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1. Bioaerosol detection over Athens, Greece using the laser induced fluorescence technique

Author:
Richardson, S.C.; Mytilinaios, M.; Foskinis, R.; Kyrou, C.; Papayannis, A.; Pyrri, I.; Giannoutsou, E.; Adamakis, I.D.S.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.696 pp. 133906
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
air; bioaerosols; fluorescence; fungal spores; fungi; human health; lidar; monitoring; pollen; remote sensing; troposphere; wavelengths; Greece
Abstract:
... The challenge in today's bioaerosol monitoring is to retrieve real-time information on the qualitative and quantitative composition of the ambient air in bioparticles implicated to human health. A pilot study was conducted during March–May 2018 in Athens, Greece in order to detect bioparticles within the Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) by implementing the LIF LiDAR (Laser-Induced Fluorescence Light ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133906

2. Integrating MAES implementation into protected area management under climate change: A fine-scale application in Greece

Author:
Kokkoris, Ioannis P.; Bekri, Eleni S.; Skuras, Dimitrios; Vlami, Vassiliki; Zogaris, Stamatis; Maroulis, Georgios; Dimopoulos, Dimitrios; Dimopoulos, Panayotis
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.695 pp. 133530
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
European Union; biodiversity; case studies; climate change; conservation areas; ecosystems; empirical research; expert opinion; inventories; lakes; models; monitoring; planning; social welfare; socioeconomics; stakeholders; Greece
Abstract:
... Increasing anthropogenic pressures often jeopardize ecosystem integrity and policy-relevant conservation management in protected areas. To harmonize nature conservation with human well-being, EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 suggests Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES) as the key concept for environmental planning and management in EU Member States. Applying this procedu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.336

3. Water allocation and governance in multi-stakeholder environments: Insight from Axios Delta, Greece

Author:
Kapetas, Leon; Kazakis, Nerantzis; Voudouris, Konstantinos; McNicholl, Duncan
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.695 pp. 133831
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
agricultural industry; case studies; climate; climate change; cost effectiveness; drought; governance; groundwater; interviews; issues and policy; monitoring; prioritization; risk; seasonal variation; stakeholders; surface water; water allocation; Greece; Republic of North Macedonia
Abstract:
... This article deals with stakeholders' interactions and institutional capacity influencing water resource management where competitive demands co-exist. For the case study area of Axios Delta, Northern Greece, a water deficit in the agricultural sector, an unmet environmental flow and a reduced capacity for urban supply during drought conditions are observed. An egocentric network analysis based on ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133831

4. Comprehensive investigation of a wide range of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in urban and hospital wastewaters in Greece

Author:
Papageorgiou, Myrsini; Zioris, Ioannis; Danis, Theocharis; Bikiaris, Dimitrios; Lambropoulou, Dimitra
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.694 pp. 133565
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
acetaminophen; amoxicillin; aquatic organisms; azithromycin; caffeine; cities; clarithromycin; diclofenac; ecotoxicology; effluents; environmental monitoring; furosemide; hospitals; ibuprofen; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; personal care products; risk; risk assessment; salicylic acid; solid phase extraction; spectrometers; surveys; telmisartan; therapeutics; trees; trophic levels; wastewater; wastewater treatment; Greece
Abstract:
... Detection and quantification of Pharmaceutical and Personal care products (PPCPs) in wastewaters and aqueous samples is crucial in terms of environmental monitoring and risk assessment for these emerging contaminants in the environment. The majority of the studies on PPCPs in wastewaters involve analysis only of representative compounds for each class, while few studies reported for the analysis o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.371

5. Imprint and short-term fate of the Agia Zoni II tanker oil spill on the marine ecosystem of Saronikos Gulf

Author:
Parinos, C.; Hatzianestis, I.; Chourdaki, S.; Plakidi, E.; Gogou, A.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.693 pp. 133568
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
biodegradation; coasts; evaporation; flame ionization; fuel oils; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; marine ecosystems; oil spills; petroleum; photolysis; photooxidation; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; sediments; volatilization; weathering; Greece
Abstract:
... In this study we investigate the spatial and temporal imprint of the September 2017 Agia Zoni II tanker heavy fuel oil spill on the marine ecosystem of Saronikos Gulf (Greece). Based on the chemical fingerprinting approach, by means of gas chromatography - flame ionization detector, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry and the use of various diagnostic ratios, we characterize changes in the compos ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.374

