Presentations

September 3rd, 2012 – University of Cyprus, Nicosia

09:10-09:30	“Geology of the Seamounts in the Levantine Basin” Christos Anagnostou Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
09:30-09:50	“Mud volcanos in the Levantine Basin” Vasilios Lykousis Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
09:50-10:10	“Review  of marine life surrounding seamounts” Yianna Samuel-Rhoads Oceanography Centre, University of Cyprus
10:10-10:30	“Pressures in the Mediterranean Sea: The case of  SESAME and PERSEUS projects” Evangelos Papathanasiou Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
10:30-10:50	“The mesoscale circulation in the  southeastern Levantine Basin” George Zodiatis Oceanography Centre, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
10:50-11:10	“Water masses in the South-Eastern Mediterranean” Isaac Gertman, Nurit Kress, Barak Herut, Ron Goldman Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Israel
11:30-11:50	“The Cyprus warm  core eddy dynamics from  gliders observations” Daniel Hayes Oceanography Centre, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
11:50-12:10	“Impact of dust on biogeochemical processes in the  East Mediterranean Sea, case studies  and gaps of knowledge” Barak Herut Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Israel
12:10-12:30	“Structure and function of Pelagic and Benthic Communities of Eastern Med in relation to Physical Divers and Bottom Topography – First Results of Zooplankton and Fish Studies” Bernd Christiansen, Anneke Denka, Henrik Christiansen University of Hamburg
12:30-12:50	“Spatial Distribution  of meiobenthic communities in Eratosthenes Seamount: First Results” Nikolaos Lambadiriou Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
12:50-13:10	“Eastern Mediterranean Deep SeaBenthos” Tasos Tselepides University of Piraeus, Department of Maritime Studies
13:10-13:30	“Evidence of Pervasive methane seepage along the base of Israel’s Mediterranean Slope” Yizhaq Makovsky Department of Marine Geosciences, University of Haifa, Israel
15:00-15:20	“MED Programme : Call for Capitalization Projects” Constantia Constantinou Directorate of Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund Cyprus Planning Bureau
15:20-15:40	“A cabled seafloor ocean observing system Supporting Joint Oceanographic Research” Ken Sharp and Bob Brant CSnet International, USA
15:40-16:00	“Seamount benthic ekosystems” Kostas Kiriakoulakis Liverpool John Moores University, U.K.
16:00-16:20	“Biogeochemistry of the  Anaximander  Seamount, Levantine Basin” Kostas Kiriakoulakis Liverpool John Moores University, U.K.
16:20-16:40	“European Marine data management to support  multi-disciplinary studies” Peter Thijssen Maris BV, The Netherlands