Peer-reviewed journals 

Kolovoyiannis V., Mazioti A.A., Potiris E., Mamoutos, I., Majamäki E., Hänninen R., Krasakopoulou E., Tragou E., Zervakis V., Sofiev M., E. Fridell, J. Kukkonen, Jalkanen J.-P., 2025. Modelling the impact of present and future maritime transport on marine pollution at an environmentally sensitive coastal ecosystem (Saronikos Gulf, Eastern Mediterranean). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 219, 118335, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118335 

Androulidakis, Y., C. Makris, V. Kolovoyiannis, K. Kombiadou, Y. Krestenitis, I. Pytharoulis, V. Baltikas, Z. Mallios, Metocean operational forecasting service platform in Thermaikos Gulf (N. Greece), 2025. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2025.2503569

Zervakis, V., Kolovoyiannis, V., Calgaro, L., Giubilato, E., Marcomini, A., Mazioti, A.-A., Ferrarin, C., Majamäki, E., Potiris, M., Krasakopoulou, E., Tragou, E., Kukkonen, J., Jalkanen, J.-P., 2025. A novel method to assess the dilution of complex mixtures in the marine environment: Application to marine scrubber water effluents. Marine Pollution Bulletin 216, 117956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117956 

Aghito, M., Breivik, Ø., Majamäki, E., Jalkanen, J.-P., Hänninen, R., Hassellöv, I., Hermansson, A. L., Ytreberg, E., Kolovoyiannis, V., Zervakis, V., Granberg, M., Moldanová, J., Dagestad, K., & Hole, L. R., 2025. Projected Changes of the Emission and Transport of Organic Pollutants and Metals from Shipping in European Seas 2018-2050. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 211, 2025, 117351, ISSN 0025-326X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117351.

Androulidakis, Y., Kolovoyiannis, V., Makris, C., Krestenitis, Y., 2024. Evidence of 2024 Summer as the Warmest During the Last Four Decades in the Aegean, Ionian, and Cretan Seas. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 12, 2020.  https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12112020     

Mazioti, A.A., Kolovoyiannis, V., Krasakopoulou, E., Tragou, E.; Zervakis, V., Assimakopoulou, G., Athiniotis, A., Paraskevopoulou, V., Pavlidou, A., Zeri, C., 2024.  Implementation of a Far-Field Water Quality Model for the Simulation of Trace Elements in an Eastern Mediterranean Coastal Embayment Receiving High Anthropogenic Pressure. J. Mar. Sci. Eng., 12, 797. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12050797 

Androulidakis, Y., C. Makris, V. Kolovoyiannis, Y. Krestenitis, V. Baltikas, Z. Mallios, I. Pytharoulis, K. Topouzelis, S. Spondylidis, I. Tegoulias, Y. Kontos, 2023. Hydrography of Northern Thermaikos Gulf based on an integrated observational-modeling approach, Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 269, 105141, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2023.105141

Bourma et al., 2022. The Hellenic Marine Observing, Forecasting and Technology System—An Integrated Infrastructure for Marine Research. J. Mar. Sci. Eng., 10, 329. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030329 

Chaniotaki M., V. Kolovoyiannis, E. Tragou, L.A. Herold, I.E. Batjakas, V. Zervakis (2021). Investigation of the response of the Aegean Sea to the Etesian wind forcing, Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 225, 104485, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104485 

Androulidakis, Υ., V. Kolovoyiannis, C. Makris, Y. Krestenitis, V. Baltikas, N. Stefanidou, A. Chatziantoniou, K. Topouzelis, M. Moustaka-Gouni (2021). Effects of ocean circulation on the eutrophication of a Mediterranean gulf with river inlets: The Northern Thermaikos Gulf, Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 221, 104416, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104416 .

Mamoutos, Ι., V. Zervakis, E. Krasakopoulou, E. Tragou, M. Karydis, C. Frangoulis, V. Kolovoyiannis, D. Georgopoulos, S. Psarra (2017). The role of wind-forced coastal upwelling on the thermohaline functioning of the North Aegean Sea. Continental Shelf Research, 149: 52-68, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2017.05.009.

Kolovoyiannis, V. N. and G. E. Tsirtsis (2013). Downscaling the marine modelling effort: Development, application and assessment of a 3D ecosystem model implemented in a small coastal area. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 126: 44-60.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.04.003

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Conferences

Androulidakis, Y., C. Makris, V. Kolovoyiannis, Y. Krestenitis, V. Baltikas, I. Pytharoulis, Z. Mallios, 2024. Applications of Wave4Us operational platform to support first response activities in Thermaikos Gulf. 5th International Congress on Applied Ichthyology, Oceanography and Aquatic Environment – HydroMedit2024, 30 May – 2 June, Mytilene, Greece. Oral presentation.