6. Trace metal blood concentrations in Scopoli's shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) during 2007–2014: A systematic analysis of the largest species colony in Greece

Author:
Voulgaris, Marios-Dimitrios; Karris, Georgios; Xirouchakis, Stavros; Zaragoza Pedro, Paulo; Asimakopoulos, Alexandros G.; Grivas, Kostas; Bebianno, Maria João
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.691 pp. 187-194
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Calonectris diomedea; adults; blood; blood sampling; breeding season; cadmium; chromium; cobalt; copper; environmental monitoring; females; juveniles; lead; males; manganese; nickel; toxicity; zinc; Greece; Mediterranean region
Abstract:
... In this study, the concentrations of cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn) and zinc (Zn) were investigated in the blood of Scopoli's shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea). Blood samples (N=238) were collected from both juvenile and adult individuals during seven breeding seasons between 2007 and 2014, excluding 2013. Sampling was performed in th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.082

7. Trace elements in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: Compartmentation and relationships with seawater and sediment concentrations

Author:
Malea, Paraskevi; Mylona, Zoi; Kevrekidis, Theodoros
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.686 pp. 63-74
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Posidonia oceanica; adults; cadmium; chromium; coasts; cobalt; copper; environmental monitoring; juveniles; lead; leaves; multivariate analysis; nickel; rhizomes; roots; seagrasses; seawater; sediments; Greece
Abstract:
... Seagrasses are employed to assess trace element levels in seawater and sediments; however, their capacity as bioindicators of trace elements in seawater has been recently questioned, due to the scarcity of a significant seagrass-seawater relationship. In the aim to provide an insight into trace element accumulation in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni and Pb concentrations in sea ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.418

8. Accumulation of heavy metals by wild edible mushrooms with respect to soil substrates in the Athens metropolitan area (Greece)

Author:
Kokkoris, Vasilis; Massas, Ioannis; Polemis, Elias; Koutrotsios, Georgios; Zervakis, Georgios I.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.685 pp. 280-296
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Agaricus bisporus; Agaricus bitorquis; Coprinus comatus; Psathyrella; Recommended Dietary Allowances; Tolerable Upper Intake Level; bioaccumulation; bioavailability; calcium carbonate; chromium; copper; fruiting bodies; heavy metals; iron; lead; manganese; metropolitan areas; nickel; organic matter; pH; potassium; sodium; soil properties; toxicity; wild edible mushrooms; zinc; Greece
Abstract:
... Six wild edible mushroom species, Agaricus bisporus, A. bitorquis, A. gennadii, Coprinus comatus, Psathyrella candolleana and Volvopluteus gloiocephalus, were collected from the Greater Athens area (Greece), together with their soil substrates (two depth-layers) for studying bioaccumulation of heavy metals in a densely populated urban environment. Total and bioavailable Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.447

9. Wide-scope target and suspect screening methodologies to investigate the occurrence of new psychoactive substances in influent wastewater from Athens

Author:
Diamanti, Konstantina; Aalizadeh, Reza; Alygizakis, Nikiforos; Galani, Aikaterini; Mardal, Marie; Thomaidis, Nikolaos S.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.685 pp. 1058-1065
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
chemical structure; epidemiology; illicit drugs; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; metabolites; models; physicochemical properties; prediction; psychotropic agents; screening; sewage systems; solid phase extraction; wastewater; wastewater treatment; Greece
Abstract:
... Almost all licit and illicit drugs consumed by the society end up either unchanged or as a mixture of metabolites in the sewage systems. The analysis of influent wastewater samples and the estimation of drug consumption is the field of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE). A new trend of WBE is the estimation of the consumption of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), which are legal replacements of e ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.173

10. A multi-source data fusion approach to assess spatial-temporal variability and delineate homogeneous zones: A use case in a table grape vineyard in Greece

Author:
Anastasiou, Evangelos; Castrignanò, Annamaria; Arvanitis, Konstantinos; Fountas, Spyros
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.684 pp. 155-163
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
agricultural management; canopy; geophysics; geostatistics; microstructure; soil electrical conductivity; table grapes; thematic maps; vigor; vines; vineyards; viticulture; Greece
Abstract:
... Precision Viticulture requires very fine-scale spatial and temporal resolution to assess quite accurately variation in a vineyard. Many studies have used proximal sensing technology and spatial-temporal data analysis to characterize the local variation of plant vigour over time. The objective of this study was to present the potential of multivariate geostatistical techniques to fuse multi-tempora ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.324

