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Dr Sylvaine Giakoumi

Visiting Academic
School of the Environment
s.giakoumi@uq.edu.au

Publications

Journal Articles (39)

Journal Articles

Amano, Tatsuya, Berdejo-Espinola, Violeta, Akasaka, Munemitsu, de Andrade Junior, Milton A. U., Blaise, Ndayizeye, Checco, Julia, Çilingir, F. Gözde, Citegetse, Geoffroy, Corella Tor, Marina, Drobniak, Szymon M., Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Golivets, Marina, Ion, Mihaela C., Jara-Díaz, Javiera P., Katayose, Ryosuke, Lasmana, Felicia P. S., Lin, Hsien-Yung, Lopez, Erick, Mikula, Peter, Morales-Barquero, Lucia, Mupepele, Anne-Christine, Narváez-Gómez, Juan P., Nguyen, Thi Hieu, Lisboa, Sá Nogueira, Nuñez, Martin A., Pavón-Jordán, Diego, Pottier, Patrice, Prescott, Graham W., Samad, Farah ... Zamora-Gutierrez, Veronica (2023). The role of non-English-language science in informing national biodiversity assessments. Nature Sustainability, 6 (7), 845-854. doi: 10.1038/s41893-023-01087-8
Hatzonikolakis, Yannis, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Raitsos, Dionysios E., Tsiaras, Kostas, Kalaroni, Sofia, Triantaphyllidis, George and Triantafyllou, George (2022). Quantifying transboundary plastic pollution in marine protected areas across the Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 762235. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.762235
Hermoso, V., Carvalho, S. B., Giakoumi, S., Goldsborough, D., Katsanevakis, S., Leontiou, S., Markantonatou, V., Rumes, B., Vogiatzakis, I. N. and Yates, K. L. (2022). The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery. Environmental Science and Policy, 127, 263-271. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.10.028
Markantonatou, Vasiliki, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Koukourouvli, Nikoletta, Maina, Irida, Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva, Sini, Maria, Maistrelis, Kostas, Stithou, Mavra, Gadolou, Eleni, Petza, Dimitra, Kavadas, Stefanos, Vassilopoulou, Vasiliki, Buhl-Mortensen, Lene and Katsanevakis, Stelios (2021). Marine spatial plans focusing on biodiversity conservation: The case of the Aegean Sea. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31 (8), 2278-2292. doi: 10.1002/aqc.3610
Mateos-Molina, D., Ben Lamine, E., Antonopoulou, M., Burt, J. A., Das, H. S., Javed, S., Judas, J., Khan, S. B., Muzaffar, S. B., Pilcher, N., Rodriguez-Zarate, C. J., Taylor, O. J.S. and Giakoumi, S. (2021). Synthesis and evaluation of coastal and marine biodiversity spatial information in the United Arab Emirates for ecosystem-based management. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 167 112319, 112319. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112319
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Pita, Cristina, Coll, Marta, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Gissi, Elena, Katara, Isidora, Lloret-Lloret, Elena, Rossi, Francesca, Portman, Michelle, Stelzenmüller, Vanessa and Micheli, Fiorenza (2021). Persistent gender bias in marine science and conservation calls for action to achieve equity. Biological Conservation, 257 109134, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109134
García-Barón, Isabel, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Santos, María Begoña, Granado, Igor and Louzao, Maite (2021). The value of time-series data for conservation planning. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58 (3), 608-619. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13790
Kleitou, Periklis, Crocetta, Fabio, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Giovos, Ioannis, Hall-Spencer, Jason M., Kalogirou, Stefanos, Kletou, Demetris, Moutopoulos, Dimitrios K. and Rees, Siân (2021). Fishery reforms for the management of non-indigenous species. Journal of Environmental Management, 280 111690. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111690
Zenetos, Argyro, Ovalis, Panayotis, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Kontadakis, Constantinos, Lefkaditou, Evgenia, Mpazios, George, Simboura, Nomiki and Tsiamis, Konstantinos (2020). Saronikos gulf: A hotspot area for alien species in the mediterranean sea. BioInvasions Records, 9 (4), 873-889. doi: 10.3391/bir.2020.9.4.21
Katsanevakis, Stelios, Coll, Marta, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Goldsborough, David, Mačić, Vesna, Mackelworth, Peter, Rilov, Gil, Stelzenmüller, Vanessa, Albano, Paolo G., Bates, Amanda E., Bevilacqua, Stanislao, Gissi, Elena, Hermoso, Virgilio, Mazaris, Antonios D., Pita, Cristina, Rossi, Valentina, Teff-Seker, Yael and Yates, Katherine (2020). Twelve Recommendations for Advancing Marine Conservation in European and Contiguous Seas. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 565968, 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.565968
