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A. ARTICLES (peer reviewed) 1. Beer, S., Shomer-Ilan, A. and Waisel, Y. 1975. Salt stimulated phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in Cakile maritima . Physiol. Plant. 3: 293-295 2. Shomer-Ilan, A., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1975. Suaeda monoica , a C 4 plant without typical bundle sheaths. Plant Physiol. 56 :676-679 3. Shomer-Ilan, A., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1976. Suaeda monoica , a C 4 plant without typical Kranz anatomy. Isr. J. Bot. 25: 94-97 4. Beer, S., Eshel, A. and Waisel, Y. 1977. Carbon metabolism in seagrasses. I. The utilization of exogenous inorganic carbon species in photosynthesis. J. Exp. Bot. 106: 1180-1189 5. Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1979. Some photosynthetic carbon fixation properties in seagrasses. Aquat. Bot. 7: 129-138 6. Beer, S., Shomer-Ilan, A. and Waisel, Y. 1980. Carbon metabolism in seagrasses. II. Patterns of photosynthetic CO 2 incorporation. J. Exp. Bot. 31: 1019-1026 7. Beer, S., Eshel, A. and Waisel, Y. 1980. Carbon metabolism in seagrasses. III. Activities of carbon fixing enzymes in relation to internal salt concentrations. J. Exp. Bot. 31: 1027-1033 8. Agami, M., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1980. Growth and photosynthesis of Najas marina L. as affected by light intensity. Aquat. Bot. 9: 285-289 9. Beer, S. and Wetzel, R.G. 1981. Photosynthetic carbon metabolism in the submerged aquatic angiosperm Scirpus subterminalis . Plant Sci. Lett. 21: 199-207 10. Beer, S., Stewart, A.J. and Wetzel, R.G. 1982. Measuring chlorophyll and 14 C-labeled photosynthate in aquatic angiosperms by the use of a tissue solubilizer. Plant Physiol. 67: 54-57 11. Beer, S. and Wetzel, R.G. 1982. Photosynthetic carbon fixation pathways in Zostera marina and three Florida seagrasses. Aquat. Bot. 13: 141- 146 12. Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1982. Effects of light and pressure on photosynthesis in two seagrasses. Aquat. Bot. 13: 331-337 13. Beer, S. and Wetzel, R.G. 1982. Photosynthesis in submersed macrophytes of a temperate lake. Plant Physiol. 70: 488-492 14. Beer, S. and Eshel, A. 1983. Photosynthesis of Ulva sp. I. Effects of desiccation when exposed to air. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 70: 91- 97 15. Beer, S. and Eshel, A. 1983. Photosynthesis of Ulva sp. II. Utilization of CO 2 and HCO 3 ‑ when submerged. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 70: 99- 106 16. Beer, S. and Levy, I. 1983. Effects of photon fluence rate and light spectrum composition on growth, photosynthesis and pigment relations in Gracilaria sp. J. Phycol. 19: 516-522 17. Agami, M., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1984. Seasonal variations in the growth capacity of Najas marina L. as a function of water depth in the Yarkon Springs, Israel . Aquat. Bot. 19: 45-51 18. Beer, S. 1985. Effects of CO 2 and O 2 on photosynthetic O 2 release of Spirodela polyrrhiza turions. Plant Physiol. 79: 199-201 19. Beer, S. and Eshel, A. 1985. Determining phycoerythrin and phycocyanin in aqueous crude extracts of red algae. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 36: 785-792 20. Eshel, A. and Beer, S. 1986. Inorganic carbon assimilation of Spirodela polyrrhiza . Hydrobiologia 132: 149-153 21. Beer, S. and Israel, A. 1986. Photosynthesis of Ulva sp. III. O 2 effects, carboxylase activities and the CO 2 incorporation pattern. Plant Physiol. 81: 937-938 22. Beer, S., Spencer, W. and Bowes, G. 1986. Photosynthesis and growth of the blue-green alga Lyngbya birgei in relation to its environment. J. Aquat. Plant Manage. 24: 61-65 23. Agami, M., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1986. The morphology and physiology of turions in Najas marina L. in Israel. Aquat. Bot. 26: 371-376 24. Lipkin, Y., Beer, S., Best, E.P.H., Kairesalo, T. and Salonen, K. 1986. Primary production of macrophytes: terminology, approaches and a comparison of methods. Aquat. Bot. 26: 129-142 25. Beer, S. and Shragge, B. 1987. Photosynthetic carbon metabolism in Enteromorpha compressa . J. Phycol. 