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Dr Vasilis Louca

Dr Vasilis Louca
Dr Vasilis Louca
Dr Vasilis Louca

Senior Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

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Email Address
v.louca@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272781
Office Address
G41 Cruickshank Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
St. Machar Drive
AB24 3UU

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School/Department
School of Biological Sciences




Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

SBS Postgraduate Teaching coordinator

Member of the University Postgraduate Forum

External Memberships

Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Biology

Research

Research Overview

Key Research Interests:

 

  • Conservation of aquatic systems
  • Drivers influencing biological community structure and biodiversity patterns
  • Bioacoustic monitoring in aquatic systems
  • Animal behaviour
  • Global change and aquatic systems

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Biological and Environmental Sciences.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

Biological and Environmental Sciences

  • Supervising
  • Accepting PhDs
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Research Specialisms

  • Marine Biology
  • Ecology
  • Freshwater Biology
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Entomology

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.

Current Research

* Coastal, estuarine and wetland ecology

* Desalination impacts on the coastal environment 

* Bioacoustic monitoring 

Collaborations

CMMI, Cyprus

Supervision

My current supervision areas are: Biological and Environmental Sciences.

Supervisees

  • MISS ELENI AVRAMIDI
  • MR MOHAMMAD FARHAN
  • MR MOHAMMED MASSOUD
  • MR ENZO CALABI
  • MISS MASTURAH MOHAMAD NADZARI

Funding and Grants

CREW funded project "Assessing the impact of forestry on water quality in Scotland: A review of modelling capabilities". £93 090.30 grant. P.I. start: December 2023.

RSE grants “Ecoacoustic diversity in Scottish wetlands”. £5000. Grant P.I. Start: 2025

Teaching

Programmes

Courses

Teaching Responsibilities

Programme coordination:

SBS Postgraduate Teaching coordinator

Co-coordinator of the MSc programme in Environmental Management

 

Course coordination and teaching:

 

Level 2 Ecology: lectures on population growth

Level 2 Conservation Biology: Lectures on PVA analysis, biodiversity, reintroductions and MPAs

Level 2 Freshwater and Terrestrial Ecology field course

 

Level 3 Behavioural Biology: lectures on parasites, predators, foraging theory and reproduction

Level 3 Animals in captivity: lectures on the ethics of keeping fish in captivity

 

Level 5 Environmental pollution: lectures on freshwater pollution

Level 5 Catchment management: lectures and coordination

Level 5 Core Skills in Environmental Sciences: coordination and lectures on statistical analyses and sampling designs

Non-course Teaching Responsibilities

Personal tutor

Publications

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  • Iron (III) emissions from seawater desalination plants: a new, hitherto overlooked contribution to the iron cycle in coastal seas?

    Kuepper, F., Massoud, M. K., Avramidi, E., Cruz-López, R., Yarimizu, K., Feiters, M. C., Louca, V., Xevgenos, D.
    Biometals, vol. 39, pp. 1247–1265
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  • Seaweeds of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia: neighbouring islands in the South Atlantic on opposite sides of the Antarctic Convergence

    Kuepper, F., Avramidi, E., Mystikou, A., Louca, V., Asensi, A. O.
    Botanica Marina, vol. 69, no. 1-2, pp. 7-23
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  • Cockroach social network position does not influence exploration tendency

    Louca, V., Savorelli, S., Vuorio, N., Fisher, D.
    Journal of ethology, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 75-86
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  • Upwelling, productivity, and changes in intertidal communities at a Pacific coastal marine protected area following a Coastal El Niño event

    Wilbur, L. M., Kuepper, F., Louca, V.
    Cahiers de Biologie Marine, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 47-65
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  • Analyzing Species Diversity in Rocky Intertidal Communities over Multiple Spatial Scales among Understudied Eastern Pacific Ecoregions

    Wilbur, L. M., Kuepper, F., Louca, V.
    Diversity, vol. 16, no. 8, 498
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  • A new species of Pontocrates Boeck, 1871 (Amphipoda, Oedicerotidae) from Cyprus

    Garcia Gomez, S. C., Myers, A. A., Avramidi, E., Grammatiki, K., Lymperaki, M., Resaikos, V., Papatheodoulou, M., Louca, V., Xevgenos, D., Kuepper, F.
    Zootaxa, vol. 5474 , no. 1, pp. 59-67
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  • A case for trans-regional intertidal research in unstudied areas in the northeast and southeast Pacific: Filling the gaps

