Marine Center Publications 2024

Evaluating models for estimating introduction rates of alien species from discovery records
Buba, Y., Kiflawi, M., McGeoch, M. A. & Belmaker, J., Aug 2024, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 33, 8, e13859.

Fully protected marine areas linked to reduced home ranges of fishes
Ohayon, S., Abecasis, D., Almeida, P. R., Alós, J., Aspillaga, E., Belo, A. F., Costa, J. L., Di Franco, A., Di Lorenzo, M., Ferguson, A., Guidetti, P., Kraft, S., La Mesa, G., Olsen, E. M., Parsons, D., Pickholtz, R., Quintella, B. R., Silva, A. F., Taylor, B. M. & Villegas-Ríos, D. & 1 others, , Nov 2024, In: Fish and Fisheries. 25, 6, p. 985-996 12 p.

Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape
Burton, A. C., Beirne, C., Gaynor, K. M., Sun, C., Granados, A., Allen, M. L., Alston, J. M., Alvarenga, G. C., Calderón, F. S. Á., Amir, Z., Anhalt-Depies, C., Appel, C., Arroyo-Arce, S., Balme, G., Bar-Massada, A., Barcelos, D., Barr, E., Barthelmess, E. L., Baruzzi, C. & Basak, S. M. & 201 others, , May 2024, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 8, 5, p. 924-935 12 p.

Marine fishes experiencing high-velocity range shifts may not be climate change winners
Chaikin, S., Riva, F., Marshall, K. E., Lessard, J. P. & Belmaker, J., May 2024, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 8, 5, p. 936-946 11 p.

Surprising widespread Cymodocea nodosa occurrence along Israel’s Mediterranean coast and Implications for Seagrass Conservation in a hotspot of climate change
Ucko, O. H., Arlé, E., Malamud, S., Winters, G. & Belmaker, J., 2024, In: Mediterranean Marine Science. 25, 2, p. 500-510 11 p.

The cumulative niche approach: A framework to assess the performance of ecological niche model projections
Arlé, E., Knight, T. M., Jiménez-Muñoz, M., Biancolini, D., Belmaker, J. & Meyer, C., Feb 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 2, e11060.

A dramatic northward range expansion of a Red Sea soft coral in the Mediterranean Sea
Shlesinger, T., Mills, E., McFadden, C. S. & Benayahu, Y., Jul 2024, In: Ecosphere. 15, 7, e4938.

A new genus of soft coral (Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea, Cladiellidae) and three new species from Indo-Pacific coral reefs
McFadden, C. S., Benayahu, Y. & Samimi-Namin, K., 2024, In: ZooKeys. 2024, 1188, p. 275-304 30 p.

Host–Microbiome Interactions in a Changing Sea: The Gill Microbiome of an Invasive Oyster under Drastic Temperature Changes
Dor-Roterman, Y. R., Benayahu, Y., Reshef, L. & Gophna, U., Jan 2024, In: Microorganisms. 12, 1, 197.

Juvenile octocorals acquire similar algal symbiont assemblages across depths
Liberman, R., Voolstra, C. R., Hume, B. C. C. & Benayahu, Y., Apr 2024, In: Coral Reefs. 43, 2, p. 489-496 8 p.

A call to ARMS: new records of invasive alien decapods in the Mediterranean Sea
Galil, B. S., Zirler, R., Feldstein-Farkash, T. & Bronstein, O., Dec 2024, In: Management of Biological Invasions. 15, 4, p. 581-600 20 p.

First record of Thalamita oculea Alcock, 1899 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae) in the Mediterranean Sea
Galil, B. S., Tagar, A., Zirler, R., Bronstein, O. & Feldstein-Farkash, T., Mar 2024, In: BioInvasions Records. 13, 1, p. 97-107 11 p.

Mass mortality of diadematoid sea urchins in the Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean
Roth, L., Eviatar, G., Schmidt, L. M., Bonomo, M., Feldstein-Farkash, T., Schubert, P., Ziegler, M., Al-Sawalmih, A., Abdallah, I. S., Quod, J. P. & Bronstein, O., 17 Jun 2024, In: Current Biology. 34, 12, p. 2693-2701.e4

No place to call home: Distribution patterns of the tufted ghost crab, Ocypode cursor, populations in nature reserves, Israel, Eastern Mediterranean
Galil, B. S., Goren, M., Gayer, K. & Bronstein, O., Mar 2024, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 34, 3, e4116.

Reply to: Embracing the taxonomic and topological stability of phylogenomics
Lee, H., Lee, K. S., Hsu, C. H., Lee, C. W., Li, C. E., Wang, J. K., Tseng, C. C., Chen, W. J., Horng, C. C., Ford, C. T., Kroh, A., Bronstein, O., Tanaka, H., Oji, T., Lin, J. P. & Janies, D., Dec 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 4094.

