SDG 14:
LIFE BELOW WATER

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

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SDG14 Highlights

University of Haifa, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, partnership, cooperation, research

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Partnership between University of Haifa and GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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Deep Sea Conferences by the Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences – 2023

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Marine Ecology and Ocean Health Lab headed by Dr. Igal Berenshtein

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SwitchMed Program and Fostering Blue Economy
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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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

Seaweed production: overview of the global state of exploitation, farming and emerging research activity

By: Buschmann A.H., Camus C., Infante J., Neori A., Israel Á., Hernández-González M.C., Pereda S.V., Gomez-Pinchetti J.L., Golberg A., Tadmor-Shalev N., Critchley A.T.
Published in: European Journal of Phycology
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: The use of seaweeds has a long history, as does the cultivation of a select and relatively small group of species. This (more…)

Hindcasting the dynamics of an EasternMediterranean marine ecosystem under the impacts of multiple stressors

By: Corrales X., Coll M., Ofir E., Piroddi C., Goren M., Edelist D., Heymans J.J., Steenbeek J., Christensen V., Gal G.
Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: An important challenge for conserving and managing marine ecosystems is to advance our understanding of how multiple hum (more…)

Assessing the costs for adaptation of marine constructions to sea-level rise

By: DiSegni D.M., Bitan M., Zviely D.
Published in: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2017 |  Link
Description: Marine constructions are highly vulnerable to climate change and sea-level rise (SLR), leading to increased risk rates o (more…)

Alien turf: Overfishing, overgrazing and invader domination in south-eastern Levant reef ecosystems

By: Rilov G., Peleg O., Yeruham E., Garval T., Vichik A., Raveh O.
Published in: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Coastal reefs are highly diverse marine ecosystems that in many regions suffer today from growing pressures by human act (more…)

A new perspective on valuating marine climate regulation: The Israeli Mediterranean as a case study

By: Peled Y., Zemah Shamir S., Shechter M., Rahav E., Israel A.
Published in: Ecosystem Services
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Marine climate regulation, the absorption and deposition of atmospheric carbon in the marine environment, is considered (more…)

State of the art and challenges for offshore Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA)

By: Buck B.H., Troell M.F., Krause G., Angel D.L., Grote B., Chopin T.
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: By moving away from coastal waters and hence reducing pressure on nearshore ecosystems, offshore aquaculture can be seen (more…)

Storm induced estuarine turbidity maxima and controls on nutrient fluxes across river-estuary-coast continuum

By: Chen N., Krom M.D., Wu Y., Yu D., Hong H.
Published in: Science of the Total Environment
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Climate change is likely to increase the frequency and intensity of tropical storms. However, the impacts of major storm (more…)

Future scenarios of marine resources and ecosystem conditions in the Eastern Mediterranean under the impacts of fishing, alien species and sea warming

By: Corrales X., Coll M., Ofir E., Heymans J.J., Steenbeek J., Goren M., Edelist D., Gal G.
Published in: Scientific Reports
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Using a temporal-dynamic calibrated Ecosim food web model, we assess the effects of future changes on marine resources a (more…)

Delineation of Subsea Freshwater Extension by Marine Geoelectromagnetic Soundings (SE Mediterranean Sea)

By: Levi E., Goldman M., Tibor G., Herut B.
Published in: Water Resources Management
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: This study presents a novel application of marine geoelectromagnetic technique, in an attempt to delineate freshwater ex (more…)

Benthic macro-faunal abundance and diversity and sediment distribution in Akhziv submarine canyon and the adjacent slope (eastern Levant basin, Mediterranean sea)

By: Roditi-Elasar M., Kerem D., Lazar M., Barneah O., Almogi-Labin A., Angel D.L.
Published in: Mediterranean Marine Science
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: The Israeli coastline is generally characterized by a broad and shallow continental shelf. Akhziv submarine canyon (ASC) (more…)

Enabling bioeconomy with offshore macroalgae biorefineries

By: Golberg A., Zollmann M., Prabhu M., Palatnik R.R.
Published in: Bioeconomy for Sustainable Development
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: The bioeconomy provides a possible solution for the increasing demand on natural resources by substitution of the nonren (more…)

Beachgoer participation in prevention of marine litter: Using design for behavior change

By: Portman M.E., Pasternak G., Yotam Y., Nusbaum R., Behar D.
Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Much marine litter comes from land-based sources, with a significant amount coming from activities on bathing beaches. T (more…)

Evidence of the impacts of emerging shark tourism in the Mediterranean

By: Zemah Shamir Z., Zemah Shamir S., Becker N., Scheinin A., Tchernov D.
Published in: Ocean and Coastal Management
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Shark tourism is a new concept that has not yet been recognized in Israel. While the principles and regulation of shark (more…)

Shark aggregation and tourism: opportunities and challenges of an emerging phenomenon

By: Zemah Shamir Z., Zemah Shamir S., Tchernov D., Scheinin A., Becker N.
Published in: International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: In the last few winters, shark communities have been aggregating near the Israeli Mediterranean coast, at a specific poi (more…)

The first deep-sea mooring station in the eastern Levantine basin (DeepLev), outline and insights into regional sedimentological processes

By: Katz T., Weinstein Y., Alkalay R., Biton E., Toledo Y., Lazar A., Zlatkin O., Soffer R., Rahav E., Sisma-Ventura G., Bar T., Ozer T., Gildor H., Almogi-Labin A., Kanari M., Berman-Frank I., Herut B.
Published in: Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The eastern Levantine basin (ELB) is an ultra-oligotrophic, warm and saline marine system, significantly affected by cli (more…)