Roubie, E. & Karavoltsos, S. & Sakellari, A. & Katsikatsos, N. & Dassenakis, M. & Megalofonou, P. (2024)
Trace Metals Distribution in Tissues of 10 Different Shark Species from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Fishes, 9(2), Article 77
DOI: 10.3390/fishes9020077

Leone, A. & Arnaud-Haond, S. & Babbucci, M. & Bargelloni, L. & Coscia, I. & Damalas, D. & Delord, C. & Franch, R. & Garibaldi, F. & Macias, D. & Mariani, S. & Martinsohn, J. & Megalofonou, P. & Micarelli, P. & Nikolic, N. & Prodöhl, P.A. & Sperone, E. & Stagioni, M. & Zanzi, A. & Cariani, A. & Tinti, F (2024)
Population Genomics of the Blue Shark, Prionace glauca, Reveals Different Populations in the Mediterranean Sea and the Northeast Atlantic. Evolutionary Applications, 17(9), Article e70005
DOI: 10.1111/eva.70005

Roussos, I. & Megalofonou, P. (2021)
Ontogenetic shifts and sexual dimorphism in the brain organization of the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 101(1), 189–198
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315420001368

Mancusi, C. & Baino, R. & Fortuna, C. & de Sola, L. & Morey, G. & Bradai, M. & Kallianotis, A. & Soldo, A. & Hemida, F. & Saad, A. & Dimech, M. & Peristeraki, P. & Bariche, M. & Clò, S. & de Sabata, E. & Castellano, L. & Garibaldi, F. & Lanteri, L. & Tinti, F. & Pais, A. & Sperone, E. & Micarelli, P. & Poisson, F. & Sion, L. & Carlucci, R. & Cebrian-Menchero, D. & Séret, B. & Ferretti, F. & El-Far, A. & Saygu, I. & Shakman, E. & Bartoli, A. & Guallart, J. & Damalas, D. & Megalofonou, P. & Vacchi, M. & Bottaro, M. & Notarbartolo Di Sciara, G. & Follesa, M. & Cannas, R. & Kabasakal, H. & Zava, B. & Cavlan, G. & Jung, A. & Abudaya, M. & Kolitari, J. & Barash, A. & Joksimovic, A. & Marčeta, B. & Gonzalez Vilas, L. & Tiralongo, F. & Giovos, I. & Bargnesi, F. & Lelli, S. & Barone, M. & Moro, S. & Mazzoldi, C. & Charis, C. & Abella, A. & Serena, F. (2020)
MEDLEM database, a data collection on large Elasmobranchs in the Mediterranean and Black seas. Mediterranean Marine Science, 21(2), 276–288
DOI: 10.12681/mms.21148

Kousteni, V. & Megalofonou, P. (2020)
Reproductive strategy of Scyliorhinus canicula (L., 1758): a holistic approach based on macroscopic measurements and microscopic observations of the reproductive organs. Marine and Freshwater Research, 71(6), 596–616
DOI: 10.1071/MF18474

Yemisken, E. & Eryilmaz, L. & Megalofonou, P. & Yildiz, T. (2019)
Length-weight relationships of nine common demersal Elasmobranch species from the Eastern Mediterranean. Cahiers De Biologie Marine, 60(3), 293–297
DOI: 10.21411/cbm.a.5f43befa

Yemisken, E. & Navarro, J. & Forero, M. & Megalofonou, P. & Eryilmaz, L. (2019)
Trophic partitioning between abundant demersal sharks coexisting in the North Aegean Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 99(5), 1213–1219
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315419000110

Zafeiraki, E. & Gebbink, W.A. & Vanleeuwen, S.P.J. & Dassenakis, E. & Megalofonou, P. (2019)
Occurrence and tissue distribution of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in sharks and rays from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Environmental Pollution, 252, 379–387
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.05.120

Leone, A. & Franch, R. & Damalas, D. & Zanzi, A. & Sperone, E. & Micarelli, P. & Garibaldi, F. & Megalofonou, P. & Bargelloni, L. & Babbucci, M. & Macias, D. & Prodöhl, P.A. & Stagioni, M. & Coscia, I. & Mariani, S. & Tinti, F. & Martinsohn, J. & Cariani, A. (2019)
Population genomics of the Mediterranean and North Eastern Atlantic blue shark, Prionace glauca, and management implications [Abstract]. In Book of Abstracts, European Elasmobranch Association, 23rd annual conference, 16-18 October 2019, Rende, Italy: 42

