Assessing the fish fauna diversity and abundance at Aegean and Ionian seas, with emphasis on certain NIS fish species via Scientific diving and Visual Census

• Thodoros E. Kampouris ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: th.kampouris@aegean.gr, thodocean@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Lesvos Island, Mytilene, Greece, Astrolabe-Marine Research, Lesvos Island, Mytilene, Greece

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2528-6941

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• Sofia Pappou,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Lesvos Island, Mytilene, Greece

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• Zinovia Erga,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliations Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Lesvos Island, Mytilene, Greece, Oceanides-Institute of Marine Research & Education

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• Vasilis Kouloumperis,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliations Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Lesvos Island, Mytilene, Greece, 16, Athanasiou Diakou str., 17343, Athens, Greece

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• Ioannis E. Batjakas

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Lesvos Island, Mytilene, Greece

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