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  1. Semi-Automated Mapping of Pockmarks from MBES Data Using Geomorphometry and Machine Learning-Driven Optimization

    Article • Remote Sensing, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  2. Sedimentological, Geochemical, and Environmental Assessment in an Eastern Mediterranean, Stressed Coastal Setting: The Gialova Lagoon, SW Peloponnese, Greece

    Article • Water, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  3. Using Distributed Temperature Sensing for Long-Term Monitoring of Pockmark Activity in the Gulf of Patras (Greece): Data Processing Hints and Preliminary Findings

    Article • Sensors, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  4. Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration of the Pockmark Field in the Gulf of Patras: New Insights on Formation, Growth and Activity

    Article • Applied Sciences, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  5. Predictive Mapping of Mediterranean Seagrasses-Exploring the Influence of Seafloor Light and Wave Energy on Their Fine-Scale Spatial Variability

    Article • Remote Sensing, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  6. Coastal Erosion Identification and Monitoring in the Patras Gulf (Greece) Using Multi-Discipline Approaches

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  7. Insights into seafloor litter spatiotemporal dynamics in urbanized shallow Mediterranean bays. An optimized monitoring protocol using towed underwater cameras

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  8. A Multidisciplinary Approach for the Mapping, Automatic Detection and Morphometric Analysis of Ancient Submerged Coastal Installations: The Case Study of the Ancient Aegina Harbour Complex

    Article • Remote Sensing, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  9. The Battle of Lepanto Search and Survey Mission (1971–1972) by Throckmorton, Edgerton and Yalouris: Following Their Traces Half a Century Later Using Marine Geophysics

    Article • Remote Sensing, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  10. Spatio-Seasonal Hypoxia/Anoxia Dynamics and Sill Circulation Patterns Linked to Natural Ventilation Drivers, in a Mediterranean Landlocked Embayment: Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece

    Article • Geosciences, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  11. Gas Seepage-Induced Features in the Hypoxic/Anoxic, Shallow, Marine Environment of Amfilochia Bay, Amvrakikos Gulf (Western Greece)

    Article • Geosciences, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  12. Atlas of Shipwrecks in Inner Ionian Sea (Greece): A Remote Sensing Approach

    Article • Heritage, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  13. Automatic Detection of Trawl-Marks in Sidescan Sonar Images through Spatial Domain Filtering, Employing Haar-Like Features and Morphological Operations

    Article • Geosciences, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  14. Multi-Frequency, Multi-Sonar Mapping of Shallow Habitats—Efficacy and Management Implications in the National Marine Park of Zakynthos, Greece

    Article • Remote Sensing, February 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  15. Synergistic Use of UAV and USV Data and Petrographic Analyses for the Investigation of Beachrock Formations: A Case Study from Syros Island, Aegean Sea, Greece

    Article • Minerals, November 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  16. Object-based classification of sub-bottom profiling data for benthic habitat mapping. Comparison with sidescan and RoxAnn in a Greek shallow-water habitat

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, August 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  17. An Automatic Target Detection Algorithm for Swath Sonar Backscatter Imagery, Using Image Texture and Independent Component Analysis

    Article • Remote Sensing, April 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  18. The Disappearance of Helike-Classical Greece—New Remote Sensing and Geological Evidence

    Article • Remote Sensing, January 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  19. Exploiting Environmental Information for Improved Underwater Target Classification in Sonar Imagery

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  20. Uranium and other natural radionuclides in the sediments of a Mediterranean fjord-like embayment, Amvrakikos Gulf (Ionian Sea), Greece

    Article • Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  21. Litter composition and source contribution for 80 beaches in Greece, Eastern Mediterranean: A nationwide voluntary clean-up campaign

    Article • Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, January 2013, Michigan State University Press

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  22. Quantification of regions of interest in swath sonar backscatter images using grey-level and shape geometry descriptors: the TargAn software

    Article • Marine Geophysical Research, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  23. Bed diversity in the shallow water environment of Pappas lagoon in Greece

    Article • International Journal of Sediment Research, March 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Elias Fakiris

  24. Illegal trawling and induced invasive algal spread as collaborative factors in a Posidonia oceanica meadow degradation

    Article • Biological Invasions, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael E Kornaros, Dr Elias Fakiris

  25. Fjord water circulation patterns and dysoxic/anoxic conditions in a Mediterranean semi-enclosed embayment in the Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Elias Fakiris