Ben Lamine, Emna, Mateos-Molina, Daniel, Antonopoulou, Marina, Burt, John A., Das, Himansu Sekhar, Javed, Salim, Muzaffar, Sabir and Giakoumi, Sylvaine (2020). Identifying coastal and marine priority areas for conservation in the United Arab Emirates. Biodiversity and Conservation, 29 (9-10), 2967-2983. doi: 10.1007/s10531-020-02007-4
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Albano, Paolo G., Azzurro, Ernesto, Cardoso, Ana Cristina, Cebrian, Emma, Deidun, Alan, Edelist, Dor, Francour, Patrice, Jimenez, Carlos, Mačić, Vesna, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Rilov, Gil and Sghaier, Yassine Ramzi (2019). Management priorities for marine invasive species. Science of the Total Environment, 688, 976-982. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.282
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Pey, Alexis, Thiriet, Pierre, Francour, Patrice and Guidetti, Paolo (2019). Patterns of predation on native and invasive alien fish in Mediterranean protected and unprotected areas. Marine Environmental Research, 150 104792, 104792. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104792
Scianna, Claudia, Niccolini, Federico, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Di Franco, Antonio, Gaines, Steven D., Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Scaccia, Luisa, Bava, Simone, Cappanera, Valentina, Charbonnel, Eric, Culioli, Jean-Michel, Di Carlo, Giuseppe, De Franco, Francesco, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Panzalis, Pier, Santoro, Pasquale and Guidetti, Paolo (2019). Organization science improves management effectiveness of marine protected areas. Journal of Environmental Management, 240, 285-292. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.03.052
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Pey, Alexis, Di Franco, Antonio, Francour, Patrice, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Arda, Yaprak, Raybaud, Virginie and Guidetti, Paolo (2019). Exploring the relationships between marine protected areas and invasive fish in the world's most invaded sea. Ecological Applications, 29 (1) e01809, e01809. doi: 10.1002/eap.1809
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Scianna, Claudia, Plass-Johnson, Jeremiah, Micheli, Fiorenza, Grorud-Colvert, Kirsten, Thiriet, Pierre, Claudet, Joachim, Di Carlo, Giuseppe, Di Franco, Antonio, Gaines, Steven D., García-Charton, José A., Lubchenco, Jane, Reimer, Jessica, Sala, Enric and Guidetti, Paolo (2018). Erratum to: Ecological effects of full and partial protection in the crowded Mediterranean Sea: a regional meta-analysis (Scientific Reports, (2017), 7, 1, (8940), 10.1038/s41598-017-08850-w). Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 17644, 17644. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-36021-y
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, McGowan, Jennifer, Mills, Morena, Beger, Maria, Bustamante, Rodrigo H., Charles, Anthony, Christie, Patrick, Fox, Matthew, Garcia-Borboroglu, Pablo, Gelcich, Stefan, Guidetti, Paolo, Mackelworth, Peter, Maina, Joseph M., McCook, Laurence, Micheli, Fiorenza, Morgan, Lance E., Mumby, Peter J., Reyes, Laura M., White, Alan, Grorud-Colvert, Kirsten and Possingham, Hugh P. (2018). Revisiting "success" and "failure" of marine protected areas: a conservation scientist perspective. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5 (JUN) 223. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00223
Di Franco, Antonio, Plass-Johnson, Jeremiah G., Di Lorenzo, Manfredi, Meola, Bruno, Claudet, Joachim, Gaines, Steven D., García-Charton, José Antonio, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Grorud-Colvert, Kirsten, Hackradt, Carlos Werner, Micheli, Fiorenza and Guidetti, Paolo (2018). Linking home ranges to protected area size: The case study of the Mediterranean Sea. Biological Conservation, 221, 175-181. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.03.012
Stelzenmüller, Vanessa, Coll, Marta, Mazaris, Antonios D., Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Portman, Michelle E., Degen, Renate, Mackelworth, Peter, Gimpel, Antje, Albano, Paolo G., Almpanidou, Vasiliki, Claudet, Joachim, Essl, Franz, Evagelopoulos, Thanasis, Heymans, Johanna J., Genov, Tilen, Kark, Salit, Micheli, Fiorenza, Pennino, Maria Grazia, Rilov, Gil, Rumes, Bob, Steenbeek, Jeroen and Ojaveer, Henn (2018). A risk-based approach to cumulative effect assessments for marine management. Science of the Total Environment, 612, 1132-1140. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.289
