Dr. Maria Thessalou-Legaki

Δρ. Μαρία Θεσσαλού-Λεγάκη

 

Associate Professor

Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια

Teaching

Current Undergraduate courses (participation)

Invertebrate Zoology

Biological Oceanography

 

Invited lectures at the University of Torino, and “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

 

Supervisor of Diploma Theses in Biology

 

1. Georgatou M., 1979. Study of zooplankton distribution in Maliakos Bay, 68 pp.

2. Zacharopoulos I., 1980. Contribution to the study of the development of Palaemon elegans (Rathke, 1837, 28 pp.

3. Lefkaditou E., 1982. Comparative study of temperature effect on larval stages of Palaemon elegans, 40 pp.

4. Kentouris K. 1983. Contribution to the study of ovary and egg maturation of Callianassa tyrrhena, 37 pp.

5. Atzoletaki E., Galani M., 1984. Contribution to the study of Callianassa tyrrhena development, 28 pp.

6. Nassiokas K., Frantzis A., 1987. Biology of Parapandalus narval (Fabricius, 1787) from a population in Lindos (Rhodes), 29 pp.

7. Zacharaki M., Peppa A., 1991. Study of the larval development of the crustacean decapod Callianassa tyrrhena under two temperatures and different food concentrations, 103 pp.

8. Bouroudi B. 1994. Feeding ecology of the crab Carcinus aestuarii Nardo, 1847 in Mazoma and Tsopeli lagoons, Amvrakikos bay, 66 pp.

9. Pouli A., 1995. Biometrical parameters in Nephrops norvegicus reproduction, pp. 69.

10. Giannakopoulou M., 1995. Feeding processes of Callianassa tyrrhena (Decapoda: Thalassinidea), 88 pp.

11. Papaspyrou S., 1996. A description of the marine environment in the National Marine Park of Alonissos-Northern Sporhades, 112 pp., Appendix.

12. Makris K., 1998. Study of the benthic fauna in Assopos River estuary (S. Euboikos Bay), 83 pp.

13. Stathi Μ., 2000. Hard substrate communities in the National Marine Park of Alonissos-Northern Sporhades, 45 pp.

14. Petropoulou M., 2001. A study of feeding ecology of the deep-water shrimp Aristaeomorpha foliacea (Decapoda: Aristeidae) in the SE Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean), 195 pp.

15. Saraga D.., 2001. Data on the fishery and biology of Plesionika narval, 50 pp., Appendix.

16. Geka Ch., 2002. Factors affecting nesting of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta in Laganas Bay (Zakynthos), 51 pp..

17. Antonopoulou P., 2004. Behavioral study of the burrow construction by the endobenthic Pestarella tyrrhena (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea), 105 pp.

18. Meziti A., 2005. Prokaryotic symbionts in the sea urchin and ascidian digestive duct, 45 pp.

19. Velentza M., 2005. Effect of benthic macrofauna on the sediment physiochemical characteristics in a shallow area of Vravrona Bay, 57 pp.

20. Chatzis D., 2005. Implication of BENTIX index for the assessment of ecological condition of coastal benthic ecosystems, 56 pp.

21. Demiri A., 2008. Bacterial diversity in the empty gut and the setal tufts of the thalassinidean sand shrimp Pestarella tyrrhena.

22. Liakopoulos I., 2008. Effects of Upogebia pusilla on benthic fluxes and pore water of sediments loaded with metallurgical residue and organic matter: an experimental approach, 39 pp.

23. Louizidou P., 2009. A study of the invertebrate fauna in the area of Kamiros (Rhodos), 80 pp.

24. Panagoulia M., 2009. Pollution effects on macrobenthos of Larymna Bay, 60 pp.

25. Delimitsou Α., 2010. A survey of benthic, soft substrate fauna in the National Marine Park of Zakynthos (NMPZ), 55 pp.

26. Mitropoulou A., 2010. Soft substrate macrobenthic communities in Porto Lagos lagoon (Prefecture of Xanthi), 32 pp.

 

Current Postgraduate Courses (participation)

 

M.Sc. in “Oceanography and Marine Environmental Management” University of Athens

1. Biological Oceanography

2. Environmental Physiology of Marine Animals

3. Marine Microbiology

4. Biogeochemical cycles in the E. Mediterranean

5. Fisheries and Fisheries Resources

 

M.Sc. in “Culture of Aquatic Organisms” Agricultural University of Athens

                    Culture of Invertebrate Aquatic Organisms

 

Supervisor of dissertations of the MSc “Oceanography and Marine Environmental Management”

 

1. Panaritou K., 1995. Relationships between Callianassa tyrrhena (Decapoda: Thalassinidea) and the sediment, 115 pp.

2. Kapareliotis A., 1996. Burrowing and feeding behavior of Callianassa tyrrhena in relation to sediment texture, 105 pp..

