id_185 Mysida and Lophogastrida of Greece: a preliminary checklist - Version 1.0

helena@ekby.gr (EKBY Admin) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:45:47 +0000

"The checklist of Mysida and Lophogastrida of Greece was created within the framework of the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS), which is one of the applications of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) resuming efforts to develop a complete checklist of species recorded and reported from Greek waters. The objectives of the present study were to update and cross-check taxonomically all records of Mysida and Lophogastrida species known to occur in Greek waters in order to search for inaccuracies and omissions. The up-to-date checklist of Mysida and Lophogastrida of Greece comprises 49 species, classified to 25 genera. Citation: Koulouri, P., Gerovasileiou, V., & Bailly, N. (2016). Mysida and Lophogastrida of Greece: a preliminary checklist. Biodiversity data journal, (4), e9288. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e9288 "

id_184 Temporal turnover of the flora of lake islands: The island of Lake Pamvotis (Epirus, Greece) - Version 1.0

helena@ekby.gr (EKBY Admin) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:43:01 +0000

"Lake Pamvotis is one of the Balkan ""ancient"" lakes, a Quaternary refugium of great environmental importance and ecological value, that is under various anthropogenic pressures. It belongs to a Natura 2000 Special Area for Conservation and Special Protection Area. Almost in the middle of the lake, there is an inhabited island - one of the two lake islands in Greece – that also attracts touristic interest. Τhe main objectives of the present study are to provide a floristic inventory of the protected island, combining data of two different sampling periods, within a 25 year interval, in order to estimate temporal beta diversity and species turnover of the island’s plant diversity. Citation: Sarika, M., Papanikolaou, A., Yannitsaros, A., Chitos, T., & Panitsa, M. (2019). Temporal turnover of the flora of lake islands: The island of Lake Pamvotis (Epirus, Greece). Biodiversity data journal, 7, e37023. "

id_182 Brachiopoda of Greece: an annotated checklist - Version 1.0

helena@ekby.gr (EKBY Admin) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:39:56 +0000

"The aim of this paper was to give the first checklist of brachiopod species of Greece, in the framework of the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS) initiative of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI), by reviewing the existing literature. Twelve brachiopod species have been found in Greek waters so far. The nomenclature, distribution, fossil records, ecology, and literature sources are discussed for each species. Citation: Gerovasileiou, V., & Bailly, N. (2016). Brachiopoda of Greece: an annotated checklist. Biodiversity data journal, (4), e8169. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8169 "

id_181 Porifera of Greece: an updated checklist - Version 1.0

helena@ekby.gr (EKBY Admin) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:36:36 +0000

"The checklist of Porifera of Greece was created in the framework of the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS), an initiative of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) that has resumed efforts to compile a complete checklist of species recorded from Greece. An updated checklist of Porifera was created on the basis of a list of the Aegean Demospongiae and Homoscleromorpha published one decade ago. All records of species known to occur in Greek waters were taxonomically validated and cross-checked for possible inaccuracies and omissions. Then, all recent publications were reviewed and the species recorded from 2006 to date were added to the list. The updated checklist of Porifera of Greece comprises 215 species, classified to 111 genera, 65 families, 24 orders, and 4 classes. In total, 34 new additions were made to the previous species list (8 Calcarea, 17 Demospongiae, 1 Hexactinellida, and 6 Homoscleromorpha) with Calcarea being listed for the first time from the area. Citation: Voultsiadou, E., Gerovasileiou, V., & Bailly, N. (2016). Porifera of Greece: an updated checklist. Biodiversity data journal, (4), e7984. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7984 "

id_180 Cyanobacteria of Greece: an annotated checklist - Version 1.0

helena@ekby.gr (EKBY Admin) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:33:46 +0000

