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Nikolaos Nikolioudakis

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Researcher
Telephone: 40385651
Department: Bærekraftig utvikling

I am a researcher at the Sustainable Development research group of the Institute of Marine Research, Norway. Currently, I am serving as the research coordinator of the EAF-Nansen Programme (FAO/IMR/NORAD). I am educated as a fisheries biologist, with research mainly focusing on small pelagic fish ecology and biology.

Besides my PhD on trophic ecology of small pelagic fish, I hold a MSc in Ecology, Management and Protection of the natural Environment. My research interests include:
 

  • Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management
  • Sustainable Development
  • Trophodynamics and ecology of small pelagic fish
  • Species distribution modelling
  • Fisheries oceanography

I have been involved in several research projects funded by both national and international bodies (EU, NFR, NORAD, GSRT) and also lead the Theme 2 'Pelagic stocks distribution, abundance, trends and dynamics, stock identity and ecology' of the science plan of the EAF-Nansen Programme. I am also involved in Theme 1 (Early Life Stages of Fish) and Theme 3 (Mesopelagic Fish). Finally, I am serving as a cruise leader onboard the RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen on surveys within the framework of the EAF-Nansen Programme. An overview of my scientific publications can be found here. 

Regarding hard skills, I have knowledge in the following aspects:

  • R programming 
  • Data analysis and visualization
  • Statistical analysis
  • Mapping
  • Working knowledge in acoustics
Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Date of birth: 28 July 1980
Nationality: Hellenic
Marital status: Single

Higher Education

2011: Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D.) University of Crete, Greece. Title: "Trophic ecology of small pelagic fish"

2006: Master's Degree (M.Sc.) in Ecology, Management and Protection of the Natural Environment, University of Patras, Greece. Master thesis: "Development of a methodology to define metamorphosis in fish: application to species of the Sparidae family"

2004: Bachelor Degree (B.Sc.) in Biology, University of Patras, Greece

Military Service
2011 - 2012: Greek Military Service (Assistant Microbiologist)

Publications

https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=WEkXkMAAAAAJ&hl=en 

 

Publications

Publications

Academic articles

2024

Genetic investigation of population structure in Atlantic chub mackerel, Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789 along the West African coast

Salah Eddine Sbiba, María Quintela, Johanne Øyro, Geir Dahle, Alba Jurado-Ruzafa, Kashona Iita, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Hocein Bazairi, Malika Chlaida
PeerJ 12
2024

A genetic cline shapes population structure of the round sardinella along its West African distribution

Malika Chlaida, Maria Quintela, Johanne Øyro, Geir Dahle, Salaheddine Sbiba, Sidi Yahya Cheikhna Lemrabott, John Taggart, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Alba Jurado-Ruzafa
ICES Journal of Marine Science 81 p. 774-789
2024

Insights into the stock structure of Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789 along the Northwest African coast inferred from otolith shape analysis

Salah Eddine Sbiba, Alberto Teodorico Correia, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Hocein Bazairi, Malika Chlaida
Fisheries Research 272
2024

A genetic cline shapes population structure of the round sardinella along its West African distribution

Chlaida M., Quintela M., Øyro J., Dahle G., Sbiba S., Lemrabott S.Y.C, Taggart J., Nikolioudakis N., Jurado-Ruzafa A.
ICES Journal of Marine Science Vol. 0, Issue 0 p. 1–16
2024

Insights into the stock structure of Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789 along the Northwest African coast inferred from otolith shape analysis

Sbiba S. E., Correia A.T., Nikolioudakis N., Bazairi H., Chlaida M.
Fisheries Research 272 p. 106955
2022

Temporal Variability of Co-Occurring Calanus finmarchicus and C. helgolandicus in Skagerrak

Tone Falkenhaug, Cecilie Broms, Espen Bagøien, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis
Frontiers in Marine Science 9
2022

Temporal Variability of Co-Occurring Calanus finmarchicus and C. helgolandicus in Skagerrak