3. Rigana S., 2003. Correlation between diet and tissue fatty acids in adult gilthead bream, Sparus aurata, 153 pp.

4. Chilari A., 2002. Biology of the genus Plesionika (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pandalidae) in the Eastern Ionian Sea, with emphasis on Plesionika martia, 123 pp.

5. Pappa M., 2008. Impact of metallurgical residue pollution: heavy metals in the sediments of Larymna Bay and assessment of the bioturbation effect, 76 pp., Appendix.

 

Member of the Examination Board of more than 10 dissertations of the above MSc course, as well as of one MSc thesis in “Hydrobiology-Aquaculture” (Aristotelio University of Thessaloniki) and two MSc theses in “Education Sciences” (Demokritio University of Thace)

 

PhD Supervisor

 

1. Kapiris K., 2003. Biology and fisheries of the deep-water shrimps Aristaeomorpha foliacea and Aristeus antennatus (Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata), 280 pp.

2. Papaspyrou S., 2004. Effect of infaunal biogenic structures on the biogeochemical processes of the sediment, 135 pp.

3. Kevrekidis K., 2009. Fisheries biology of the prawn Melicertus kerathurus (Forskal, 1775) in Thermaikos Gulf, 350 pp. (in Greek with English summary).

4. Conides A., Study of the biology and dynamics of the mud shrimp Upogebia pusilla in Western Greece (in manuscript preparation).

Member of the Board of Consultants in more than 15 PhD theses in the University of Athens and the Aristotelio University of Thessaloniki.

 Member of the Examination Board, in addition to those supervising or consulting, for more than 10 PhD theses in the University of Athens, as well as in the Université d’ Aix-Marseille II, University of Crete (three PhDs), Aristotelio University of Thessaloniki, and University of the Aegean. 

 

Lecture notes, LABORATORY GUIDES and books (in Greek)

 

1. Thessalou-Legaki M., 1989. Form and function of animal systems, 29 pp.

2. Thessalou-Legaki M., Nicolaidou A., Legakis A., 1990. Invertebrate Zology, 255 pp.

3. Apostolopoulou M., Thessalou-Legaki M., Koussoulakos S., Legakis A., Nicolaidou A., 1996. General concepts of  Zoology-Invertebrate  Zoology, 521 pp.

4. Verriopoulos G., Thessalou-Legaki M., 1998. Lecture notes for Marine Biology (MSc in Oceanography). 160 pp.

5. Kiortsis V., Verriopoulos G., Thessalou-Legaki M., 2000. Lecture notes for Marine Ecophysiology (MSc in Oceanography), 176 pp.

6. Apostolopoulou M. (ed). Apostolopoulou M., Veini M, Thessalou-Legaki M., Legakis A., Megalofonou P., Nicolaidou A., Tzannetatou-Polymeni R., (translation), 2002.  Greek edition of Hickman, C.P., L.S. Roberts, A. Larson, 2001, Integrated Principles of Zoology, 11^th Edition, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Vol. I 581 pp, Vol. II 517 pp, ION Publ. (Second edition, 2005).

7. Apostolopoulou M., Verriopoulos G., Thessalou-Legaki M., Nicolaidou A., (translation and editing), 2005. Nybakken J.W., 2001. Marine Biology An ecological Approach 5^th Edition, Benjamin Cummings, an imprint of Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. Greek edition, 519 pp, ION Publ.

8. Nicolaidou A., Verriopoulos G., Thessalou-Legaki M., 2007. Laboratory manual for Biological Oceanography (undergraduate course), 195 pp.

9. Beis I. (Ed. in Chief), Gaitanaki k., Marmari A., Valakos E.D., (eds), 2010. Greek edition of Willmer, P., Stone G., Johnston I., Environmental Physiology of Animals, Blackwell Science Ltd., Vol. II, 392 pp, Odysseas Publ. Contribution to the translation.

10. Apostolopoulou M., Veini M, Thessalou-Legaki M., Legakis A., Megalofonou P., Nicolaidou A., Tzannetatou-Polymeni R., (translation and editing) 2010. Greek edition of Hickman C.P., Larson A., I'Anson Η., Susan L., Keen S.L., Roberts L.S., 2007, Ιntegrated Principles of Zoology, 14^th Edition, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, in two Vols., Utopia Publ.