasizing the importance of timing removal efforts to align with seasonal variations in fish vulnerability.
  • - The research highlights the need for better understanding of the ecological impacts of invasive species control, as well as the exploration of new technologies for more effective management strategies.
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Conservation translocation is a management action applied for population recovery of threatened freshwater fishes, often however with partially successful outcome, mainly due to inadequate feasibility assessment prior to the translocation. Up to date, feasibility assessments have been mainly focused on economically important species (e.g.

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Olive oil production generates large volumes of wastewaters mostly in peri-Mediterranean countries with adverse impacts on the biota of the receiving aquatic systems. Few studies have however documented its toxicity on aquatic species, with an almost total lack of relative studies on fish. We assessed the acute and sub-chronic OMW toxicity, as well as the acute and sub-chronic behavioural, morphological and biochemical effects of OMW exposure on the mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki.

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This contribution aims in enhancing knowledge of the zoogeography of the freshwater shrimp fauna of Greece, based on field collections carried out from 2002-2016. A total of 167 specimens were collected from 25 locations in rivers, streams and lakes of the Greek peninsula and islands. Our study adds more localities with exclusive records of A.

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The larva of Hydropsyche perseus Malicky 2001, endemic species of Kerkyra Island (Corfu), Greece, is described for the first time. The diagnostic features of the species are described and illustrated, and some information regarding its ecology is included. In addition, a tabular key for larvae of the known Hydropsyche species of the Greek Islands is provided.

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