23: 580-584 26. Holbrook, G.P., Beer, S., Spencer, W.E., Reiskind, J., Davis, J.S. and Bowes, G. 1988. Photosynthesis in marine macroalgae: Evidence for Carbon Limitation. Can. J. Bot. 66: 577-582 27. Beer, S. 1989. Photosynthesis and photorespiration in marine angiosperms (Review Article). Aquat. Bot. 34: 153-166 28. Reiskind, J., Beer, S. and Bowes, G. 1989. Photosynthesis and photorespiration in marine macroalgae. (Review Article). Aquat. Bot. 34: 131-152 29. Beer, S. and Israel, A. 1990. Photosynthesis of Ulva fasciata . IV. pH, carbonic anhydrase and inorganic carbon conversions in the unstirred layer. Plant Cell and Environ. 13: 555-560 30. Eilenberg, H., Beer, S., Gepstein, S., Geva, N. and Zilberstein, A. 1990. Red or blue light induced different Rubisco small subunits in fern gametophytes affecting carboxylation rates. In: M. Baltscheffsky, ed., Current Research in Photosynthesis, Vol. 3, Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, pp. 11.411-414 31. Beer, S., Spencer, W., Holbrook, G.P. and Bowes, G. 1990. Gas exchange and carbon fixation properties of the mat-forming cyanophyte Lyngbya birgei . Aquat. Bot. 38: 221-230 32. Levy, I., Beer, S. and Friedlander, M. 1990. Growth, photosynthesis and agar in wild type strains of Gracilaria verrucosa and Gracilaria conferta (Rhodophyta), as a strain selection experiment. Hydrobiologia 204/205: 381-387 33. Beer, S., Israel, A., Drechsler, Z. and Cohen, Y. 1990. Photosynthesis in Ulva fasciata . V. Evidence for an inorganic carbon concentrating system, and Rubisco CO 2 kinetics. Plant Physiol. 94: 1542-1546 34. Levy, I., Beer, S. and Friedlander, M. 1990. Strain selection in Gracilaria spp. 2. Selection for high and low temperature resistance in G. verrucosa sporelings. J. Appl. Phycol. 2: 163-171 35. Beer, S., Madsen, T. and Sand-Jensen, K. 1990. Rubisco in aquatic plants. Proc. European Weed Research Society, Uppsala, Sweden, pp. 33-34 36. Bowes, G., Spencer, W.E. and Beer, S. 1990. Ecophysiological considerations on the weed potential of Lyngbya . Proc. European Weed Society, Uppsala, Sweden, pp. 49-54 37. Eilenberg, H., Beer, S., Gepstein, S., Geva, N., Tadmor, O. and Zilberstein, A. 1991. Variability in Rubisco small subunits and carboxylation activity in fern gametophytes grown under different light spectra. Plant Physiol. 95: 298-304 38. Beer, S., Sand-Jensen, K., Vindbaek Madsen, T. and Nielsen, S.L. 1991. The carboxylase activity of Rubisco and the photosynthetic performance in aquatic plants. Oecologia 87: 429-434 39. Bowes, G. and Beer, S. 1991. Photosynthetic carbon acquisition in Gracilaria conferta . I. Gas exchange properties and the fixation pathway. Mar. Biol. 110: 195-198 40. Drechsler, Z. and Beer, S. 1991. The utilization of inorganic carbon by Ulva lactuca . Plant Physiol. 97: 1439-1444 41. Israel, A. and Beer, S. 1992. Photosynthetic carbon acquisition in Gracilaria conferta . II. HCO 3 ‑ uptake, carbonic anhydrase and Rubisco carboxylase kinetics. Mar. Biol. 112: 697-700 42. Beer, S., Spencer, W. and Bowes, G. 1992. HCO 3 ‑ use and evidence for a carbon concentrating process in the mat-forming cyanophyte Lyngbya birgei . Aquat. Bot. 42: 159-171 43. Beer, S. and Kautsky, L. 1992. The recovery of net photosynthesis during rehydration of three Fucus species from the Swedish west coast following exposure to air. Bot. Mar. 35: 487-491 44. Einav, R. and Beer, S. 1993. Photosynthesis in air and in water of Acanthophora najadiformis growing within a narrow zone of the intertidal. Mar. Biol. 117: 133-139 45. Drechsler, Z., Sharkia, R., Cabantchik, Z.I. and Beer, S. 1993. Bicarbonate uptake in the marine macroalga Ulva sp. is inhibited by classical probes of anion exchange by red blood cells. Planta 191: 34-40 46. Madsen, T.V., Sand-Jensen, K. and Beer, S. 1993. Comparison of photosynthetic performance and carboxylation capacity in a range of aquatic macrophytes of different growth forms. Aquat. Bot. 44: 373-384 47. Svirski, E., Beer, S. and Friedlander, M. 1993. Gracilaria conferta and its epiphytes. II. Interrelationships between the red seaweed and Ulva cf. lactuca . Hydrobiologia 260/261: 391-396 48. Lipkin, Y., Beer, S. and Eshel, A. 1993. The ability of Porphyra linearis (Rhodophyta) to tolerate prolonged periods of desiccation. Bot. Mar. 36: 517-523 49. Solomon, A., Beer, S., Waisel, Y., Jones, G.P. and Paleg, L.G. 1994. Effects of NaCl on the carboxylating activity of Rubisco: Amelioration by N-methyl-L-proline. Physiol. Plant. 