Marine Center Publications 2025

Antarctic Biosecurity Policy Effectively Manages the Rates of Alien Introductions
Leihy, R. I., McGeoch, M. A., Clarke, D. A., Peake, L., Buba, Y., Belmaker, J. & Chown, S. L., Apr 2025, In: Earth’s Future. 13, 4, e2024EF005405.

BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series
Dornelas, M., Antão, L. H., Bates, A. E., Brambilla, V., Chase, J. M., Chow, C. F. Y., Fontrodona-Eslava, A., Magurran, A. E., Martins, I. S., Moyes, F., Sagouis, A., Adu-Acheampong, S., Acquah-Lamptey, D., Adam, D., Ajani, P. A., Albaina, A., Almaraz, P., An, J., Anderson, R. S. & Anderson, M. J. R. & 465 others, , May 2025, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34, 5, e70003.

Corrigendum to “Using dark diversity to disentangle the effects of protection and habitat quality on species diversity” [Biol. Conserv. 305 (May 2025) 111096](S0006320725001338)(10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111096)
Gavriel, T., Azzurro, E., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Bertocci, I., Cai, L. L., Claudet, J., Di Franco, A., Frid, O., Guidetti, P., Kleitou, P., Kletou, D., Malamud, S., Micheli, F., Mintrone, C., Sala, E., Salingre, S., Savva, I., Yahel, R. & Belmaker, J., Jul 2025, In: Biological Conservation. 307, 111162.

FISHGLOB: A collaborative infrastructure to bridge the gap between scientific monitoring and marine biodiversity conservation
Maureaud, A. A., Kitchel, Z., Fredston, A., Guralnick, R., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Palomares, M. L. D., Pinsky, M. L., Shackell, N. L., Thorson, J. T., Alemany, D., Amador, K., Bandara, R. M. W. J., Belmaker, J., Beukhof, E. D., Bograd, S. J., Camara, M. L., Carbonara, P., Chaikin, S., Collins, M. A. & Eddy, T. D. & 43 others, , Jun 2025, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 7, 6, e70035.

Integrating ecosystem technology into coastal and marine infrastructure: biodiversity assessments and methodologies for comparative analyses
Leit, A., Rosenberg, Y., Belmaker, J. & Sella, I., 2025, In: Frontiers in Climate. 7, 1529019.

Lessons learned by addressing challenges to deep-sea conservation planning in the Southeastern Mediterranean Sea: linking science to practice
Shabtay, A., Rothschild, A., Makovsky, Y., Neuman, A., Bialik, O., Goren, L., Idan, T., Slavenko, A., Salingré, S., Buba, Y., Guy-Haim, T., Herut, B., Stern, N., Gertman, I., Gilboa, M., Gal, G., Ofir, E., Rubin Blum, M., Berenshtein, I. & Amir, D. & 4 others, , Aug 2025, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 267, 107700.

New extensive sampling transforms our understanding of global marine diversity
Belmaker, J., 1 Oct 2025, In: PLoS Biology. 23, 10, p. e3003440

Population-Level Habitat Breadth Varies With Richness in Reef Fishes
Granot, I., Kulbicki, M., Vigliola, L. & Belmaker, J., Jan 2025, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34, 1, e13948.

Using dark diversity to disentangle the effects of protection and habitat quality on species diversity
Gavriel, T., Azzurro, E., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Bertocci, I., Cai, L. L., Claudet, J., Di Franco, A., Frid, O., Guidetti, P., Kleitou, P., Kletou, D., Malamud, S., Micheli, F., Mintrone, C., Sala, E., Salingre, S., Savva, I., Yahel, R. & Belmaker, J., May 2025, In: Biological Conservation. 305, 111096.

Biodiversity and biogeography of zooxanthellate soft corals across the Indo-Pacific
McFadden, C. S., Erickson, K. L., Lane, A., Nassongole, B., Aguilar, S., Dunakey, S. K., Durkin, K. M., Lalas, J. A. A., Kushida, Y., Macrina, L., Minor, N. P., Morales-Paredes, M., Nelson, J., Peddada, A., Poole, S., Porto, R., Purow-Ruderman, R., Snyder, K. E., Wismar, T. & Samimi-Namin, K. & 8 others, , Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 15461.

Diffuse pacemaker mechanism with distinctive organization drives pulsation in the octocoral Xenia umbellata
Nadir, E., Benayahu, Y., Ofek-Lalzar, M., Gabrieli, T. & Lotan, T., 18 Nov 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 46, e2500611122.

