Tzanatos Evangelos

Education

• 1999: Degree in Biology, University of Patras, Department of Biology
• 2002: MSc, University of Patras, Department of Biology
• 2006: PhD, University of Patras, Department of Biology
• 2010: Stock Assessment-Advanced, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen

Educational activities

Undergraduate Courses:

• Animal Biology II: Deuterostomes
• Population Ecology
• Marine Ecology
• Ichthyology

Postgraduate courses:

• Sampling, Data Analysis and Ecological Modelling
• Fish Population Dynamics and Management of Marine Biological Resources

Research and other activities

Research interests:

• Fish ecology
• Functioning and management of marine ecosystems
• Fisheries ecology and management
• Anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems

Fieldwork:

• Participation in nine oceanographic and/or fisheries research surveys
• Design and implementation of experimental fishing using benthic trawl, pelagic trawl, trammel nets
• Sampling of fishing activity and catches onboard commercial vessels and landing ports
• Underwater visual census

Research projects:

• TWINKLE: Life in the Twilight: New knowledge on the biology and ecology of the mesopelagic zone in the context of global change
• LIONHARE: Development of innovative measures to document, map and mitigate populations of the invasive species silverstriped blaasop (Lagocephalus sceleratus) and Lionfish species (Pterois spp.) in the Greek seas
• BATFISH: Biological Traits Analysis of fisheries resources: From the scale of populations to the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management
• Fisheries study in the wider area of the island Gyaros

Representative Publications

• Lazaris A., Tserpes G., Kavadas S., Tzanatos E. (2025): Standardization of commercial catch data from multiple gears in mixed fisheries accounting for preferential sampling, catchability and fishing effort. Fisheries Research, 284: 107305.
• Koutsidi M., Lazaris A., Peristeraki P., Tserpes G., Tzanatos E. (2024): Quantification of intraspecific and interspecific competition in fish species of the Aegean Sea, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 81: 348-357.
• Ntouni M.-M., Lazaris A., Tzanatos E. (2023): Patterns of fish occupancy of artificial habitats in the eastern Mediterranean shallow littoral. Marine Biology, 170: 105.
• Tsimara E., Vasilakopoulos P., Koutsidi M., Raitsos D., Lazaris A., Tzanatos E. (2021): An Integrated Traits Resilience Assessment of Mediterranean fisheries landings. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90: 2122-2134.
• Tzanatos E., Somarakis S., Tserpes G., Koutsikopoulos C. (2006): Identifying and classifying small-scale fisheries métiers in the Mediterranean: a case study in the Patraikos Gulf, Greece. Fisheries Research, 81: 158-168.