Geographic changes in the Aegean Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum: Postulating biogeographic effects of sea-level rise on islands

Stylianos Michail Simaiakis^a✉, Kenneth F. Rijsdijk^b, Erik Franciscus Maria Koene^b, Sietze J. Norder^{b c}, John H. Van Boxel^d, Paolo Stocchi^e, Cyril Hammoud^b, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis^f, Elisavet Georgopoulou^g, E. Emiel van Loon^b, Kathleen M. C. Tjørve^h, Even Tjørve^h

1. ^aNatural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Knossos Av., PO Box 2208, GR-71409 Irakleio, Crete, Greece
2. ^bInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, NL-1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
3. ^cCentre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
4. ^dPaleoEcology and Landscape Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, NL-1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5. ^eNIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Coastal Systems (COS), AB Den Burg, PO Box 59, NL-1790 Texel, The Netherlands
6. ^fLaboratory of Systematic Botany, Faculty of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos, GR-118 55 Athens, Greece
7. ^gGeological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria
8. ^hInland Norway University of Applied Sciences, PO Box 400, 2418 Elverum, Norway
9. ✉