Marine Center Publications 2023

A biome-dependent distribution gradient of tree species range edges is strongly dictated by climate spatial heterogeneity
Lerner, D., Martínez, M. F., Livne-Luzon, S., Belmaker, J., Peñuelas, J. & Klein, T., Apr 2023, In: Nature Plants. 9, 4, p. 544-553 10 p.

Catch Estimates and Species Composition of Recreational Fishing in Israel
Frid, O., Gavriel, T., Ben-Ari, Y., Weinberger, A., Yancovich-Shalom, H. & Belmaker, J., Feb 2023, In: Fishes. 8, 2, 69.

Confronting the ‘nocturnal problem’ in coral reefs: sleeping site selection and cocoon formation in parrotfishes
Pickholtz, R., Kiflawi, M., Buba, Y., Chaikin, S., Gavriel, T., Lapid, G., Lazarus, M., Malamud, S., Marom, N., Marom, S., Nieger-Rachmilevitz, M., Olsson, K., Perevolotsky, T., Rothman, S. B. S., Salingrè, S., Shapira, N., Sternbach, B., Wandel, H. & Belmaker, J., Aug 2023, In: Coral Reefs. 42, 4, p. 811-825 15 p.

Consistent edge effect patterns revealed using continuous surveys across an Eastern Mediterranean no-take marine protected area
Ohayon, S., Homma, H., Malamud, S., Ostrovsky, I., Yahel, R., Mehner, T., Kanari, M. & Belmaker, J., 1 Aug 2023, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 80, 6, p. 1594-1605 12 p.

Fish depth redistributions do not allow maintenance of abundance in a region of rapid change
Chaikin, S. & Belmaker, J., Aug 2023, In: Oikos. 2023, 8, e09650.

Invading bivalves replaced native Mediterranean bivalves, with little effect on the local benthic community
Diga, R., Gilboa, M., Moskovich, R., Darmon, N., Amit, T., Belmaker, J. & Yahel, G., May 2023, In: Biological Invasions. 25, 5, p. 1441-1459 19 p.

Invasion trends: An interpretable measure of change is needed to support policy targets
McGeoch, M. A., Buba, Y., Arlé, E., Belmaker, J., Clarke, D. A., Jetz, W., Li, R., Seebens, H., Essl, F., Groom, Q., García-Berthou, E., Lenzner, B., Meyer, C., Vicente, J. R., Wilson, J. R. U. & Winter, M., 1 Nov 2023, In: Conservation Letters. 16, 6, e12981.

Marine protected areas’ positive effect on fish biomass persists across the steep climatic gradient of the Mediterranean Sea
Frid, O., Malamud, S., Di Franco, A., Guidetti, P., Azzurro, E., Claudet, J., Micheli, F., Yahel, R., Sala, E. & Belmaker, J., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 60, 4, p. 638-649 12 p.

The invasive silver-cheeked toadfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus) predominantly impacts the behavior of other non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean
Chaikin, S., De-Beer, G., Yitzhak, N., Stern, N. & Belmaker, J., Apr 2023, In: Biological Invasions. 25, 4, p. 983-990 8 p.

Xenia umbellata (Octocorallia): A novel model organism for studying octocoral regeneration ability
Nadir, E., Lotan, T. & Benayahu, Y., 1 Feb 2023, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10, 1021679.

Brewed in the African pot: the phylogeography of the toothed barnacle Chthamalus dentatus (Chthamaloidea: Chthamalidae)
Motro, U., Simon-Blecher, N., Bronstein, O., Frumin, S. & Achituv, Y., 2023, In: Marine Biology Research. 19, 6-7, p. 327-341 15 p.

Gaining a (tube) foothold – trends and status following two decades of the long-spined echinoid Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) invasion to the Mediterranean Sea
Zirler, R., Leck, L. A., Farkash, T. F., Holzknecht, M., Kroh, A., Gerovasileiou, V., Huseyinoglu, M. F., Jimenez, C., Resaikos, V., Yokeş, M. B. & Bronstein, O., 2023, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10, 1152584.