Metochis, C.P. & Carmona-Antoñanzas, G. & Kousteni, V. & Damalas, D. & Megalofonou, P. (2018)
Population structure and aspects of the reproductive biology of the blackmouth catshark, Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) caught accidentally off the Greek coasts. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 98(4), 909–925
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315416001764

Yemışken, E. & Forero, M.G. & Megalofonou, P. & Eryilmaz, L. & Navarro, J. (2018)
Feeding habits of three Batoids in the Levantine Sea (north-eastern Mediterranean Sea) based on stomach content and isotopic data. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 98(1), 89–96
DOI: 10.1017/S002531541700073X

Kousteni, V. & Karachle, P.K. & Megalofonou, P. & Lefkaditou, E. (2018)
Cephalopod prey of two demersal sharks caught in the Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 98(1), 81–88
DOI: 10.1017/s002531541700159x

Kousteni, V. & Karachle, P.K. & Megalofonou, P. (2017)
Diet of the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula in the Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean). Marine Biology Research, 13(2), 161–173
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2016.1239019

Kousteni, V. & Karachle, P.K. & Megalofonou, P. (2017)
Diet and trophic level of the longnose spurdog Squalus blainville (Risso, 1826) in the deep waters of the Aegean Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 124, 93–102
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.008

Leone, A. & Urso, I. & Damalas, D. & Martinsohn, J. & Zanzi, A. & Mariani, S. & Sperone, E. & Micarelli, P. & Garibaldi, F. & Megalofonou, P. & Bargelloni, L. & Franch, R. & Macias, D. & Prodöhl, P. & Fitzpatrick, S. & Stagioni, M. & Tinti, F. & Cariani, A. (2017)
Genetic differentiation and phylogeography of Mediterranean-North Eastern Atlantic blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) using mitochondrial DNA: panmixia or complex stock structure? PeerJ, 5, Article e4112
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4112

Kousteni, V. & Megalofonou, P. (2016)
Observations on the biological traits of the rare shark Oxynotus centrina (Chondrichthyes: Oxynotidae) in the Hellenic Sea. Journal of Fish Biology, 89(3), 1880–1888
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13077

Kousteni, V. & Kasapidis, P. & Kotoulas, G. & Megalofonou, P. (2016)
Evidence of high genetic connectivity for the longnose spurdog Squalus blainville in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 17(2), 371–383
DOI: 10.12681/mms.1222

Kousteni, V. & Kasapidis, P. & Kotoulas, G. & Megalofonou, P. (2015)
Strong population genetic structure and contrasting demographic histories for the small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Heredity, 114(3), 333–343
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.107

Kousteni, V. & Megalofonou, P. (2015)
Aging and life history traits of the longnose spiny dogfish in the Mediterranean Sea: New insights into conservation and management needs. Fisheries Research, 168, 6–19
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.03.014

Gkafas, G.A. & Megalofonou, P. & Batzakas, G. & Apostolidis, A.P. & Exadactylos, A. (2015)
Molecular phylogenetic convergence within Elasmobranchii revealed by cytochrome oxidase subunits. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 61, 510–515
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2015.07.025

Mancusi, C. & Baino, R. & Barone, M. & Morey, G. & Vacchi, M. & Gil de Sola, L. & Bradai, M.N. & Sperone, E. & Kallianotis, A. & Hemida, F. & Saad, A.A. & Dimech, M. & Peristeraki, P. & Bariche, M. & Cavlan, G. & Clò, S. & de Sabata, E. & Castellano, L. & Garibaldi, F. & Tinti, F. & Pais, A. & Follesa, C. & Micarelli, P. & Poisson, F. & Carlucci, R. & Soldo, A. & Bottaro, M. & Cebrian, D. & Kabasakal, H. & Fortuna, C. & Serét, B. & Ferretti, F. & El-Far, A. & Saygu, I. & Shakman, E.A. & Bartolí, A. & Guallart, J. & Damalas, D. & Megalofonou, P. & Notarbartolo Di Sciara, G. & Cannas, R. & Colombo, S. & Serena, F. (2014)
MEDLEM Database, A data collection on large cartilaginous fishes in the Mediterranean basin. Poster Abstract. In Programm and Poster Abstracts of Shark International, Durban 2014: 50

Damalas, D. & Megalofonou, P. (2012)
Occurrences of large sharks in the open waters of the southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Natural History, 46(43–44), 2701–2723
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.716864