Mazioti A.A., Kolovoyiannis V., Krasakopoulou E., Tragou E., Zervakis V., Assimakopoulou G., Athiniotis A., Pavlidou A., Zeri C., 2024. Application of a far-field water quality model for the reproduction of chlorophyll-a observations in Saronikos Gulf, Eastern Mediterranean. 5th International Congress on Applied Ichthyology, Oceanography and Aquatic Environment – HydroMedit2024, 30 May – 2 June, Mytilene, Greece. Poster

Zervakis V., Kolovoyiannis V., Mazioti A.A., Potiris E., Krasakopoulou E., Tragou E., Calgaro L., Giubilato E., Majamäki E., Jalkanen J.-P. 2024. A method to assess the rate of dilution of marine scrubber-water from water-quality model results: application in the Saronikos Gulf, Eastern Mediterranean. 5th International Congress on Applied Ichthyology, Oceanography and Aquatic Environment – HydroMedit2024, 30 May – 2 June, Mytilene, Greece. Oral.

Kolovoyiannis V., Androulidakis Y., Mamoutos I., Mosiou K., Zervakis V., Tragou E., Chatzilaou C., 2024. Operational system for ocean forecasts over three main gulfs of the N. Aegean Sea: AEGIS. 5th International Congress on Applied Ichthyology, Oceanography and Aquatic Environment – HydroMedit2024, 30 May – 2 June, Mytilene, Greece. Oral.

Mazioti A. A., Kolovoyiannis V., Petalas S., Mamoutos I., Potiris E., Krasakopoulou E., Tragou E. A., Zervakis V. Simulating the fate of selected PAHs in Saronikos gulf, Eastern Mediterranean, using a far-field water-quality model. CEST2023 -18th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, 30 August to 2 September 2023, Athens, Greece. https://doi.org/10.30955/gnc2023.00221

Kolovoyiannis V., Petalas S., Mamoutos I., Krasakopoulou E., Zervakis V., Tragou E. and Kontoyiannis H., 2023. Optimizing the parameterization of a high-resolution numerical simulation of the Saronikos Gulf hydrodynamics. 2nd International Scientific Conference on Design and Management of Port Coastal and Offshore Works Thessaloniki, Greece, May 24-27.

Kolovoyiannis, V., Mazioti, A. A., Krasakopoulou, E., Zervakis, V., Tragou, E. A., Mamoutos, I., Potiris, E., Petalas, S., Chatzilaou, C., Mosiou, K., Kontoyiannis, H., Paraskevopoulou, V., and Athiniotis, A., 2023. Implementation of a modelling system for the investigation of the Saronikos Gulf marine ecosystem (Eastern Mediterranean), EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-12514, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-12514.

Zervakis, V., Krasakopoulou, E., Tragou, E., Kolovoyiannis, V., Mamoutos, I., Potiris, M., Androulidakis, I., Mosiou, K., Kalatzi, M. I., Mazioti, A. A., Chatzilaou, C., Kougioumtzoglou, R. F., and Petalas, S. 2023. Development of a Coastal Oceanographic Observatory for the North Aegean Sea: The AEGIS projects, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-13065, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-13065.

Kolovoyiannis V., Androulidakis Y., Makris C., Baltikas V., Mallios Z., Kartsios S., Tegoulias I., Pytharoulis I., Krestenitis Y., 2022. Revisiting the hydrodynamic circulation regime of Thermaikos Gulf, Greece. Marine and Inland Waters Research Symposium 2022, Porto Heli, Argolida, Greece.

Kolovoyiannis V., Krasakopoulou E., Zervakis V., Tragou E., Kontoyiannis H. (2021). Implementing a numerical model for the investigation of the hydrodynamics of Saronikos gulf (Eastern Mediterranean). Proc. 4th Int. Congress on Applied Ichthyology & Aq. Environment. Virtual, 4-6 Nov. 2021

Krestenitis, Y.N., Kolovoyiannis, V., Androulidakis, Y., Makris C., Baltikas V. (2020). Circulation patterns and eutrophication phenomena in the Thermaikos Gulf. Proceedings of the EGU General Assembly 2020, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2020. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11775. 

Kolovoyiannis, V., Zervakis V., Tzoraki O., Mamoutos I. (2018). Salinity shifts in a mediterranean semi-enclosed coastal basin from the potential construction of a dam in its watershed. Proc. 3rd Int. Congress on Applied Ichthyology & Aq. Environment. Volos, Greece, 8-11 Nov. 2018, p429-433.

Kolovoyiannis, V. and G. Tsirtsis (2005). Implementation of a high resolution, 3-dimensional hydrodynamic model to a shallow, semi-enclosed water body, gulf of Gera, Lesvos. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Rhodes, Greece, A791-797.