90: 198-204 50. Sharkia, R., Cabantchik, Z.I. and Beer, S. 1994. A membrane-located polypeptide which may be involved in the HCO 3 ‑ transport of Ulva sp. is recognized by antibodies raised against the red blood cell anion exchange protein. Planta 194: 247-249 51. Drechsler, Z., Sharkia, R., Cabantchik, Z.I. and Beer, S. 1994. The relationship of arginine groups to photosynthetic HCO 3 ‑ uptake in Ulva sp. mediated by a putative anion exchanger. Planta 194: 250- 255 52. Beer, S. and Bj ö rk, M. 1994. Photosynthetic properties of protoplasts, as compared with thalli, of Ulva fasciata (Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 30: 633-637 53. Singer, A., Eshel, A., Agami, M. and Beer, S. 1994. The contribution of aerenchymal CO 2 to the photosynthesis of emergent and submerged stems of Scirpus lacustris and Cyperus papyrus . Aquat. Bot. 49: 107-116 54. Beer, S. 1994. The function of a putative HCO 3 ‑ transporter in the marine macroalga Ulva . Bielefelder Okologishce Beitrage 8: 51-56 55. Axelsson, L., Ryberg, H. and Beer, S. 1995. Two modes of bicarbonate acquisition in Ulva lactuca . Plant Cell and Environ. 18: 439-445 56. Einav, R., Breckle, S. and Beer, S. 1995. Ecophysiological adaptation strategies of some intertidal macroalgae of the Israeli Mediterranean coast. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 125: 219-228 57. Beer, S. 1995. Photosynthetic utilization of inorganic carbon in Ulva . Sci. Mar. 60: 125-128 58. Jones, G.P., Paleg, L, Waisel, Y, Solomon, A and Beer, S. 1995. Trans-3-hydroxy-N-methyl- l-proline hydrochloride. Acta Chrystallographica C51: 287-289 59. Friedlander, M., Gonen, Y., Kashman, Y. and Beer, S. 1996. Gracilaria conferta and its epiphytes. 3. Allelopathic inhibition of the red seaweed by Ulva cf . lactuca . J. Appl. Phycol. 8: 21-25 60. Koch, E. and Beer, S. 1996. Tides, light and the distribution of the seagrass Zostera marina in Long Island Sound. Aquat. Bot. 53: 97-107 61. Beer, S. and Koch, E. 1996. Photosynthesis of seagrasses vs. marine macroalgae in globally changing CO 2 environments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 141: 199-204 62. Larsson, C., Axelsson, L., Ryberg, H. and Beer, S. 1997. Photosynthetic carbon utilization in Enteromorpha intestinalis from a rockpool. Eur. J. Phycol. 32: 49-54 63. Beer, S. and Rehnberg, J. 1997. The acquisition of inorganic carbon by the seagrass Zostera marina . Aquat. Bot. 56: 277-283 64. Bj ö rk, M., Weil, A., Semesi, S. and Beer, S. 1997. Photosynthetic utilisation of inorganic carbon by seagrasses from Zanzibar, East Africa. Mar. Biol.129: 363-366 65. Beardall, J., Beer, S. and Raven, J. 1997. Biodiversity of marine plants in an era of climate change: Some predictions based on physiological performance. Bot. Mar. 41: 113-123 66. Beer, S. 1998. The acquisition of inorganic carbon in marine macrophytes (Commissioned). Isr. J. Plant Sci. 46: 83-87 67. Beer, S., Ilan, M., Eshel, A., Weil, A. and Brickner, I. 1998. The use of pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry for in situ measurements of photosynthesis in two Red Sea Faviid corals. Mar. Biol. 131: 607-612 68. Beer, S. and Ilan, M. 1998. In situ measurements of photosynthetic irradiance responses in two marine Red Sea sponges growing under dim light condition. Mar. Biol. 131: 613-617 69. Beer, S., Vilenkin, B., Weil, A., Veste, M., Susel, L. and Eshel, A. 1998. Measuring photosynthetic rates in seagrasses by pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 174: 293-300 70. Ilan, M. and Beer, S. 1999. A new technique for non-intrusive in situ measurements of symbiotic photosynthesis under water. Coral Reefs 18: 74 71. Bj ö rk, M., Uku, J., Weil, A. and Beer, S. 1999. Photosynthetic tolerances to desiccation of tropical intertidal seagrasses. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 191: 121-126 72. Beer, S. and Bj ö rk, M. 2000. A comparison of photosynthetic rates measured by pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry and O 2 evolution in two tropical seagrasses. Aquat. Bot. 66: 69-76 73. Beer, S., Larsson, C., Poryan, O. and Axelsson, L. 2000. Measuring Photosynthetic Rates of the Marine Macroalga Ulva by Pulse Amplitude Modulated (PAM) Fluorometry. Eur . J. Phycol. 35: 69-74 74. Schwarz, A.-M., Bj ö rk , M., Buluda, T., Mtolera, M. and Beer, S. 2000. Photosynthetic utilisation of carbon and light by two tropical seagrass species as measured in situ . Mar. Biol. 137: 755-761 75. Garty, J., Weissman, L., Tamir, O., Beer, S., Cohen, Y., Karnieli, A. and Orlovsky, L. 2000. Comparison of five physiological parameters to assess the vitality of the lichen Ramalina lacera exposed to air pollution. Physiol. Plant. 109: 410-418. 76. Steindler, L., Beer, S., Peretzman-Shemer, A., Nyberg, C. and Ilan, M. 2001. Photoadaptation of zooxanthellae in the sponge Cliona vastifica from the Red Sea as measured in situ . Mar. Biol. 138: 511-515 77. Hellblom, F., Beer, S., Bj ö rk, M. and Axelsson, L. 2001. A buffer sensitive inorganic carbon utilization system in Zostera marina . Aquat. Bot. 69: 55-62 78. Beer, S. 2001. Marine Photosynthetic Research in Zanzibar: A Mini-Review. S. Afr. J. Bot. 67: 390-392 79. Beer, S., Bj ö rk , M., Hellblom, F. and Axelsson, L. 2002. Inorganic Carbon Utilisation in Marine Angiosperms (Seagrasses) . Funct. Plant Biol. (former Australian J. Plant Physiol.) 29: 349-354 80. Steindler, L., Beer, S. and Ilan, M. 2002. Photosymbiosis in intertidal and subtidal tropical sponges. Symbiosis 33: 263-273 81. Winters, G., Loya, Y., Rottgers, R. and Beer, S. 2003. Photoinhibition in shallow water colonies of the coral Stylophora pistillata as measured in situ . Limnol. Oceanogr. 48: 1388-1393 82. Beer, S. and Axelsson, L. 2004. Limitations in the use of PAM fluorometry for measuring photosynthetic rates of macroalgae at high irradiances. Eur. J. Phycol. 39: 1-7 83. Bj ö rk, M., Axelsson, L. and Beer, S. 2004. Why is Ulva intestinalis the only macroalga inhabiting isolated rockpools along the Swedish Atlantic coast? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 284: 109-116 84. Uku, J., Beer, S. and Bj ö rk, M. 2005. Buffer sensitivity of photosynthetic carbon utilisation in eight tropical seagrasses. Mar. Biol. 147: 1085-1090 85. Bloch, K., Papismedov, E., Yavriyants, K., Vorobeychik, M., Beer, S. and Vardi, P. 2006. Photosynthetic oxygen generator for bio-artificial pancreas. Tissue Engineering 12: 337-344 86. Beer, S., Mtolera, M., Lyimo, T. and Bj ö rk , M. 2006. The photosynthetic performance of the tropical seagrass Halophila ovalis in the upper intertidal. Aquat. Bot. 84: 367-371 87. Bloch, K., Papismedov, E., Yavriyants, K., Vorobeychik, M., Beer, S. and Vardi, P. 2006. Immobilised microalgal cells as an oxygen supply system for encapsulated pancreatic islets: A feasibility study. Artificial Organs 30: 715-71888. Winters, G. Loya , Y. and Beer, S. 2006. In situ measured seasonal fluctuations in F v /F m of two common Red Sea corals. Coral Reefs 25: 593-598 89. Beer, S., Axelsson, L. and Björk, M. 2006. Modes of photosynthetic bicarbonate utilisation in seagrasses, and their possible roles in adaptations to specific habitats. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 13: 3-7 90. Kuguru, B., Winters, G., Beer, S., Santos, S.R. and Chadwick, N.E. 2007. Adaptation strategies of the corallimorpharian Rhodactis rhodostoma to irradiance and temperature. Mar. Biol. 151: 1287-129891. Saroussi, S. and Beer, S. 2007. Alpha and quantum yield of aquatic plants as derived from PAM fluorometry. Aquat. Bot. 86: 89-92 92. Pawlik, J., Steindler, L., Henkel, T., Beer, S. and Ilan, M. 2007. Chemical warfare on coral reefs: Sponge metabolites differentially affect coral symbiosis in situ. Limnol. Oceanogr. 