Falkenhaug, T., Broms, C., Bagøien, E., Nikolioudakis, N.
Frontiers in Marine Science
2020

Achieving Reliable Estimates of the Spatial Distribution of Kelp Biomass

Thijs Christiaan van Son, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Henning Steen, Jon Albretsen, Birgitte Rugaard Furevik, Sigrid Elvenes, Frithjof Moy, Kjell Magnus Norderhaug
Frontiers in Marine Science 7
2020

Hypoxia changes the shape of the biomass size spectrum of planktonic communities: A case study in the eastern Mediterranean (Elefsina Bay)

Stratos Batziakas, Constantin Frangoulis, Anastasia Tsiola, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Tatiana Margo Tsagaraki, Stylianos Somarakis
Journal of Plankton Research 42 p. 752-766
2020

Changing fish distributions challenge the effective management of European fisheries.

Alan R. Baudron, Thomas Brunel, Marie-Anne Blanchet, Manuel Hidalgo, Guillem Chust, Elliot J. Brown, Kristin M. Kleisner, Colin Millar, Brian R. MacKenzie, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Jose A. Fernandes, Paul G. Fernandes
Ecography 43 p. 494-505
2020

Achieving Reliable Estimates of the Spatial Distribution of Kelp Biomass

T.C. van Son, N. Nikolioudakis, H. Steen, J. Albretsen, B.R. Furevik, S. Elvenes, F. Moy, K.M. Norderhaug
Frontiers in Marine Science 7
2019

Drivers of the summer-distribution of Northeast Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in the Nordic Seas from 2011 to 2017; a Bayesian hierarchical modelling approach.

Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Hans J. Skaug, Anna H. Olafsdottir, Teunis Jansen, Jan Arge Jacobsen, Katja Enberg
ICES Journal of Marine Science 76 p. 530-548
2018

Preliminary assessment of discards survival in a multi-species Mediterranean bottom trawl fishery

Konstantinos Tsagarakis, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Nikos Papandroulakis, Vassiliki Vassilopoulou, Athanassios Machias
Journal of Applied Ichthyology 34 p. 842-849
2018

Spawning stock, egg production and larval survival in relation to small pelagic fish recruitment

Somarakis S., Tsoukali S., Giannoulaki M., Schismenou E., Nikolioudakis N.
Marine Ecology Progress Series Contribution to the Theme Section ‘Drivers of dynamics of small pelagic fish resources: biology, management and human factors’
2017

Morphometric discrimination of pelagic fish stocks challenged by variation in body condition

George Geladakis, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Giorgos Koumoundouros, Stylianos Somarakis
ICES Journal of Marine Science
2017

Bacterial growth and mortality after deposition of saharan dust and mixed aerosols in the eastern mediterranean sea: A mesocosm experiment

Anastasia Tsiola, Tatiana Tsagaraki, Antonia Giannakourou, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Nebil Yücel, Barak Herut, Paraskevi Pitta
Frontiers in Marine Science 3
2017

Atmospheric deposition effects on plankton communities in the Eastern Mediterranean: A mesocosm experimental approach

Tatiana Tsagaraki, Barak Herut, Eyal Rahav, Ilana R Berman Frank, Anastasia Tsiola, Manolis Tsapakis, Antonia Giannakourou, Alexandra Gogou, Christos Panagiotopoulos, Kalliopi Violaki, Stella Psarra, Anna Lagaria, Epaminondas D. Christou, Nafsika Papageorgiou, Soultana Zervoudaki, Ma L. Fernandez de Puelles, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Travis B. Meador, Tsuneo Tanaka, Maria Luiza Pedrotti, Michael D. Krom, Paraskevi Pitta
Frontiers in Marine Science 4:210 p. 1-17
2017

Bacterial growth and mortality after deposition of saharan dust and mixed aerosols in the eastern mediterranean sea: A mesocosm experiment