    Wilbur, L., Louca, V., Ibanez, B., Kuepper, F.
    Coasts, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 323-346
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  • Algal cover as a driver of diversity in communities associated with mussel assemblages across Eastern Pacific ecoregions

    Wilbur, L. M., Kuepper, F., Louca, V.
    Marine Ecology, vol. 45, no. 1, e12785
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  • How to Decarbonize Greece by Comparing Wind and PV Energy: A Land Eligibility Analysis

    Wang, Q., Gontikaki, E., Stenzel, P., Louca, V., Küpper, F. C., Spiller, M.
    Energies, vol. 17, no. 3, 567
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  • Predicting diversity in benthic macro-scale communities associated with mussel matrices in three Pacific ecoregions

    Wilbur, L., Küpper, F. C., Katsiaras, N., Louca, V.
    Marine Ecology, vol. 44, no. 2, e12741
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  • Benthic biodiversity near brine discharge sites in the Port of Rotterdam

    Avramidi, E., Gomez Garcia, S., Papaspyrou, S., Louca, V., Kuepper, F., Xevgenos, D.
    Water Resources and Industry, vol. 27, 100173
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  • Aspects of environmental impacts of seawater desalination: Cyprus as a case study

    Xevgenos, D., Marcou, M., Louca, V., Avramidi, E., Ioannou, G., Argyrou, M., Stavrou, P., Mortou, M., Kuepper, F.
    Desalination and Water Treatment, vol. 211, pp. 15-30
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  • Assessing watermilfoil invasion effects on native macrophyte communities in North American lakes using a novel approach for macrophyte sampling

    Smith, S., Kuepper, F., Trinder, C., Louca, V.
    Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, vol. 422, no. 1, pp. 1-9
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  • The multidimensionality of female mandrill sociality-A dynamic multiplex network approach

    Pereira, A. S., Rebelo, I. D., Casanova, C., Lee, P. C., Louca, V.
    PloS ONE, vol. 15, no. 4, e0230942
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  • The dynamics of grooming interactions: maintenance of partner choice and the consequences of demographic variation for female mandrills

    Pereira, A. S., Rebelo, I. D., Casanova, C., Lee, P. C., Louca, V.
    PeerJ, vol. 7, e6332
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  • Term-time Employment and Student Attainment in Higher Education

    Dennis, C. A., Lemon, J., Louca, V.
    Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 28-38
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  • Competition for shelter occupancy between a native freshwater crab and an invasive crayfish

    Savvides, P., Louca, V., Sfenthourakis, S.
    Aquatic Ecology, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 273-278
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  • Role of fish as predators of mosquito larvae on the floodplain of the Gambia River

    Louca, V., Lucas, M. C., Green, C., Majambere, S., Fillinger, U., Lindsay, S. W.
    Journal of Medical Entomology, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 546-556
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  • Do culverts impact the movements of the endangered white-clawed crayfish?

    Louca, V., Ream, H. M., Findlay, J. D., Latham, D., Lucas, M. C.
    Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, vol. 14, no. 17, pp. 45-57
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  • Habitat associations, reproduction and diet of the Guinean tilapia Tilapia guineensis of the Gambia River floodplains

    Louca, V., Lindsay, S. W., Piyapong, C., Lucas, M. C.
    Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 76, no. 10, pp. 2469-2485
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  • Sex matters: A social context to boldness in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

    Piyapong, C., Krause, J., Chapman, B. B., Ramnarine, I. W., Louca, V., Croft, D. P.
    Behavioral Ecology, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 3-8
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  • Agriculture and the promotion of insect pests: Rice cultivation in river floodplains and malaria vectors in the Gambia

    Jarju, L. B., Fillinger, U., Green, C., Louca, V., Majambere, S., Lindsay, S. W.
    Malaria Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 170
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  • Fish community characteristics of the lower Gambia River floodplains: A study in the last major undisturbed West African river

    Louca, V., Lindsay, S. W., Majambere, S., Lucas, M. C.
    Freshwater Biology, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 254-271
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  • Factors triggering floodplain fish emigration: Importance of fish density and food availability

    Louca, V., Lindsay, S. W., Lucas, M. C.
    Ecology of Freshwater Fish, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 60-64
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  • The effects of different predator species on antipredator behavior in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata

    Botham, M. S., Kerfoot, C. J., Louca, V., Krause, J.
    Naturwissenschaften, vol. 93, no. 9, pp. 431-439
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