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Hermoso, Virgilio, Carvalho, Silvia B., Markantonatou, Vasiliki, Dagys, Mindaugas, Iwamura, Takuya, Probst, Wolfgang N., Smith, Robert J., Yates, Katherine L., Almpanidou, Vasiliki, Novak, Tihana, Ben-Moshe, Noam, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Claudet, Joachim, Coll, Marta, Deidun, Alan, Essl, Franz, García-Charton, José A., Jimenez, Carlos, Kark, Salit, Mandić, Milica, Mazaris, Antonios D., Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Stelzenmüller, Vanessa, Tricarico, Elena and Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N. (2018). Conserving European biodiversity across realms. Conservation Letters, 12 (1) e12586, e12586. doi: 10.1111/conl.12586
Sini, Maria, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Koukourouvli, Nikoleta, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Dailianis, Thanos, Buhl-Mortensen, Lene, Damalas, Dimitris, Dendrinos, Panagiotis, Dimas, Xenophon, Frantzis, Alexandros, Gerakaris, Vasilis, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva, Hasiotis, Thomas, Issaris, Yiannis, Kavadas, Stefanos G., Koutsogiannopoulos, David D., Koutsoubas, Drosos, Manoutsoglou, Evangelia, Markantonatou, Vessa, Mazaris, Antonios D., Poursanidis, Dimitris, Papatheodorou, George, Salomidi, Maria, Topouzelis, Konstantinos, Trygonis, Vasilis, Vassilopoulou, Vassiliki and Zotou, Maria (2017). Assembling ecological pieces to reconstruct the conservation puzzle of the aegean sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4 (NOV) 347, 1-22. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00347
Saunders, Megan, Bode, Michael, Atkinson, Scott, Klein, Carissa, Metaxas, Anna, Beher, Jutta, Beger, Maria, Mills, Morena, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Tulloch, Vivitskaia and Possingham, Hugh (2017). Simple rules can guide whether land- or ocean-based conservation will best benefit marine ecosystems. PLoS Biology, 15 (9) e2001886, e2001886. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001886
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Scianna, Claudia, Plass-Johnson, Jeremiah, Micheli, Fiorenza, Grorud-Colvert, Kirsten, Thiriet, Pierre, Claudet, Joachim, Di Carlo, Giuseppe, Di Franco, Antonio, Gaines, Steven D., Garcia-Charton, Jose A., Lubchenco, Jane, Reimer, Jessica, Sala, Enric and Guidetti, Paolo (2017). Ecological effects of full and partial protection in the crowded Mediterranean Sea: a regional meta-analysis. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 8940, 8940. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08850-w
Mazaris, Antonios D., Almpanidou, Vasiliki, Giakoumi, Sylvaine and Katsanevakis, Stelios (2017). Gaps and challenges of the European network of protected sites in the marine realm. Ices Journal of Marine Science, 75 (1), 190-198. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsx125
Giakoumi, Sylvaine and Pey, Alexis (2017). Assessing the effects of marine protected areas on biological invasions: a global review. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4 (FEB) 49. doi: 10.3389/FMARS.2017.00049
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Guilhaumon, Francois, Kark, Salit, Terlizzi, Antonio, Claudet, Joachim, Felline, Serena, Cerrano, Carlo, Coll, Marta, Danovaro, Roberto, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Koutsoubas, Drosos, Ledoux, Jean-Batiste, Mazor, Tessa, Merigot, Bastien, Micheli, Fiorenza and Katsanevakis, Stelios (2016). Space invaders; biological invasions in marine conservation planning. Diversity and Distributions, 22 (12), 1220-1231. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12491
Pascual, Marta, Rossetto, Marisa, Ojea, Elena, Milchakova, Nataliya, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Kark, Salit, Korolesova, Darya and Melia, Paco (2016). Socioeconomic impacts of marine protected areas in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Ocean and Coastal Management, 133, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.09.001
Salomidi, M., Giakoumi, S., Gerakaris, V., Issaris, Y., Sini, M. and Tsiamis, K. (2016). Setting an ecological baseline prior to the bottom-up establishment of a marine protected area in Santorini Island, Aegean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 17 (3), 720-737. doi: 10.12681/mms.1802
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Brown, Christopher J., Katsanevakis, Stelios, Saunders, Megan I. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2015). Using threat maps for cost-effective prioritization of actions to conserve coastal habitats. Marine Policy, 61, 95-102. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.07.004