11. Using a systemic approach to address the requirement for Integrated Water Resource Management within the Water Framework Directive

Author:
Apostolaki, Stella; Koundouri, Phoebe; Pittis, Nikittas
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.679 pp. 70-79
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
climate change; ecosystem services; ecosystems; humans; planning; water management; water stress; water supply; watersheds; Greece; Spain
Abstract:
... Sustainable management of water resources calls for integration of ideas and approaches and revolves around assessment of causal-effect relationships as tools towards defining informed mitigation options and planning. The current paper presents a new holistic approach developed within the Globaqua Coordination Project that combines indicator-based well-established and tested concepts towards devel ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.077

12. Innovative methodology for the prioritization of the Program of Measures for integrated water resources management of the Region of Crete, Greece

Author:
Demetropoulou, Leeda; Lilli, Maria A.; Petousi, Ioanna; Nikolaou, Triantafyllia; Fountoulakis, Michalis; Kritsotakis, Marinos; Panakoulia, Sotiria; Giannakis, Georgios V.; Manios, Thrassyvoulos; Nikolaidis, Nikolaos P.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.672 pp. 61-70
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
European Union; basins; citizen participation; climate change; cost benefit analysis; laws and regulations; prioritization; rivers; stakeholders; water quality; Crete; Greece
Abstract:
... An innovative multi-criteria methodology was proposed for the prioritization of the Program of Measures (PoM) in the Water Region of Crete, and applied specifically to the basin of Geropotamos river according to the requirements of the Water Framework Directive. This study relied on the four pillars of sustainability and the EU cross-compliance legislative objective for the minimization of the cli ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.397

13. Exploring the economy-wide effects of agriculture on air quality and health: Evidence from Europe

Author:
Giannakis, Elias; Kushta, Jonilda; Giannadaki, Despina; Georgiou, George K.; Bruggeman, Adriana; Lelieveld, Jos
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.663 pp. 889-900
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
European Union; agricultural industry; air pollution; air quality; atmospheric chemistry; economic sectors; emissions; human health; models; mortality; particulates; supply chain; Balkans; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Greece; Italy; Malta; Romania; Spain
Abstract:
... Agricultural emissions strongly contribute to fine particulate matter pollution (PM2.5) and associated effects on human health. Environmentally-extended input-output models and a regional atmospheric chemistry model (WRF-Chem) were combined to conduct an economy-wide assessment of air pollution and pre-mature mortality in the European Union (EU), associated with a 20% increase in the final demand ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.410

14. The dynamics of the pharmaceutical and personal care product interactive capacity under the effect of artificial enrichment of soil with heavy metals and of wastewater reuse

Author:
Papaioannou, D.; Koukoulakis, P.H.; Lambropoulou, D.; Papageorgiou, M.; Kalavrouziotis, I.K.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.662 pp. 537-546
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Beta vulgaris; beets; cadmium; chromium; cobalt; copper; drugs; greenhouse experimentation; heavy metals; lead; manganese; metalloids; monitoring; municipal wastewater; nickel; personal care products; soil; wastewater treatment; zinc; Greece
Abstract:
... A greenhouse experiment was conducted, using a randomized block design, including twelve heavy metal (Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Co, Cr, Ni, Pb) mixture treatments, with each metal participating in the treatment with 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 mg/kg, respectively. Common beet (Beta vulgaris L.) was chosen as test plant. The plants were irrigated with treated municipal wastewater taken from the Wastewater Trea ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.111

15. Down scaling of climate change scenarii to river basin level: A transdisciplinary methodology applied to Evrotas river basin, Greece

Author:
Ker Rault, Philippe A.; Koundouri, Phoebe; Akinsete, Ebun; Ludwig, Ralf; Huber-Garcia, Verena; Tsani, Stella; Acuna, Vicenc; Kalogianni, Eleni; Luttik, Joke; Kok, Kasper; Skoulikidis, Nikolaos; Froebrich, Jochen
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.660 pp. 1623-1632
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
General Circulation Models; biosphere; climate change; ecosystem services; freshwater ecosystems; humans; hydrologic cycle; issues and policy; rivers; society; socioeconomics; stakeholders; uncertainty; water management; watershed management; watersheds; Greece; Mediterranean region
Abstract:
... The Mediterranean region is anticipated to be (or, already is) one of the hot spots for climate change, where freshwater ecosystems are under threat from the effects of multiple stressors. Climate change is impacting natural resources and on the functioning of Ecosystem Services. The challenges about modelling climate change impact on water cycle in general and specifically on socio-economic dynam ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.369