"The checklist of Greek Cyanobacteria was created in the framework of the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS), an initiative of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) that has resumed efforts to compile a complete checklist of species reported from Greece. This list was created from exhaustive search of the scientific literature of the last 60 years. All records of taxa known to occur in Greece were taxonomically updated. The checklist of Greek Cyanobacteria comprises 543 species, classified in 130 genera, 41 families, and 8 orders. Citation: Gkelis, S., Ourailidis, I., Panou, M., & Pappas, N. (2016). Cyanobacteria of Greece: an annotated checklist. Biodiversity data journal, (4), e10084. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10084 "

id_179 Cumacea of Greece: a preliminary checklist - Version 1.0

helena@ekby.gr (EKBY Admin) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:31:01 +0000

"The objectives of the present study were to update and cross-check taxonomically all cumacean species records from Greek waters for inaccuracies and omissions according to the recent literature and current taxonomic status. The updated checklist of Cumacea of Greece, which was built within the framework of the LifeWatch Greece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) project (2013-2015) coordinated by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, comprises 62 species, classified in 24 genera and 6 families. However, a few more records need further cross-checking with the current literature resources. Citation: Koulouri, P., Gerovasileiou, V., & Bailly, N. (2016). Cumacea of Greece: a preliminary checklist. Biodiversity data journal, (4), e9287. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e9287"

id_178 Marine Bryozoa of Greece: an annotated checklist - Version 1.1

helena@ekby.gr (EKBY Admin) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:27:26 +0000

"The aim of this paper is to produce a first checklist of marine bryozoan species of Greece, in the framework of the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS) initiative of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI), by reviewing the existing literature and following the recent trends in the taxonomy of this group. The marine bryozoan fauna of Greece comprises 237 species, classified in 127 genera, 66 families, 3 orders, and 2 classes. The vast majority belongs to the class Gymnolaemata (177 Cheilostomatida and 21 Ctenostomatida), while the remaining 39 species are Stenolaemata (all Cyclostomatida). Among these species, 12 are considered endemic to the eastern Mediterranean, while another 12 species are non-indigenous. Citation: [ΕΛΚΕΘΕ] Gerovasileiou, V., & Rosso, A. (2016). Marine Bryozoa of Greece: an annotated checklist. Biodiversity data journal, (4), e10672. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10672"

id_177_Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist - Version 1.0

helena@ekby.gr (EKBY Admin) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:23:15 +0000

"This checklist revises the status of all extant polychaete species reported from the Greek Exclusive Economic Zone since 1832. The work was undertaken as part of the efforts on compiling a national species inventory (Greek Taxon Information System initiative) in the framework of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure. This checklist comprises an updated and annotated inventory of polychaete species in Greek waters, compiled from literature reports, online databases, museum collections and unpublished datasets. The list provides information on 836 species-level taxa from Greece, of which 142 are considered questionable. Citation: Faulwetter, S., Simboura, N., Katsiaras, N., Chatzigeorgiou, G., & Arvanitidis, C. (2017). Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist. Biodiversity data journal, (5), e20997."

id_176 Tanaidacea of Greece: a preliminary checklist - Version 1.0

helena@ekby.gr (EKBY Admin) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:19:30 +0000

"The checklist of Tanaidacea of Greece was developed in the framework of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) project and coordinated by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research during the period 2013-2015. By applying the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS) of this project, a complete checklist of species recorded from Greek Seas has been developed. The objectives of the present study were to update and cross-check all tanaidacean species known to occur in Greek Seas. Inaccuracies and omissions according to recent literature and the current taxonomic status were also investigated. The up-to-date checklist of Tanaidacea of Greece comprises 20 species, classified to 11 genera and five families."" Citation: Koulouri, P., Gerovasileiou, V., Bailly, N., & Dounas, C. (2020). Tanaidacea of Greece: a preliminary checklist. Biodiversity data journal, 8, e47184. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e47184"

id_173_Data from: Moderation is best: effects of grazing intensity on plant-flower visitor networks in Mediterranean communities - Version 1.1

helena@ekby.gr (EKBY Admin) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:15:27 +0000