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Halpern, Benjamin S., Michel, Loic N., Gobert, Sylvie, Sini, Maria, Boudouresque, Charles-Francois, Gambi, Maria-Christina, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Lejeune, Pierre, Montefalcone, Monica, Pergent, Gerard, Pergent-Martini, Christine, Sanchez-Jerez, Pablo, Velimirov, Branko, Vizzini, Salvatrice, Abadie, Arnaud, Coll, Marta, Guidetti, Paolo, Micheli, Fiorenza and Possingham, Hugh P. (2015). Towards a framework for assessment and management of cumulative human impacts on marine food webs. Conservation Biology, 29 (4), 1228-1234. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12468
Tulloch, Vivitskaia, Tulloch, Ayesha, Visconti, Piero, Halpern, Benjamin S., Watson, James E. M., Evans, Megan C., Auerbach, Nancy A., Barnes, Megan, Beger, Maria, Chadès, Iadine, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Murray, Nicholas J., Ringma, Jeremy and Possingham, Hugh P. (2015). Why do we map threats? Linking threat mapping with actions to make better conservation decisions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13 (2), 91-99. doi: 10.1890/140022
Katsanevakis, Stelios, Levin, Noam, Coll, Marta, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Shkedi, Daniel, Mackelworth, Peter, Levy, Ran, Velegrakis, Adonis, Koutsoubas, Drosos, Caric, Hrvoje, Brokovich, Eran, Ozturk, Bayram and Kark, Salit (2015). Marine conservation challenges in an era of economic crisis and geopolitical instability: the case of the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Policy, 51, 31-39. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.07.013
Tallis, Heather, Lubchenco, Jane, Adams-Hosking, Christine, Kark, Salit, Beger, Maria, Butt, Nathalie, Di Fonzo, Martina M. I., Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Guerrero, Angela M., Maggini, Ramona, Martin, Tara G., Mills, Morena, Renwick, Anna, Polsenberg, Johanna, Shanahan, Danielle F., Wilson, Kerrie A., Carwardine, Josie, Corrigan, Colleen, Watson, James and Klein, Carissa (2014). A call for inclusive conservation. Nature, 515 (7525), 27-28. doi: 10.1038/515027a
Levin, Noam, Coll, Marta, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Gal, Gideon, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Goke, Cordula, Heymans, Johanna Jacomina, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Mazor, Tessa, Ozturk, Bayram, Rilov, Gil, Gajewski, Ju;oisz, Steenbeek, Jeroen and Kark, Salit (2014). Biodiversity data requirements for systematic conservation planning in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 508, 261-281. doi: 10.3354/meps10857
Mazor, Tessa, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Kark, Saslit and Possingham, Hugh P. (2014). Large-scale conservation planning in a multinational marine environment: Cost matters. Ecological Applications, 24 (5), 1115-1130. doi: 10.1890/13-1249.1
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Sini, Maria, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Mazor, Tessa, Beher, Jutta, Possingham, Hugh P., Abdulla, Ameer, Cinar, Melih Ertan, Dendrinos, Panagiotis, Gucu, Ali Cemal, Karamanlidis, Alexandros A., Rodic, Petra, Panayotidis, Panayotis, Taskin, Ergun, Jaklin, Andrej, Voultsiadou, Eleni, Webster, Chloe, Zenetos, Argyro and Katsanevakis, Stelios (2013). Ecoregion-based conservation planning in the Mediterranean: dealing with large-scale heterogeneity. PLoS One, 8 (10) e76449, e76449.1-e76449.15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076449
Micheli, Fiorenza, Levin, Noam, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Abdulla, Ameer, Coll, Marta, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Kark, Salit, Koutsoubas, Drosos, Mackelworth, Peter, Maiorano, Luigi and Possingham, Hugh P. (2013). Setting Priorities for Regional Conservation Planning in the Mediterranean Sea. PLoS ONE, 8 (4) e59038, e59038.1-e59038.16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059038
Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Mazor, Tessa, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Kark, Salit, Portman, Michelle, Coll, Marta, Steenbeek, Jeroen and Possingham, Hugh (2012). Advancing marine conservation planning in the Mediterranean Sea. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 22 (4), 943-949. doi: 10.1007/s11160-012-9272-8
Giakoumi, S., Grantham, H. S., Kokkoris, G. D. and Possingham, H. P. (2011). Designing a network of marine reserves in the Mediterranean Sea with limited socio-economic data. Biological Conservation, 144 (2), 753-763. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.11.006
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