A. Tsiola, T. Tsagaraki, A Giannakourou, N. .Nikolioudakis, N. Yücel, B. Herut, P. Pitta
Frontiers in Marine Science 3
2017

Morphometric discrimination of pelagic fish stocks challenged by variation in body condition

G. Geladakis, N. Nikolioudakis, G. Koumoundouros, S. Somarakis
ICES Journal of Marine Science
2017

Atmospheric deposition effects on plankton communities in the Eastern Mediterranean: A mesocosm experimental approach

T. Tsagaraki, B. Herut, E. Rahav, Ilana R. Berman F., A. Tsiola, M. Tsapakis, A. Giannakourou, A. Gogou, C. Panagiotopoulos, K. Violaki, S. Psarra, A Lagaria, E. D. C.hristou, N. Papageorgiou, S. Zervoudaki, Ma L. Fernandez de Puelles, N. Nikolioudakis, T. B. Meador, T. Tanaka, M.L. Pedrotti, M. D. Krom, P. Pitta
Frontiers in Marine Science 4:210 p. 1-17
2016

Viability and management targets of mediterranean demersal fisheries: The case of the aegean sea

George Tserpes, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Christos Maravelias, Natacha Carvalho, Gorka Merino
PLOS ONE 11:e0168694
2015

Mussel farming in Maliakos Gulf and quality indicators of the marine environment: Good benthic below poor pelagic ecological status.

Dimitriou P.D., Karakassis I., Pitta P., Tsagaraki T.M., Apostolaki E.T., Magiopoulos I., Nikolioudakis N., Diliberto S., Theodorou J.A., Tzovenis I., Kagalou I., Beza P., Tsapakis M.
Marine Pollution Bulletin 101 p. 784-793
2015

Tenure and academic deadwood.

Nikolioudakis N., Tsikliras A.C. ​, Somarakis S., Stergiou K.I.
Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics 15 p. 87-93
2015

The seascape of demersal fish nursery areas in the North Mediterranean Sea, a first step towards the implementation of spatial planning for trawl fisheries

Colloca F., Garofalo G., Bitetto I., Facchini M-T., Grati F., Martiradonna A., Mastrantonio G., Nikolioudakis N., Ordinas F., Scarcella G., Tserpes G., Tugores M.P., Valavanis V., Carlucci R., Fiorentino F., Follesa M-C., Iglesias M., Knittweis L., Lefkaditou E., Lembo G., Manfredi C., Massutí E., Pace M-L., Papadopoulou N., Sartor P., Smith C.J., Spedicato M-T.
PLoS ONE 03/2015; 10(3)
2014

Synchronization in allometric and morphological changes during metamorphosis: Comparison among four sparid species.

Nikolioudakis N., Koumoundouros G., Somarakis S.
Aquatic Biology 21 p. Aquatic Biology
2014

Trophodynamics of anchovy in a non-upwelling system: Direct comparison with sardine.

Nikolioudakis N., Isari S., Somarakis S.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 500 p. 215-229
2012

Diet of sardine Sardina pilchardus: an “end-to-end" field study.

Nikolioudakis N., Isari S., Pitta P., Somarakis S.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 453 p. 173-188
2011

Diel feeding intensity and daily ration of the sardine Sardina pilchardus.

Nikolioudakis N., Palomera I., Machias A., Somarakis S.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 437 p. 215-228
2010

Defining length-at-metamorphosis in fishes: a multi-character approach.

Nikolioudakis N., Koumoundouros G., Kiparissis S., Somarakis S.
Marine Biology 157 p. 991-1001
2010

What makes a late anchovy larva? The development of the caudal fin seen as a milestone in fish ontogeny.

Somarakis S. & Nikolioudakis N.
Journal of Plankton Research 32 p. 317-326
2007

Oceanographic habitat, growth and mortality of larval anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolous) in the northern Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean).

