Michael Scoullos

TL;DR: Current knowledge and advances in the understanding of oxidative processes in biological systems are summarized and this knowledge is extended to specific applications in aquatic organisms because of their sensitivity to oxidative pollutants, their filtration capacity, and their potential for environmental toxicology studies.

TL;DR: It is shown that metal pollution in the Elefsis Bay (the most polluted coastal area) causes relatively medium levels of oxidative stress in tissues of mussels due to cellular oxy-radical generation and can be used as potential biomarkers of toxicity for long-term monitoring in marine coastal ecosystems.

TL;DR: The abundance, composition and sources of marine litter were determined on beaches located in the seven countries of the Adriatic-Ionian macroregion, namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia, with the majority of litter items made of artificial/anthropogenic polymer materials accounting for 91.1% of all litter.

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive evaluation of drinking water quality from various regions of Greece is presented, and the physicochemical parameters investigated were conductivity, total dissolved solids and pH, as well as related to the treatment of drinking waters such as chloride, potassium, calcium, magnesium and sodium, heavy metals (including cadmium, copper, lead, chromium and nickel), anions and cations such as fluoride, bromide, nitrates, nitrites, ammonium, sulphates, and phosphates, including dissolved organic carbon).

TL;DR: In this paper, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were identified and measured in surface seawater and in the tissues (gills and mantle) of indigenous black mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis, collected from three coastal sites of Saronikos Gulf (Greece), a gulf that exhibits high levels of pollution.