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Orestis Papadakis

@orestispapadakis.bsky.social

PhD candidate in applied Marine Ecology Freelance Marine Scientist - Scientific Diver

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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

27.11.2024 20:58 — 👍 29    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 3

What an amazing capture!

24.11.2024 12:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I would be more than happy Marie!
All the best,
Orestis

24.11.2024 00:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you so much for your interest and comments Katarina!
All the best,
Orestis

24.11.2024 00:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

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/...

23.11.2024 12:12 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

23.11.2024 12:05 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Pinna nobilis refugia breached: Ongoing Mass Mortality Event in the Gulf of Kalloni (Aegean Sea)|Mediterranean Marine Science

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.

19.11.2024 14:20 — 👍 17    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 2
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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

23.11.2024 11:25 — 👍 21    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 2
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The critically-endangered FanMussel Pinna nobilis in one of its last sanctuaries worldwide: Amvrakikos Gulf.
#Pinnanobilis
#MarineEcology
#AmvrakikosGulf
#Conservation
#Biodiversity

23.11.2024 11:17 — 👍 21    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

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