Sources, composition and spatial distribution of marine debris along the Mediterranean coast of Israel

By: Pasternak G., Zviely D., Ribic C.A., Ariel A., Spanier E.
Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Marine debris (litter) is a complex problem that affects human activities and the marine environment worldwide. The Clea (more…)

A long term (1949-2010) study of catch and effort in Israeli trawl fishery, Eastern Mediterranean Sea [Dugoročno istraživanje ulova (1949-2010) i ribolovnog napora izraelskih koćarica u istočnom dijelu Sredozemlja]

By: Golani D., Edelist D., Lerner A., Sonin O., Motro U.
Published in: Acta Adriatica
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: The trawl fishery of the Mediterranean coast of Israel was analyzed vis á vis catch and fishing effort for the years 194 (more…)

Optical imaging in the ocean

By: Treibitz T.
Published in: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: The ocean covers 70% of the earth surface, and influences almost every aspect in our life, such as climate, fuel, securi (more…)

The impact of Acacia saligna invasion on the indigenous vegetation in various coastal habitats in Israel and its implication for nature conservation

By: Cohen O., Bar P.
Published in: Israel Journal of Plant Sciences
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Coastal sand dunes are susceptible to invasive plants that significantly alter these endangered ecosystems. Acacia salig (more…)

The Dor C shipwreck, Israel: metallurgical analysis and its contribution to the ship characterization

By: Ashkenazi D., Cvikel D., Holtzman M., Bershadski D., Stern A., Klein S., Kahanov Y.
Published in: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: The Dor C shipwreck is the remains of a 60-t schooner that plied the Mediterranean during the last decades of the ninete (more…)

Migration of the Western Marsh Harrier to the African wintering quarters along the Central Mediterranean flyway: A 5-year study

By: Agostini N., Panuccio M., Pastorino A., Sapir N., Dell’Omo G.
Published in: Avian Research
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Background: The Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) is a partial migrant with the populations from Eastern and No (more…)

Last interglacial sea level high-stand deduced from well-preserved abrasive notches exposed on the Galilee coast of northern Israel

By: Sisma-Ventura G., Sivan D., Shtienberg G., Bialik O.M., Filin S., Greenbaum N.
Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: This study investigates the morphometry and structure of abrasive notches exposed along the tectonically-stable, micro-t (more…)

An overview of the management policy for marine sand mining in Israeli Mediterranean shallow waters

By: Trop T.
Published in: Ocean and Coastal Management
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: In Israel, the ever-increasing interest in mining and dumping of marine sand in the shallow waters of the Mediterranean (more…)

Prochlorococcus in the lab and in silico: The importance of representing exudation

By: Grossowicz M., Roth-Rosenberg D., Aharonovich D., Silverman J., Follows M.J., Sher D.
Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: In this study, we test the applicability of the Droop/Caperon internal stores model to describe the growth and decline o (more…)

Environmental sensitivity of Neogoniolithon Brassica-Florida associated with vermetid reefs in the Mediterranean Sea

By: Fine M., Tsadok R., Meron D., Cohen S., Milazzo M.
Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Vermetid reefs in the Mediterranean Sea are increasingly affected by both anthropogenic actions and global climate chang (more…)

Microbially catalyzed dolomite formation: From near-surface to burial

By: Petrash D.A., Bialik O.M., Bontognali T.R.R., Vasconcelos C., Roberts J.A., McKenzie J.A., Konhauser K.O.
Published in: Earth-Science Reviews
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Over the past century a number of models have been developed to explain the vast stratigraphic distribution of authigeni (more…)

Fish as hosts of Vibrio cholerae

By: Halpern M., Izhaki I.
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of pandemic cholera, is abundant in marine and freshwater environments. Copepods an (more…)

Caribbean massive corals not recovering from repeated thermal stress events during 2005–2013

By: Neal B.P., Khen A., Treibitz T., Beijbom O., O’Connor G., Coffroth M.A., Knowlton N., Kriegman D., Mitchell B.G., Kline D.I.
Published in: Ecology and Evolution
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Massive coral bleaching events associated with high sea surface temperatures are forecast to become more frequent and se (more…)

Spatiotemporal hotspots of habitat use by loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles in the Levant basin as tools for conservation

By: Levy Y., Keren T., Leader N., Weil G., Tchernov D., Rilov G.
Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Understanding the spatiotemporal abundance of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles is cru (more…)

Aquaculture and marine protected areas: Potential opportunities and synergies

By: Le Gouvello R., Hochart L.-E., Laffoley D., Simard F., Andrade C., Angel D., Callier M., De Monbrison D., Fezzardi D., Haroun R., Harris A., Hughes A., Massa F., Roque E., Soto D., Stead S., Marino G.
Published in: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: To meet the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Aichi Target 11 on marine biodiversity protection and Aichi Target 6 on (more…)

An extensive pockmark field on the upper Atlantic margin of Southeast Brazil: spatial analysis and its relationship with salt diapirism

By: de Mahiques M.M., Schattner U., Lazar M., Sumida P.Y.G., Souza L.A.P.D.
Published in: Heliyon
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: We present new evidence for the existence of a large pockmark field on the continental slope of the Santos Basin, offsho (more…)

Holocene hydrological events and human induced environmental changes reflected in a southeastern Mediterranean fluvial archive

By: Avnaim-Katav S., Almogi-Labin A., Agnon A., Porat N., Sivan D.
Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: The chronostratigraphy of an eastern Mediterranean Holocene fluvial sequence reflects global trends (climate and sea-lev (more…)

A method of conserving ancient iron artefacts retrieved from shipwrecks using a combination of silane self-assembled monolayers and wax coating

By: Ashkenazi D., Nusbaum I., Shacham-Diamand Y., Cvikel D., Kahanov Y., Inberg A.
Published in: Corrosion Science
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Iron artefacts corrode severely in a marine environment, and require further conservation after retrieval. This research (more…)

Future warming and acidification effects on anti-fouling and anti-herbivory traits of the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae)

By: Raddatz S., Guy-Haim T., Rilov G., Wahl M.
Published in: Journal of Phycology
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Human-induced ocean warming and acidification have received increasing attention over the past decade and are considered (more…)

Physiological and biogeochemical responses of super-corals to thermal stress from the northern gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

By: Grottoli A.G., Tchernov D., Winters G.
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Mass coral bleaching is increasing in frequency and severity, leading to the loss of coral abundance and diversity. Howe (more…)