Publications
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Scientific work
ARCHELON PAPERS PUBLISHED IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
(In chronological order)
The vast scientific work of ARCHELON can be seen in the large number of papers published mostly in scientific journals. We provide below a provisional list of all these papers; probably there are more which we couldn't locate. ARCHELON researchers and personnel as well as students working for ARCHELON have drafted these papers or co-authored them. Many of the papers below are accompanied by their full text in pdf format. You may download the papers you wish. In case you need a paper that does not appear as a pdf file, we may post a hard copy to you provided you send us your postal address at info@archelon.gr. Thank you!
- 2025
A global assessment of microplastic abundance and characteristics on marine turtle nesting beaches
Botterell et al., 2025, Marine Pollution Bulletin 215
- 2025
Updated global conservation status and priorities for marine turtles
Wallace BP, Bandimera AN, …, Panagopoulou A, …, Mast RB (2025)
Endangered Species Research 56: 247–276.
- 2025
Incipient Range Expansion of Green Turtles in the Mediterranean
Marín-Capuz et al., 2025, Molecular Ecology.
- 2025
Moving westwards in a warming sea: additional nests of the green turtle Chelonia mydas on Crete, Greece.
Panagopoulou A, Dretakis M, de Haan DS, Margaritoulis D (2025), MedTurtle Bulletin 7:23-26.
- 2025
Sporadic nesting records of the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta along the Greek shores of the Aegean Sea
Dimitris Margaritoulis et al.:
The Herpetological Bulletin 172, 2025: 13–16
- 2025
The Acquisition of Sekania: Securing a Loggerhead Nesting Site of Global Significance in Greece
Margaritoulis, D., & Arapis, T.
MedTurtle Bulletin 7, 16.
- 2025
Monitoring the conservation status of sea turtle nesting sites: expert knowledge and quantitative indicators
Paolo Casale et al., 2025
- 2025
Exponential Increase in a Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting Population: Investigating the Role of Multi-decadal Nest Protection in Kyparissia Bay, Greece
Margaritoulis et al., 2025, Zoological Studies 64:29
- 2025
Sporadic nesting events of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta along the Greek coasts of the Ionian Sea
Margaritoulis et al., 2025, Herpetozoa 38: 225–230
- 2025
The First Leatherback Sea Turtle Observed During a Nesting Attempt in the Mediterranean
M. Jony, S. Salhab, A.F. Rees, Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 2025, 24(2): 000–000 doi:10.2744/CCB-1671.1
- 2025
A case of a loggerhead sea turtle severely injured due to aggressive intraspecific interactions.
Papafitsoros K, Samlidou G, Kasimati E, Margaritoulis D (2025), MedTurtle Bulletin 8: 22-30.
- 2025
A loggerhead River Turtle (Caretta caretta) in Lesvos Island.
Margaritoulis D. (2025), MedTurtle Bulletin 8: 35-37.
- 2025
Exploring facial side similarities to improve AI-driven sea turtle photo-identification systems.
Adam L, Papafitsoros K, Jean C, Rees AF, Cermak V. (2025), Ecological Informatics 89, 1031 58.
- 2025
Sea turtles in the Mediterranean: Personal reflections.
Margaritoulis D. (2025), MedTurtle Bulletin 8: 2-9.
- 2025
Multi-year survival in the wild of a loggerhead turtle missing its lower jaw.
Rees AF, Margaritoulis D (2025), MedTurtle Bulletin 8: 31-34.
- 2024
The First Green Turtle Nest Documented in Rhodes Island, Greece
Kostas Teneketzis, Dimitris Margaritoulis, Aliki Panagopoulou, Paraskevi Louizidou, Konstantinos Kalaentzis, Gerasimos Kondylatos, Dimitris Mavrouleas
Med Turtle Bulletin 6
- 2024
Environmental Enrichment at ARCHELON’s Sea Turtle Rescue Centre: Preliminary Results on Behaviour and Diving Condition
Eirini Kasimati, Anja Dulleck, Natalia Wood
Med Turtle Bulletin 6
- 2024
On-site Treatment of Injured Sea Turtles: A Case Study from the Island of Crete, Greece
Dimitris Margaritoulis, Sonia Doblado, Aspasia Sterioti, Aliki Panagopoulou
Med Turtle Bulletin 6
- 2024
Implications of Treating a Gravid Turtle: A Case Study from the Island of Crete, Greece
Aliki Panagopoulou and Dimitris Margaritoulis
Med Turtle Bulletin 6
- 2024
A Sea Turtle Hospital from Scratch: An Illustrated History of the ARCHELON Rescue Centre in Greece
Dimitris Margaritoulis
Med Turtle Bulletin 6