Hidden in plain sight: Tripneustes kermadecensis (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) is a junior synonym of the eastern Australian sea urchin Evechinus australiae described in 1878
McLaren, E., Bronstein, O., Kroh, A., Winkler, V., Miskelly, A., Sommer, B. & Byrne, M., 31 Oct 2023, In: Invertebrate Systematics. 37, 11, p. 741-754 14 p.

Mass mortality of the invasive alien echinoid Diadema setosum (Echinoidea: Diadematidae) in the Mediterranean Sea
Zirler, R., Schmidt, L. M., Roth, L., Corsini-Foka, M., Kalaentzis, K., Kondylatos, G., Mavrouleas, D., Bardanis, E. & Bronstein, O., 24 May 2023, In: Royal Society Open Science. 10, 5, 230251.

Molecular analysis separates the Atlantic population of Montagu’s stellate barnacle into two cryptic species
Bronstein, O., Motro, U., Simon-Blecher, N., Ndao, P. D., Savaya, A. & Achituv, Y., Nov 2023, In: Zoologica Scripta. 52, 6, p. 654-661 8 p.

Phylogeny, ancestral ranges and reclassification of sand dollars
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 2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, 10199.

Age Structure Eliminates the Impact of Coinfection on Epidemic Dynamics in a Freshwater Zooplankton System
Clay, P. A., Gattis, S., Garcia, J., Hernandez, V., Ben-Ami, F. & Duffy, M. A., Dec 2023, In: American Naturalist. 202, 6, p. 785-799 15 p.

Out of the ‘host’ box: extreme off-host conditions alter the infectivity and virulence of a parasitic bacterium
Marcus, E., Dagan, T., Asli, W. & Ben-Ami, F., 27 Mar 2023, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 378, 1873, 20220015.

The parasites of my rival are my friends
Orlansky, S. & Ben-Ami, F., 2023, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 14, 1135252.

An updated checklist of the Red Sea gobioid species (Teleostei: Gobiiformes), with four new records
Bogorodsky, S. V. & Goren, M., 2023, In: Zoology in the Middle East. 69, 2, p. 123-163 41 p.

Evaluation of fisheries management policies in the alien species-rich Eastern Mediterranean under climate change
Ofir, E., Corrales, X., Coll, M., Heymans, J. J., Goren, M., Steenbeek, J., Amitai, Y., Shachar, N. & Gal, G., 2023, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10, 1155480.

How many valid Pleurosicya (Teleostei: Gobiidae) species are known from the Red Sea?
Goren, M., Bogorodsky, S. V. & Rothman, S. B. S., 27 Mar 2023, In: Zootaxa. 5258, 1, p. 113-129 17 p.

Revisiting the species list of freshwater fish in Israel based on DNA barcoding
Tadmor-Levi, R., Feldstein-Farkash, T., Milstein, D., Golani, D., Leader, N., Goren, M. & David, L., Dec 2023, In: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 12, e10812.

A power amplification dyad in seahorses
Avidan, C., Day, S. W. & Holzman, R., 12 Apr 2023, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 290, 1996, 20230520.

An extreme storm decreases reef fish abundance and richness but does not impact spatial heterogeneity
Gavriel, T., Zvuloni, A., Levy, L., Avidan, C., Avidan, L., Buba, Y., Chaikin, S., Frid, O., Holzman, R., Lazarus, M., Malamud, S., Marom, S., Perevolotsky, T., Pickholtz, R., Salingre, S., Shapira, N. & Belmaker, J., Dec 2023, In: Coral Reefs. 42, 6, p. 1395-1410 16 p.

Assessing the determinants of larval fish strike rates using computer vision
Bar, S., Levy, L., Avidan, S. & Holzman, R., Nov 2023, In: Ecological Informatics. 77, 102195.

Facial hypopigmentation as an unusual manifestation of Demodex infestation – a case series
Holzman, R., Hackett, A., Pavlovsky, L., Feuerman, H., Hodak, E., Didkovsky, E., Segal, R. & Atzmony, L., Oct 2023, In: International Journal of Dermatology. 62, 10, p. 1289-1291 3 p.