Redescription of type material of the genus Cladiella Gray, 1869 (Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea, Cladiellidae) from the Red Sea
Lazar, E., Mcfadden, C. S., Huchon, D. & Benayahu, Y., 8 Aug 2025, In: Zootaxa. 5674, 1, p. 1-84 84 p.

The non-indigenous tropical octocoral Carijoa established in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Kletou, D., Benayahu, Y., Michail, C., Kleitou, P., Constantinou, G. & McFadden, C. S., Sep 2025, In: Marine Environmental Research. 210, 107327.

Half a century of echinoid population decline in the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea
Eviatar, G. & Bronstein, O., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Animal Ecology.

Recurring cryptic mass mortalities—Lessons from bioturbating echinoids under combined climatic and anthropogenic stress
Schmidt, L. M., Anderson, G., Malamud, S., Kroh, A. & Bronstein, O., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Limnology and Oceanography.

Spread of a sea urchin disease to the Indian Ocean causes widespread mortalities—Evidence from Réunion Island
Quod, J. P., Séré, M., Hewson, I., Roth, L. & Bronstein, O., Jan 2025, In: Ecology. 106, 1, e4476.

Unravelling echinoid mass mortalities: a global overview of mechanisms, spatio-temporal trends, and taxonomic insights
Schmidt, L. M., Anderson Benaim, G. & Bronstein, O., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Biological Reviews.

Becoming a facilitator through co-design: a community of practice approach for facilitator engagement in a youth-centric citizen science initiative
Golumbic, Y. N., Adler, I., Gutman, N., Gueta, T. & Ben-Ami, F., 2025, In: International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement. 15, 3, p. 493-508 16 p.

Strong Bottlenecks Constrain Adaptive Coevolution in a Host–Parasite Metapopulation
Angst, P., Haag, C. R., Ben-Ami, F., Fields, P. D. & Ebert, D., Sep 2025, In: Molecular Ecology. 34, 17, e70047.

The Role of Host Age at Exposure, Host–Parasite Genetics and Host Size-Parasite Length Mechanics in Shaping the Outcome of Parasitic Infections in Three Zooplankton Taxa
Gattis, S. & Ben-Ami, F., Aug 2025, In: Freshwater Biology. 70, 8, e70086.

Three’s a crowd: The relationship among endoparasites, an epibiont and their Daphnia host
Hirshberg, O. & Ben-Ami, F., Aug 2025, In: Oikos. 2025, 8, e11050.

Testing the effect of host availability on endobiont diversity: proposing the single hotel hypothesis
Idan, T., Shefer, S., Chatzigeorgiou, G., Gerovasileiou, V. & Goren, L., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 21717.

A new Pseudophoxinus species (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Leuciscidae) from the upper Jordan River basin (Israel) with comments on the status of a few other congeneric species
Goren, M. & Feldstein-Farkash, T., 2025, In: ZooKeys. 1249, p. 303-315 13 p.

Diagnostic Eye Drops and Pain Sensitivity: A Marker for Dry Eye Syndrome?
Rock, O., Safir, M., Mimouni, M., Holzman, R., Bahar, I., Pereg, A. & Gaton, D., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Cornea. 10.1097/ICO.0000000000003893.

Dynamic color change in the grouper Variola louti during interspecific interactions and swimming
Marom, S., Kiflawi, M., Akkaynak, D. & Holzman, R., 1 Mar 2025, In: Behavioral Ecology. 36, 2, araf005.

Hydrodynamics and biomechanics of feeding
Holzman, R., Camp, A. & Perevolotsky, T., Jan 2025, Integrative Fish Biomechanics. Higham, T. E., Lauder, G. V., Farrell, A. P., Brauner, C. J. & Eliason, E. J. (eds.). Elsevier Inc., p. 1-57 57 p. (Fish Physiology; vol. 41).

Post-Larval Processes Reduce the Diversity of Coral Reef Fish Communities
Lazarus, M., Kimmerling, N., Gurevich, T., Kiflawi, M., Connolly, S. R., Holzman, R. & Belmaker, J., Feb 2025, In: Ecology Letters. 28, 2, e70058.