16. Psychiatrics and selected metabolites in hospital and urban wastewaters: Occurrence, removal, mass loading, seasonal influence and risk assessment

Author:
Kosma, Christina I.; Nannou, Christina I.; Boti, Vasiliki I.; Albanis, Triantafyllos A.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.659 pp. 1473-1483
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
drugs; ecotoxicology; effluents; emissions; environmental assessment; hospitals; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; metabolites; risk; risk assessment; solid phase extraction; wastewater; wastewater treatment; Greece
Abstract:
... The occurrence, removal, mass loading, seasonal influence and environmental risk assessment of nine psychiatric pharmaceuticals and four of their selected metabolites, were studied in one hospital and one urban wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Ioannina city, in northwestern Greece, providing information about the efficiency of the plants and their contribution into the final receiver's flow. S ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.421

17. Tracking non-indigenous fishes in lotic ecosystems: Invasive patterns at different spatial scales in Greece

Author:
Koutsikos, Nicholas; Zogaris, Stamatis; Vardakas, Leonidas; Kalantzi, Olga-Ioanna; Dimitriou, Elias; Economou, Alcibiades N.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.659 pp. 384-400
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Carassius gibelio; European Union; Gambusia holbrooki; Lepomis gibbosus; Pseudorasbora parva; basins; ecoregions; fish; freshwater; highlands; introduced species; invasive species; lotic systems; rivers; screening; streams; uncertainty; watersheds; Greece
Abstract:
... Mediterranean lotic waters such as rivers, streams and springs are poorly monitored for non-indigenous fish species (NIFS). Since these systems are stressed by multiple anthropogenic pressures, it is important to build robust procedures to track NIFS distribution and spread. This study applies a multi-faceted assessment of NIFS in the lotic ecosystems of Greece at different spatial scales by provi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.324

18. Horizontal vs vertical growth: Understanding latent patterns of urban expansion in large metropolitan regions

Author:
Zambon, Ilaria; Colantoni, Andrea; Salvati, Luca
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.654 pp. 778-785
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
buildings; cities; coasts; lowlands; markets; planning; population growth; towns; urban areas; urbanization; Greece
Abstract:
... Building activity at the metropolitan scale reflects socioeconomic transformations increasingly dependent on place-specific factors. The present study investigates height profile and age of buildings over 12 time intervals (1910s–2010s) in Greece, a country experiencing particularly complex urban cycles in the last century, with the aim to identify distinctive forces fueling vertical and horizonta ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.182

19. Optimal irrigation planning for addressing current or future water scarcity in Mediterranean tree crops

Author:
Kourgialas, Nektarios N.; Koubouris, Georgios C.; Dokou, Zoi
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.654 pp. 616-632
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Citrus; Olea europaea; agricultural income; climate change; cost effectiveness; crop yield; crops; decision making; dry season; economic sectors; irrigation management; model validation; models; olives; planning; soil water; trees; viability; water conservation; water shortages; Crete; Greece; Mediterranean region
Abstract:
... Water scarcity in the Mediterranean region is becoming a growing concern, threatening the viability of agriculture, which is one of the main economic sectors in many areas. The design of an optimal irrigation management plan, based on state-of-the-art measuring and modeling tools, can effectively contribute towards water saving efforts and potentially address the water scarcity issue in the region ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.118

20. Assessment and management of pesticide pollution at a river basin level part I: Aquatic ecotoxicological quality indices

Author:
Tsaboula, Aggeliki; Papadakis, Emmanouil-Nikolaos; Vryzas, Zisis; Kotopoulou, Athina; Kintzikoglou, Katerina; Papadopoulou-Mourkidou, Euphemia
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.653 pp. 1597-1611
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
acute toxicity; aquatic ecosystems; aquatic organisms; data collection; ecotoxicology; environmental health; exercise; humans; monitoring; nontarget organisms; pesticides; pollutants; pollution; risk; risk assessment; surface water; water quality; watersheds; Greece
Abstract:
... During the last decade numerous monitoring programs have been conducted in order to assess pesticide pollution in catchments. This effort has led to the production of large, complex data sets of environmental results making the task of evaluation of the aquatic chemical status more difficult. Furthermore, the evaluation of the chemical status of the water ecosystems is one of the main aspects whic ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.240