Ultraviolet A Combined with Narrow-Band Ultraviolet B is an Effective Treatment Modality for Early Folliculotropic Mycosis Fungoides and Early Mycosis Fungoides Refractory to Narrow-Band Ultraviolet B: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Amitay-Laish, I., Naveh, H. P., Holzman, R., Baker, A. A., Raviv, A., Friedland, R., Amitai, D. B., Reiter, O., David, M. & Hodak, E., 2023, In: Dermatologic Therapy. 2023, 8865065.

A comparison of mesophotic and shallow sponge holobionts resilience to predicted future temperature elevation
Raijman-Nagar, L., Goren, L., Shefer, S., Moskovich, R., Li, Z. & Ilan, M., 2023, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10, 1161648.

High variability and enhanced nocturnal oxygen uptake in coral reef sponges
Moskovich, R., Diga, R., Ilan, M. & Yahel, G., Jul 2023, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 68, 7, p. 1517-1529 13 p.

New Negombata species discovered: latrunculin mystery solved
Raijman-Nagar, L., Shefer, S., Feldstein-Farkash, T., Novak, L. & Ilan, M., Apr 2023, In: Coral Reefs. 42, 2, p. 343-357 15 p.

Seasonal Molecular Difference in Fibrillar Collagen Extracts Derived from the Marine Sponge Chondrosia reniformis (Nardo, 1847) and Their Impact on Its Derived Biomaterials
Tassara, E., Orel, B., Ilan, M., Cavallo, D., Dodero, A., Castellano, M., Vicini, S., Giovine, M. & Pozzolini, M., Apr 2023, In: Marine Drugs. 21, 4, 210.

A physics-based model of swarming jellyfish
Gengel, E., Kuplik, Z., Angel, D. & Heifetz, E., Jul 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 7 JULY, e0288378.

The Delimitation of Geographic Distributions of Gobius bucchichi and Gobius incognitus (Teleostei: Gobiidae)
Kovačić, M., Renoult, J. P., Pillon, R., Bilecenoglu, M., Tiralongo, F., Bogorodsky, S. V., Engin, S., Kovtun, O., Louisy, P., Patzner, R. A., Rothman, S. B. S., Soldo, A. & Yokes, M. B., Mar 2023, In: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11, 3, 516.

Can stand the heat – ecology of the potentially invasive ascidian Styela plicata along the Mediterranean coast of Israel
Platin, R. & Shenkar, N., 2023, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10, 1159231.

Multidimensional plasticity jointly contributes to rapid acclimation to environmental challenges during biological invasions
Huang, X., Li, H., Shenkar, N. & Zhan, A., May 2023, In: RNA. 29, 5, p. 675-690 16 p.

Plastic pollution in a coral reef climate refuge: Occurrence of anthropogenic debris, microplastics, and plasticizers in the Gulf of Aqaba
Vered, G. & Shenkar, N., 20 Dec 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 905, 167791.

Prioritizing management of high-risk routes and ports by vessel type to improve marine biosecurity efforts
Bereza, D., Grey, E. & Shenkar, N., 15 Jun 2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 336, 117597.

Sea squirts adventures
Shenkar, N., Nov 2023, In: Genesis (United States). 61, 6, e23560.

Validated Inventories of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) for the Mediterranean Sea as Tools for Regional Policy and Patterns of NIS Spread
Galanidi, M., Aissi, M., Ali, M., Bakalem, A., Bariche, M., Bartolo, A. G., Bazairi, H., Beqiraj, S., Bilecenoglu, M., Bitar, G., Bugeja, M., Carbonell, A., Castriota, L., Chalabi, A., Çinar, M. E., Dragičević, B., Dulčić, J., El-Haweet, A. E. A., Farrag, M. M. S. & Evans, J. & 20 others, , Sep 2023, In: Diversity. 15, 9, 962.