Nicolaidou, A. & Alongi, G. & Aydogan, O. & Catra, M. & Cavas, L. & Cevik, C. & Dosi, A. & Circosta, V. & Giakoumi, S. & Giménez-Casalduero, F. & Filiz, H. & Izquierdo-Muñoz, A. & Kalogirou, S. & Konstantinidis, E. & Kousteni, V. & Kout, J. & Legaki, A. & Megalofonou, P. & Ovalis, P. & Paolillo, G. & Paschos, I. & Perdikaris, C. & Poursanidis, D. & Ramos-Esplá, A.A. & Reizopoulou, S. & Sperone, E. & Taskin, E. & Tripepi, S. & Vázquez-Luis, M. (2012)
New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (June 2012). Mediterranean Marine Science, 13(1), 162–174

Kousteni, V. & Megalofonou, P. (2011)
Reproductive biology and embryonic development of Squalus blainvillei in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Scientia Marina, 75(2), 237–249
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2011.75n2237

Kousteni, V. & Dassenakis, M. & Megalofonou, P. (2011)
Hg and Zn levels in the muscle, liver, gonads and gills of small-spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula, from the Aegean Sea [Abstract]. (Poster) In Programme Booklet of The 15th Annual Scientific Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association, Berlin, 29.10.–30.10.2011

Kousteni, V. & Kontopoulou, M. & Megalofonou, P. (2010)
Sexual maturity and fecundity of Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Aegean Sea. Marine Biology Research, 6, 390–398
DOI: 10.1080/17451000903233771

Goldman, K.J. & Baum, J.K. & Cailliet, G.M. & Cortés, E. & Kohin, S. & Macías, D. & Megalofonou, P. & Perez, M. & Soldo, A. & Trejo, T. (2009)
Alopias vulpinus IUCN 2012, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Version 2012.2, https://www.iucnredlist.org

Megalofonou, P. & Damalas, D. & Deflorio, M. & de Metrio, G. (2009)
Modeling environmental, spatial, temporal, and operational effects on blue shark by-catches in the Mediterranean long-line fishery. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 25(S1), 47–55
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009.01221.x

Megalofonou, P. (2009)
New records of the basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, in the Aegean Sea [Abstract]. In Progrtamm and Abstracts, 13th EEA Conference 2009, Palma de Mallorca, Spain(ed.Morey, G. & Yuste, L. and Pons, G.X.): 80

Megalofonou, P. & Damalas, D. & de Metrio, G. (2009)
Biological characteristics of blue shark, Prionace glauca, in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 89(6), 1233–1242
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315409000216

Iconomidou, V.A. & Georgaka, M.E. & Chryssikos, G.D. & Gionis, V. & Megalofonou, P. & Hamodrakas, S.J. (2007)
Dogfish egg case structural studies by ATR FT-IR and FT-Raman spectroscopy. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 41(1), 102–108
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2007.01.002

Megalofonou, P. & Chatzispyrou, A. (2006)
Sexual maturity and feeding of the gulper shark, Centrophorus granulosus, from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Cybium, 30(4), 141–145

Kousteni, V. & Megalofonou, P. & Dassenakis, M. & Stathopoulou, E. (2006)
Total mercury concentrations in edible tissues of two elasmobranch species from Crete (eastern Mediterranean Sea). Cybium, 30(4), 119–123

Megalofonou, P. & Damalas, D. & Yannopoulos, C. (2005)
Composition and abundance of pelagic shark by-catch in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Cybium, 29(2), 135–140

Megalofonou, P. & Damalas, D. & de Metrio, G. (2005)
Size, age and sexual maturity of blue shark, Prionace glauca, in the Mediterranean Sea. ICES CM Documents 2005, 9, 1–12

Megalofonou, P. & Chatzispyrou, A. (2005)
Observations on the biology and ecology of the deep see shark, Centrophorus granulosus, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. POSTER ICES CM Documents 2005, 29,

Megalofonou, P. & Yannopoulos, C. & Damalas, D. & de Metrio, G. & Deflorio, M. & de La Serna, J.M. (2005)
Incidental catch and estimated discards of pelagic sharks from the swordfish and tuna fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea. Fishery Bulletin, 103(4), 620–634

Megalofonou, P. & Damalas, D. (2004)
Morphological and biological characteristics of a gravid angular rough shark (Oxynotus centrina) and its embryos from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Cybium, 28(2), 105–110