Seven new Rhopalomyia gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Australia broaden the scope of the genus
Adair, R. J., Kolesik, P., Bronstein, O. & Dorchin, N., Aug 2024, In: Austral Entomology. 63, 3, p. 332-359 28 p.

The African cryptic clades of the toothed barnacle Chthamalus dentatus (Chthamaloidea, Chthamalidae)
Tikochinski, Y., Bronstein, O., Motro, U., Simon-Blecher, N., Kofi Ewusie Nunoo, F., Ndao, P. D., Ohana, T. & Achituv, Y., 2024, In: Marine Biology Research. 20, 5-6, p. 172-180 9 p.

The crown-of-thorns seastar species complex: knowledge on the biology and ecology of five corallivorous Acanthaster species
Uthicke, S., Pratchett, M. S., Bronstein, O., Alvarado, J. J. & Wörheide, G., Jan 2024, In: Marine Biology. 171, 1, 32.

Artificial cover objects as a tool for the survey and conservation of herpetofauna
Liberman, Y. R., Ben-Ami, F. & Meiri, S., Apr 2024, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 33, 5, p. 1575-1590 16 p.

Coinfection frequency in water flea populations is a mere reflection of parasite diversity
Halle, S., Hirshberg, O., Manzi, F., Wolinska, J. & Ben-Ami, F., Dec 2024, In: Communications Biology. 7, 1, 559.

Genome-Wide Allele Frequency Changes Reveal That Dynamic Metapopulations Evolve Differently
Angst, P., Haag, C. R., Ben-Ami, F., Fields, P. D. & Ebert, D., 1 Jul 2024, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41, 7

A multi-peak performance landscape for scale biting in an adaptive radiation of pupfishes
Tan, A., John, M. S., Chau, D., Clair, C., Chan, H. W., Holzman, R. & Martin, C. H., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 227, 16, jeb247615.

Diversity and Activity of Bacteria Cultured from a Cup—The Sponge Calyx nicaeensis
Itelson, L., Merav, M., Haymi, S., Carmeli, S. & Ilan, M., Oct 2024, In: Marine Drugs. 22, 10, 440.

Microbulbifer spongiae sp. nov., isolated from marine sponge Diacarnus erythraeanus
Ishaq, N., Zhang, M., Gao, L., Ilan, M. & Li, Z., 1 Sep 2024, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 74, 9, 006521.

Out of the blue: Hyperaccumulation of molybdenum in the Indo-Pacific sponge Theonella conica
Shoham, S., Keren, R., Lavy, A., Polishchuk, I., Pokroy, B. & Ilan, M., 19 Jul 2024, In: Science advances. 10, 29, eadn3923.

Sponge abundance and diversity patterns in the shallow and mesophotic reefs of the northern Red Sea
Raijman-Nagar, L., Goren, L., Shefer, S. & Ilan, M., 2024, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 11, 1370089.

Ecology of Rhizostomeae
Thibault, D., Kuplik, Z., Prieto, L., Enrique-Navarro, A., Brown, M., Uye, S., Doyle, T., Pitt, K., Fitt, W. & Gibbons, M., Jan 2024, Advances in Rhizostomeae Jellyfish Research. Morandini, A. C., Holst, S. & Reinicke, G. B. (eds.). Academic Press, p. 397-509 113 p. (Advances in Marine Biology; vol. 98).

Novel buffer for long-term preservation of DNA in biological material at room temperature
Kasu, M., Ristow, P. G., Burrows, A. M., Kuplik, Z., Gibbons, M. J. & D’Amato, M. E., 2024, In: BioTechniques. 76, 8, p. 357-370 14 p.

Swarm coherence mechanism for jellyfish
Gengel, E., Kuplik, Z., Angel, D. & Heifetz, E., Dec 2024, In: Physical Review E. 110, 6, 064406.

Against the flow: Integrated taxonomy and environmental suitability of a cold-water species dispersing to warmer waters
Montesanto, F., Hadjez, R., Mastrototaro, F., Huchon, D., Gissi, C., Novak, L. & Shenkar, N., Apr 2024, In: Biological Invasions. 26, 4, p. 953-973 21 p.

Detection of 10 commonly used pharmaceuticals in reef-building stony corals from shallow (5–12 m) and deep (30–40 m) sites in the Red Sea
Navon, G., Nordland, O., Kaplan, A., Avisar, D. & Shenkar, N., 1 Nov 2024, In: Environmental Pollution. 360, 124698.

Effects of biological filtration by ascidians on microplastic composition in the water column
Harel, E., Zucker, I. & Shenkar, N., Nov 2024, In: Chemosphere. 367, 143589.

Occurrence of plastic additives in coral-reef invertebrates on natural and plastic substrates
Vered, G., Nordland, O., Gozlan, I. & Shenkar, N., Nov 2024, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 208, 116935.