52: 907-911 93. Saroussi, S. and Beer, S. 2007. Acclimations of macroalgae as reflected in photosynthetic parameters derived from PAM fluorometry. Mar. Ecol. 28: 377-383 94. Steindler, L., Schuster, S., Ilan. M., Avni, A., Cerrano, C. and Beer, S. 2007. Differential gene expression in a marine sponge in relation to its symbiotic status. Mar. Biotechnol. 9: 543-549 95. Sharon, Y. and Beer, S. 2008. Diurnal movements of chloroplasts in Halophila stipulacea and their effect on PAM fluorometric measurements of photosynthetic rates. Aquat. Bot. 88: 273-276 96. Semesi, S., Beer, S. and Björk, M. 2009. Seagrass photosynthesis controls rates of calcification and photosynthesis of calcareous macroalgae in a tropical seagrass meadow. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 41-47 97. Winter, G., Beer, S., Ben Zvi, B., Brickner, I. and Loya, Y. 2009. Spatial and temporal photoacclimation of Stylophora pistillata : Zooxanthella size, pigmentation, location and clade. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. (in press) 98. Runcie, J., Paulo, D., Santos, R., Sharon, Y., Beer, S. and Silva, J. 2009. Photosynthetic responses of Halophila stipulacea to a light gradient: 1 – In situ energy partitioning of non-photochemical quenching. Aquat. Biol. (in press) 99. Sharon, Y., Silva, J., Santos, R., Runcie, J., Chernihovsky, M. and Beer, S. 2009. Photosynthetic responses of Halophila stipulacea to a light gradient: II – Plastic acclimations following transplantations. Aquat. Biol. (in press) 100. Silva, J., Sharon, Y., Santos, R. and Beer, S. 2009. Measuring seagrass photosynthesis: Methods and applications. Aquat. Biol. (in press) 101. Kurzbaum, E., Beer, S. and Eckert, W. 2009. Alterations in delayed and direct phytoplankton fluorescence in response to the diurnal light cycle. Hydrobiologia (in press) 102. Winters, G., Holzman, R., Bleikhman, A. and Loya, Y. 2009. Photographic assessment of coral chlorophyll contents: Implications for ecophysiological studies and coral monitoring. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. (in press)
B. CHAPTERS / REVIEWS IN BOOKS (peer reviewed) and BOOKS 103. Shomer-Ilan, A., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1979. Biochemical basis of ecological adaptation. In: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology (new series), Vol. II. Eds. M. Gibbs and E. Latzko. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 190-201 104. Beer, S. 1986. The fixation of inorganic carbon in plant cells. In: H.Z. Enoch and B.A. Kimball (eds) Carbon dioxide enrichment in greenhouse crops. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL., pp. 3-11 105. Bowes, G. and Beer, S. 1987. Physiological processes: photosynthesis. In: Aquatic plants for water treatment and resource recovery, Magnolia Publ. Inc., pp. 311-335 106. Beer, S.1994. Mechanism of inorganic carbon acquisition in marine macroalgae (with special reference to the chlorophyta). In: Progress in Phycological Research. Biopress Ltd., Bristol, England, pp. 179-207 107. Beer, S. 1996. Inorganic carbon transport in seagrasses. In: J. Kuo, D. I. Walker and H. Kirkman (eds.) Seagrass Biology, Vol. 2: Scientific discussions from an international workshop. Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia, pp. 43-47 108. Axelsson, L. and Beer, S. 2001. Carbon Limitations. In: L.C. Rai and J.P. Gaur (eds) Algal adaptation to environmental stresses . Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 21-43 109. Beer, S., Bj ö rk, M., Gademann, R. and Ralph, P. 2001. Measurements of photosynthetic rates in seagrasses. In: F.T. Short and R. Coles (eds.) Global Seagrass Research Methods. Elsevier Publishing, The Netherlands, pp. 183-198 110. Lipkin, Y., Beer, S. and Zakai, D. 2003. The seagrasses of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea. In: E.P. Green and F.T. Short (eds) World Atlas of Seagrasses. University of California Press, Los Angeles, pp. 65-73 111. Bj ö rk, M., Short, F., Mcleod, E. and Beer, S. 2008. Managing seagrasses for resilience to climate change. Book, The Nature Conservancy – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland, 55 pp. C. PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS PRESENTED AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS Presenter (for lectures / oral presentations) underlined . Partial list. 1. Waisel , Y ., Beer, S. and Shomer-Ilan, A. 1974. The effect of sodium chloride on carbon fixation pathways and productivity of some halophytes (Abstr. p. 114). Deut. Bot. Ges. Tagung, Wurzburg, Germany 2. Beer , S . 1978. Carbon fixation in seagrasses: Dependence on substrate concentration (Abstr. p. I: 32). INTECOL Meeting, Jerusalem, Israel 3. Levy , I . and Beer, S. 1982. Characterization of mutants of Gracilaria sp. (Abstr. a28). 1 st Int. Phycol. Congr., St. John`s, Canada 4. Beer , S . and Eshel, A. 1983. Photosynthetic carbon utilization in Ulva sp. (Abstr./J. Phycol. S19: 12). 34 th Ann. AIBS and PSA Congr., Grand Forks, USA 5. Beer , S . 1983. Pressure effects on photosynthesis and growth in submerged marine macrophytes (Abstr. p. 34). 22 nd Int. Congr. SIL, Lyon, France 6. Beer , S . and Eshel, A. 1984. Determining phycoerythrin and phycocyanin in crude extracts of red algae (Abstr. p. 24.) 2 nd Int. GAP Workshop, Haifa, Israel 7. Beer , S . Israel, A. and Shragge, B. 1985. Photosynthetic carbon fixation in Ulva sp. and Enteromorpha sp: HCO 3 - utilization vs. C 4 metabolism (Abstr./J.Phycol. S21: 51). 36 th Ann. AIBS and PSA Congr. Gainesville, USA 8. Agami , M ., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1985. Turion formation and characteristics in Najas marina L. Int. Symp. on Aquatic Macrophytes, Silkeborg, Denmark 9. Beer, S . 1985. Photosynthetic carbon fixation characteristics of three submerged macrophytes differing in exogenous HCO 3 - utilization. Int. Symp. on Aquatic Macrophytes, Silkeborg, Denmark 10. Beer , S ., Spencer, W. and Bowes, G. 1986. Photosynthetic carbon fixation in Lyngbya (Abstr./Plant Physiol. S80: 328). Ann. Congr., ASPP, Baton Rouge, USA 11. Beer , S ., Spencer, W. and Bowes, G. 1986. Photosynthetic carbon fixation properties of Lyngbya as related to its weed potential (Abstr./J. Phycol. S21: 12). ASLO/PSA Congr., Kingston, USA 12. Bowes , G . and Beer, S. 1986. Physiological plant processes: Photosynthesis (Abstr. p. 26). Conf. Aquat. Plants for Water Treatment and Resource Recovery, Orlando, USA 13. Spencer , W ., Holbrook, G., Beer, S., Reiskind, J., Davis, J. and Bowes, G. 1987. Marine macroalgal photosynthesis is carbon limited in seawater. (Abstr./Plant Physiol. S83: 66). Ann. Congr. ASPP, St. Louis, USA 14. Beer , S ., Spencer, W., Holbrook, G.P. and Bowes, G. 1987. Photosynthetic carbon fixation in Lyngbya as related to its environment (Abstr. 1-03-7, p. 11). 14 th Int. Bot. Congr., Berlin, Germany 15. Beer , S . 1988. Physiological adaptations of Ulvales to seawater carbon sources. Int. Congr. on the Ecophysiology of Aquatic Macrophytes, Aarhus, Denmark 16. Beer , S . and Israel, A. 1989. Bicarbonate uptake in Ulva : The significance of surface pH and carbonic anhydrase (Abstr./ J. Phycol. S25: 18). AIBS/PSA Congr., Toronto, Canada 17. Eilenberg , H., Beer, S., Gepstein, S., Geva, N. and Zilberstein, A. 1989. Red or blue light induced different Rubisco small subunits in fern gametophytes affecting carboxylation rates. 8 th Int. Congr. Photosynthesis, Stockholm, Sweden 18. Levy , I . and Beer, S. 1989. Strain selection for growth under low and high temperatures in Gracilaria verrucosa . 13 th Int. Seaweed Symp., Vancouver, Canada. 19. Beer , S ., Madsen, T. and Sand-Jensen, K. 1990. Rubisco in aquatic plants. Congr. European Weed Research Society, Uppsala, Sweden 20. Beer , S . 1990. HCO 3 - uptake and the Ci concentrating system in the common marine macroalga Ulva . 