Regionalisation of Red Sea coral reefs based on remotely sensed environmental data identifies two distinct regions that align with large-scale climatic forcings
Cerutti, J. M. B., Holzman, R., Kiflawi, M. & Fine, M., Aug 2025, In: Coral Reefs. 44, 4, p. 1127-1142 16 p.
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Sifting Through the Haystack – Efficiently Finding Rare Animal Behaviors in Large-Scale Datasets
Bar, S., Hirschorn, O., Holzman, R. & Avidan, S., 2025, Proceedings – 2025 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 6290-6299 10 p. (Proceedings – 2025 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2025).

Twist and Snout: Head and Body Morphologies Determine Feeding Kinematics in Substrate-Biting Fishes
Perevolotsky, T., Brotman-Krass, J. M., Ratner, Y., Avigad, Y., Summers, A. P., Donatelli, C. M. & Holzman, R., 2025, In: Integrative Organismal Biology. 7, 1, obaf032.

Deep connections: exploring the genetic connectivity of mesophotic and shallow-water populations of the sponge Axinellapolypoides
Morav, T., Taboada, S., Goren, L., Idan, T., Shefer, S., Tikochinski, Y., Sancha, C. G., Pérez, T., Coma, R. & Ilan, M., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 39183.

Functional Genomic Characteristics of Marine Sponge-Associated Microbulbifer spongiae MI-GT
Ishaq, N., Song, Q., Ilan, M. & Li, Z., Aug 2025, In: Microorganisms. 13, 8, 1940.

Citizen science-based jellyfish observation initiatives in the Mediterranean Sea
Edelist, D., Canepa-Oneto, A., Azzopardi, J., Ballesteros, A., Bellido, J., Boero, F., Bordehore, C., Deidun, A., Fonfría, E. S., Gauci, A., Gili, J. M., Gueroun, S. K. M., Guy-Haim, T., Kuplik, Z., Leoni, V., Kogovsek, T., Marambio, M., Mangin, A., Moranduzzo, T. & Öztürk, İ. D. & 12 others, , Dec 2025, In: Hydrobiologia. 852, 21, p. 5313-5332 20 p.

Rhizostoma pulmo (Scyphozoa; Rhizostomeae) planulae and polyps: production, settlement preferences and development
Meffre, M., Courtet, A., Kuplik, Z., Dror, H., Angel, D., Bourgouin, E., Molinero, J. C. & Bonnet, D., Mar 2025, In: Marine Biology. 172, 3, 45.

Microbiota dynamics in lionfish (Pterois): insights into invasion and establishment in the Mediterranean Sea
Meron, D., Lalzar, M., Rothman, S. B. S., Kroin, Y., Kaufman, E., Kitson-Walters, K., Zvi-Kedem, T., Shemesh, E., Tsadok, R., Nativ, H., Einbinder, S. & Tchernov, D., 2025, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 16, 1570274.

Climate change resilience in Phallusia nigra: a comparative study of native and introduced populations
Unger, A., Lee, S. S. C., Teo, S. L. M., Levy, O. & Shenkar, N., 2025, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 12, 1666759.

Culturing the solitary ascidian Phallusia nigra in closed and open water systems for tropical environmental research
Lee, S. S. C., Unger, A., Teo, S. L. M. & Shenkar, N., Oct 2025, In: Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 23, 10, p. 700-714 15 p.

First record of the ascidian Ecteinascidia turbinata from Cyprus and its comparative morphology and genetics with Ecteinascidia thurstoni
Michail, C., Dimitriou, A. C., Huchon, D., Kleitou, P. & Shenkar, N., 15 Oct 2025, In: Mediterranean Marine Science. 26, 4, p. 1033-1043 11 p.

Interplay of Multilayered Transcriptomic Plasticity in Response to Temperature Fluctuations During Biological Invasions: A Case Study in Invasive Styela plicata
Huang, X., Platin, R., Unger, A., Shenkar, N. & Zhan, A., Jul 2025, In: Molecular Ecology. 34, 14, e70013.

Massive colonization by the solitary ascidian Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878, on the sandy bottom of the Israeli littoral
Golanski, D. B., Nachmias, A., Kahn, G., Fireman, A., Ucko, O. H., Shenkar, N. & Yahel, G., 2025, In: Aquatic Invasions. 20, 1, p. 53-68 16 p.

Modelling Non-Indigenous Ascidian Larval Dispersal in the Coastal Waters of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Berenshtein, I. & Shenkar, N., May 2025, In: Diversity and Distributions. 31, 5, e70009.

Seasonal fluctuations attenuate stimulatory or inhibitory impacts of colonial birds on abundance, structure and diversity of soil biota
Pen-Mouratov, S. & Dayan, T., 2023, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 14, 1080625.