Hellenic Centre for Marine Research – Department of Inland Waters

Contact point / Staff Involved and title:
Dr. Anastasios Papadopoulos, Research Director, Meteorologist, Dr. Elias Dimitriou, Research Director, Water Resources Management, Dr. Christina Papadaki, Research Associate, Agronomist, Ms. Angeliki Mentzafou, Research Associate, Geologist-Hydrologist, and Mr. Georgios Amaxidis, Research Associate, Geologist

The mission of IMBRIW is to (a) support the conservation and management of aquatic biological resources, habitats and ecosystems in order that the latter will continue providing their services for future generations, (b) provide advice and services to national, Mediterranean, EU and other International bodies on environmental conservation and management and (c) raise public awareness on issues related to the conservation of aquatic biological resources, habitats and ecosystems.

The main goals of IMBRIW are the production of knowledge related to structural and functional aspects of inland aquatic ecosystems, and the high trophic level components (including fisheries) of marine ecosystems, and the application of this knowledge for integrated river basin and coastal zone management, ecosystem-based fisheries management and biodiversity conservation. A key element is the development and application of state-ofthe-art tools for ecological monitoring, weather forecasting, hydrometeorological, water quality and ecological modelling.