🌊 From monitoring to restoration! 🌿 CaRe-GR is testing approaches to restore Eastern Mediterranean macroalgal forests and support the recovery of these valuable ecosystems. 🌱🐟 🔬 More results soon! #CaReGR #MarineRestoration #MarineForests #Biodiversity

From underwater images to reef health. 🌊 We are exploring how AI-assisted image analysis can help process photoquadrats from the Aegean's rocky #reefs and translate benthic community data into ecological status assessments. #MarineEcology #AI #MarineMonitoring #Reef-EBQI #EcologicalStatus 🌍🌐🧪

🐟 A remarkable find from #CaRe-GR! During our surveys in Kefalonia, we recorded Sargocentron rubrum—the northernmost known record of this alien species in the Mediterranean. 🌊 Pictured alongside native Apogon imberbis. #CaReGR #AlienSpecies #MarineBiodiversity

🌊🛰️ Mapping Greece’s shallow reefs from space! CaRe-GR combines Sentinel-2 imagery, Google Earth Engine, machine learning & underwater surveys to map reefs at 10-m resolution—building a new spatial baseline for research and conservation. 🇬🇷🗺️ #CaReGR #RemoteSensing #MarineScience

🌊 A splash of red from the Gulf of Argostoli, Kefalonia! During #CaRe-GR surveys we recorded beautiful #Axinella sponges—and even a Mediterranean umbrella snail (Umbraculum umbraculum) nestled among them. Hidden biodiversity beneath the surface! 🇬🇷🪸 #UnderwaterPhotography #MarineEcology #reefs

🌊 CaRe-GR fieldwork continues! Our latest surveys explored marine caves in Chalkidiki. One more step towards Greece's first national marine cave assessment! 🇬🇷🪸 #CaReGR #MarineCaves #MarineScience @vgerovasileiou.bsky.social

🌊 Fieldwork continues for the #CaRe-GR project! Our team recently completed underwater surveys in Pelion, collecting valuable data on marine caves and reefs to support the monitoring and conservation of Greece’s unique underwater #biodiversity. 🧪🌍🌐 @vgerovasileiou.bsky.social

🎥🎙️🐟 We're listening beneath the waves! During CaRe-GR surveys, our #BRUV (baited remote underwater camera)+ hydrophone system records marine life and the sounds of Mediterranean rocky reefs. After Parga, Corfu, Paxos & Lefkada, we continue to Kefalonia, Zakynthos & beyond! 🌊 #CaReGR #MarineScience 🧪

💙 Not all our Ionian Sea findings were invasive! #CaRe-GR also recorded species of #conservation importance including the European spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas) and the rough pen shell (Pinna rudis), highlighting the conservation value of Greece's rocky reefs. #CaReGR #MarineEcology

we are entering into the #Invasivecene, exacerbated by #climatechange. Here, in the Bay of Biscay we have many invasives growing: Rugulopteryx okamurae, Sargassum muticum, some planarians, bivalves, etc. #MarineEcoology #Research

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🦁🐟 #Lionfish everywhere! During our Ionian Sea surveys, #CaRe-GR recorded widespread Pterois miles, along with Diadema setosum and invasive rabbitfish (Siganus luridus & S. rivulatus). Controlling these invaders is key to protecting Mediterranean reefs. #MarineEcology #bioinvasions #InvasiveSpecies

🦁🐟 #Lionfish everywhere! During our Ionian Sea surveys, #CaRe-GR recorded widespread Pterois miles, along with Diadema setosum and invasive rabbitfish (Siganus luridus & S. rivulatus). Controlling these invaders is key to protecting Mediterranean reefs. #MarineEcology #bioinvasions #InvasiveSpecies

In #GES4SEAS project we have collated our 7 policy briefs on marine solutions in a free book, available here: zenodo.org/records/2083... Feel free to use and distribute! #MarineEcology #Research

🌊 CaRe-GR is surveying rocky #reefs across the Ionian Sea! Using the #ECOfast protocol plus baited cameras & hydrophones, we're assessing biodiversity and linking underwater sounds to the species producing them. First stops: Parga, Corfu & Paxos. 🇬🇷 #CaReGR #MarineScience #BRUV #EcologicalStatus

🌊 First #CaRe-GR survey completed on Chios Island! Using the #ECOfast protocol, we assessed rocky #reefs around the island, documenting #InvasiveSpecies and ghost nets as main pressures. More surveys across Greece coming soon! 🇬🇷 #CaReGR #MarineScience #Conservation #EcologicalStatus

🌊 #CaRe-GR will use #ECOfast, a rapid ecosystem-based method to assess the #EcologicalStatus of Greece's rocky #reefs by integrating fish, macroalgae & invertebrates. A powerful tool for science-based conservation. 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.je... #MarineScience #CaReGR #MarineConservation #MarineEcology

🌊 Welcome to the official Bluesky account of #CaRe-GR! We're advancing the monitoring and conservation of Greece's marine #caves and #reefs using #AI, underwater surveys, #RemoteSensing and #CitizenScience. Follow us for discoveries, fieldwork and project updates! 🇬🇷🌊 #MarineScience #Biodiversity