2 nd Int. Symp. Inorg. Carbon Util. by Aquat. Photosynth. Org., Kingston, Canada 21. Bowes , G ., Spencer, W.E. and Beer, S. 1990. Ecophysiological considerations in the weed potential of Lyngbya. Congr. European Weed Research Society, Uppsala, Sweden 22. Beer , S , Israel, A. and Drechsler, Z. 1990. Rubisco activity and Ci concentration in a marine macroalga (Abstr./Plant Physiol. S93: 38). Ann. Congr. ASPP, Indianapolis, USA 23. Eilenberg, H., Beer, S., Gepstein, S. and Zilberstein , A . 1990. Variability in Rubisco SSUs and correlation with carboxylation activity. 20 th FEBS Congr., Budapest, Hungary 24. Beer , S . and Israel, A. 1991. Seawater pH and algal photosynthesis: Inorganic carbon conversions in the unstirred layer (Abstr./ Isr. J. Bot. 40: 68. Congr. Isr. Bot. Soc., Tel Aviv, Israel 25. Israel, A. and Beer, S. 1991. Carbon fixation properties of Gracilaria verrucosa : HCO 3 - use and the carbon fixation pathway (Abstr./Isr. J. Bot. 40: 75). Bot. Soc. Congr., Tel Aviv 26. Drechsler, Z. and Beer , S . 1991. Inorganic carbon acquisition in Ulva lactuca : HCO 3 - is taken up under natural conditions (Abstr./J. Phycol. S27: 19). 4 th Int. Phycol. Congr. (IPC4), Duke University, Durham, USA 27. Einav , R . and Beer, S. 1992. Acanthophora najadiformis : Photosynthesis and growth within narrow boundaries of the intertidal (Abstr./Isr. J. Bot. 41: 110). Isr. Bot. Soc. Congr., Rehovot, Israel 28. Beer , S . 1992. Inorganic carbon transport and the internal limiting factor for photosynthetic production in marine macrophytes. 32 nd Ann. Meet. and Int. Symp. Biology and Management of Aquatic Plants, Daytona Beach, USA 29. Singer, A. and Beer , S . 1992. Internal CO 2 transport and photosynthesis in the emergent aquatic macrophytes Scirpus lacustris and Cyperus papyrus . 32 nd Ann. Meet. and Int. Symp. Biology and Management of Aquatic Plants, Daytona Beach, USA 30. Svirski, E., Beer, S. and Friedlander , M . 1992. Gracilaria conferta and its epiphytes. II. Interrelationships between the red seaweed and Ulva cf . lactuca . 14 th Int. Seaweed Symp., Brest, France 31. Sharkia , R . and Beer, S. 1993. HCO 3 - uptake in Ulva is mediated by an anion exchange protein in the plasmalemma (Abstr./Isr. J. Bot.). Isr. Bot. Soc. Congr., Jerusalem, Israel 32. Beer , S ., Drechsler, Z., Sharkia, R. and Cabantchik, Z.I. 1993. HCO 3 - uptake in Ulva is mediated by a mammalian-like anion exchange protein in the plasmalemma. Ann. Congr., ASPP, Minneapolis, USA 33. Beer , S . 1993. Mechanisms for inorganic carbon acquisition in marine macroalgae (Keynote for Seminar). COST-48 Workshop on the Physiology of Light and Carbon Utilization in Green Macroalgae, with Special Emphasis to the Ulva Genus, Kristineberg, Sweden 34. Beer , S . 1994. Functional and structural aspects of HCO 3 - uptake in green marine macroalgae. Tel Aviv and Bielefeld Universities Congress on "Function and Structure at all Levels", Tel Aviv, Israel 35. Sharkia , R ., Gurevitz, M., Cabantchik, I. and Beer, S. 1994. Photosynthetic bicarbonate acquisition in the cyanobacterium Synechocycstis PCC6803 features resemblances with anion transport of red blood cells. Isr. Biochem. Soc., Ramat Gan, Israel 36. Beer, S. and Sharkia, R. 1994. The utilization of inorganic carbon by marine green macroalgae. 5 th Int. Phycol. Congr. (IPC5), Qingdao, China 37. Singer , A . and Beer, S. 1994. The importance of aerenchymal CO 2 for photosynthesis in Scirpus lacustris and Cyperus papyrus . Congr. European Weed Research Society, Dublin, Ireland 38. Beer, S. 1994. Strategies of bicarbonate utilization in weedy marine macroalgae. Congr. European Weed Research Society, Dublin, Ireland 39. Sharkia , R . and Beer, S. 1994. Photosynthetic bicarbonate uptake in Ulva fasciata is mediated by a putative anion exchanger. PSA/ASLO Congr., Miami, USA 40. Beer , S . 1994. Utilization of inorganic carbon by Ulva spp. 2 nd Algal Photobiology / COST-48 / Workshop, Malaga, Spain 41. Beer , S . and Koch, E. 1996. Photosynthesis of seagrasses vs. marine macroalgae in a globally changing CO 2 environment. 2 nd Int. Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Rottnest Island, Australia 42. Beer , S . 