Somarakis S & Nikolioudakis N.
Marine Biology 152 p. 1143-1158

Other journal contributions

2017

Corrigendum: Bacterial Growth and Mortality after Deposition of Saharan Dust and Mixed Aerosols in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: A Mesocosm Experiment

Anastasia Tsiola, Tatiana Tsagaraki, Antonia Giannakourou, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Nebil Yücel, Barak Herut, Paraskevi Pitta
Frontiers in Marine Science 4

Reports and dissertations

2020

Biomassemodell for stortare - Ressursmodell for fremtidens forvaltning

Kjell Magnus Norderhaug, Thijs Christiaan van Son, Nikolaos Nikolioudakis, Jonas Thormar, Frithjof Emil Moy, Jan Atle Knutsen, Sigrid Elvenes, Henning Steen
Rapport fra havforskningen
2020

Transboundary demersal and pelagic resources and ecosystems in the western Gulf of Guinea

Nikolioudakis, N., Yaqub, H.B., Tape, J.G.T., Isari, S., Ensrud, T.M., Annan, T.
CRUISE REPORTS DR FRIDTJOF NANSEN p. 142
2020

Mesopelagic transect / Northwest Africa – Canary Basin

Nikolioudakis, N., Mamza, K., Isari, S., Ostrowski M., Cervantes D., Bernardes I., Terol S., Idrissi M., Sarre A.
CRUISE REPORTS DR FRIDTJOF NANSEN p. 65
2020

Biomassemodell for stortare - Ressursmodell for fremtidens forvaltning

K.M. Norderhaug, T.C. van Son, N. Nikolioudakis, J. Thormar, F. E. Moy, J.A. Knutsen, S. Elvenes, H. Steen
2019

Interim Report of the Working Group on Seasonal to Decadal Prediction of Marine Ecosystems (WGS2D)

ICES
Report ICES Expert Group reports (until 2018)
2019

Transboundary demersal survey, Southeast Atlantic. South Africa

Krakstad, J.-O., Nikolioudakis, N., Cervantes, D., Isari, S., Geja, Y., Nomxego, L., Kotze, P.G.H.
CRUISE REPORTS DR FRIDTJOF NANSEN p. 109
2018

Survey of fishery resources and ecosystems of Southeast Africa

Krakstad, J.-O., Axelsen, B.E., Mutombene, R., Bruck, S.A., Ensrud, T.M., Cervantes, D., Isari, S., Nikolioudakis, N.
CRUISE REPORTS DR FRIDTJOF NANSEN p. 145
2017

Report of the Working Group on Fish Distribution Shifts (WKFISHDISH)

ICES
ICES CM 2016/ACOM: 55 p. 197 pp
2013

Mapping of nursery and spawning grounds of demersal fish. Mediterranean Sensitive Habitats (MEDISEH)

Colloca F., M. T. Spedicato, E. Massutí, Garofalo G., G. Tserpes, P. Sartor, A. Mannini, , A. Ligas, G. Mastrantonio, B. Reale, C. Musumeci, I. Rossetti, M. Sartini, M. Sbrana, F. Grati, G. Scarcella, M. Iglesias, M. P. Tugores, F. Ordines, L. Gil de Sola, G. Lembo, I. Bitteto, M.T. Facchinii, A. Martiradonna, W. Zupa, R. Carlucci, M.C. Follesa, P. Carbonara, A. Mastradonio, Fiorentino F., Gristina M., Knittweis L., Mifsud R., Pace M.L., C. Piccinetti, C. Manfredi, G. Fabi, P. Polidori, L. Bolognini, R. De Marco, F. Domenichetti, R. Gramolini, V. Valavanis, E. Lefkaditou, K. Kapiris, A. Anastasopoulou and N.Nikolioudakis
Final Report, DG MARE Specific Contract SI2
2011

Report of the 2010 ICCAT Mediterranean Swordfish Stock Assessment Meeting (Madrid, Spain, June 28 to July 2, 2010)

Anon.
Collect. Vol. Sci. Pap. ICCAT 66(4) p. 1405-1470
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