"Data from: Moderation is best: effects of grazing intensity on plant-flower visitor networks in Mediterranean communities, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.p3c75 The structure of pollination networks is an important indicator of ecosystem stability and functioning. Livestock grazing is a frequent land use practice that directly affects the abundance and diversity of flowers and pollinators and, therefore, may indirectly affect the structure of pollination networks. Here we studied how grazing intensity affected the structure of plant-flower visitor networks along a wide range of grazing intensities by sheep and goats, using data from 11 Mediterranean plant-flower visitor communities from Lesvos Island, Greece. We hypothesized that intermediate grazing might result in higher diversity as predicted by the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis, which could in turn confer more stability to the networks. Indeed, we found that networks at intermediate grazing intensities were larger, more generalized, more modular, and contained more diverse and even interactions. Despite general responses at the network level, the number of interactions and selectiveness of particular flower visitor and plant taxa in the networks responded differently to grazing intensity, presumably as a consequence of variation in the abundance of different taxa with grazing. Our results highlight the benefit of maintaining moderate levels of livestock grazing by sheep and goats to preserve the complexity and biodiversity of the rich Mediterranean communities, which have a long history of grazing by these domestic animals. Citation: Lázaro, Amparo et al. (2016), Moderation is best: effects of grazing intensity on plant-flower visitor networks in Mediterranean communities, Ecological Applications, Article-journal, https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0202"

id_169 Invasive Species Specialist Group ISSG of IUCN, ΕΛΚΕΘΕ, ΕΚΠΑ-Τμήμα Βιολογίας-Τομέας Οικολογίας & Ταξινομικής - Version 1.0

helena@ekby.gr (EKBY Admin) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:06:44 +0000

"Παγκόσμιο μητρώο εισαγόμενων και χωροκατακτητικών ειδών στην Ελλάδα (Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Greece). ""The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) presents validated and verified national checklists of introduced (alien) and invasive alien species at the country, territory, and associated island level. Checklists are living entities, especially for biological invasions given the growing nature of the problem. GRIIS checklists are based on a published methodology and supported by the Integrated Publishing Tool that jointly enable ongoing improvements and updates to expand their taxonomic coverage and completeness. Phase 1 of the project focused on developing validated and verified checklists of countries that are Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Phase 2 aimed to achieve global coverage including non-party countries and all overseas territories of countries, e.g. those of the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom. All kingdoms of organisms occurring in all environments and systems are covered. Checklists are reviewed and verified by networks of country or species experts. Verified checklists/ species records, as well as those under review, are presented on the online GRIIS website (www.griis.org) in addition to being published through the GBIF Integrated Publishing Tool. The geographic focus of this checklist is Greece. Citation: Zenetos A, Arianoutsou M, Bazos I, Christopoulou A, Kokkoris Y, Zervou S, Zikos A, Wong L J, Pagad S (2020). Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Greece. Version 1.2. Invasive Species Specialist Group ISSG. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/td6afd accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-01-29."

id_154_DG_ENV_IUCN_European_Red_List_2017_December - Version 1.1

helena@ekby.gr (EKBY Admin) — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:56:19 +0000

The European Red List identifies species that are threatened with extinction at the European level so that appropriate conservation action can be taken to improve their status. It is based on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) global Red List of Threatened Species.

Macro- and megafauna from the North Aegean Sea from 1997-1998 - Version 1.2

helena@ekby.gr (EKBY Admin) — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 13:12:42 +0000

"Samples of macro- and megafauna were collected in the North Aegean Sea, between 1997 and 1998. This dataset then served as a basis to describe the diversity, spatial and temporal variability and trophic relationships of different taxonomic groups inhabiting hard substrates. Citation: Antoniadou C. (1998). Macro- and megafauna from the North Aegean Sea from 1997-1998. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Biology, Laboratory of Zoology, Greece. https://doi.org/10.15468/8jbgwk accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-06"