Orestis Papadakis
banner
orestispapadakis.bsky.social
Orestis Papadakis
@orestispapadakis.bsky.social
PhD candidate in applied Marine Ecology
Freelance Marine Scientist - Scientific Diver
Pinned
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
Reposted by Orestis Papadakis
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
November 27, 2024 at 8:58 PM
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/...
‘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...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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...
November 23, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Reposted by Orestis Papadakis
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.
Pinna nobilis refugia breached: Ongoing Mass Mortality Event in the Gulf of Kalloni (Aegean Sea)|Mediterranean Marine Science
ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
November 19, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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
November 23, 2024 at 11:26 AM
The critically-endangered FanMussel Pinna nobilis in one of its last sanctuaries worldwide: Amvrakikos Gulf.
#Pinnanobilis
#MarineEcology
#AmvrakikosGulf
#Conservation
#Biodiversity
November 23, 2024 at 11:18 AM