1996. Mechanisms of photosynthetic carbon acquisition in marine macroalgae (Symposium Lecture, Abstr. 11, p. 6). 1 st Eur. Phycol. Congr. (EPC1), Cologne, Germany 43. Susel, L ., Ben Zvi, B. and Beer, S. 1996. Mechanisms of bicarbonate utilisation in intertidal marine macroalgae of the Israeli coast (Abstr. 383, p. 53). 1 st Eur. Phycol. Congr (EPC1)., Cologne, Germany 44. Susel, L ., Ben Zvi, B. and Beer, S. 1997. Utilisation of inorganic carbon in intertidal marine macroalgae of the Israeli coast (Abstr. p. 44). Isr. Bot. Soc. Congr., Tel Aviv; Israel 45. Beardall, J ., Beer, S. and Raven, J. 1997. Biodiversity of marine plants in an era of climate change: Some predictions based on physiological performance. Aust. Soc. Phycol. Aquat. Bot., Hobart, Australia 46. Beer , S ., Susel, L., Vilenkin, B., Weil, A., Veste, M. and Eshel, A. 1998. The use of pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry for in situ measurements of seagrass photosynthesis (Abstr. p. 31). Isr. Bot. Soc. Congr., Rehovot, Israel 47. Beer , S . 1998. PAM fluorometry in tropical systems. International Workshop on PAM fluorometry, Sydney , Australia 48. Beer , S ., Weil, A., Semesi, S. and Bj ö rk, M. 1998. Photosynthetic utilization of inorganic carbon by seagrasses along a depth gradient (Abstr. p. 18). 3 rd Int. Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Manila. Philippines 49. Bj ö rk , M . and Beer, S. 1998. Effects of desiccation, re-hydration and high-light stress on the rate of photosynthetic electron transport in intertidal seagrasses (Abstr. p. 20). 3 rd Int. Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Manila, Philippines 50. Beer , S . 1998. The use of PAM fluorometry for determining photosynthetic rates in marine macroalgae (Invited speaker), COST-48 Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden 51. Poryan, O . and Beer, S. 1999. Measuring photosynthetic rates in Ulva fasciata by PAM fluorometry: Correlations with O 2 measurements. Isr. Bot. Soc. Congr., Rehovot, Israel 52. Winters, G . and Beer, S. 1999. Measuring quantum yields in zooxanthellae-containing corals by PAM fluorometry: Is this a new way of measuring coral stress? Isr. Bot. Soc. Congr., Rehovot, Israel 53. Beer, S . 2000. Photosynthesis in seagrasses. 4 th Int. Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Corsica 54. Beer, S . 2000. Marine photosynthesis (Invited Keynote speaker). The Int. Congr. on Marine Botany in the Western Indian Ocean. Invited keynote speaker. Maputo, Mozambique 55. Beer, S ., Bj ö rk , M., Hellblom, F. and Axelsson, L. 2001. Inorganic carbon utilisation in marine angiosperms (seagrasses). 4 th Int. Symp. Inorganic Carbon Utilisation in Aquatic Photosynthetic Organisms. Cairns, Australia 56. Malm, T . and Beer, S. 2002. Halophila stipulacea in the Gulf of Aqaba: Seasonal in situ allometry and photosynthesis. 5 th Int. Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Encenada, Mexico 57. Forster, R.M. and Beer, S . 2003. Measuring photosynthetic rates of soft- and hard-substrate marine benthic algae (Abstr. p.22). 3 rd Eur. Phycol. Congr. (EPC3), Belfast, UK 58. Beer, S . and Axelsson, L. 2003. Possibilities and restrictions in the use of PAM fluorometry on marine plants (Abstr. p.104). 3 rd European Phycological Congress, Belfast, UK 59. Beer, S ., Bj ö rk , M. and Axelsson, L. 2005. Why is Ulva intestinalis the only alga growing in rockpools? 8 th Int. Phycol. Congr. (IPC8), Durban, South Africa 60. Beer, S . 2006. Modes of photosynthetic bicarbonate utilisation in seagrasses, and their possible roles in adaptations to specific habitats. Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop, Malta 61. Beer, S . 2006. Photosynthetic adaptations of East African seagrasses to the intertidal. 7 th Int. Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Zanzibar, Tanzania 62. Kurzbaum , E ., Eckert, W. and Beer, S. 2006. The relationships between delayed and prompt fluorescence in monitoring photosynthetic traits in phytoplankton. J. Phycol. 42: 88 63. Saroussi, S. and Beer, S . 2007. Alpha and quantum yields of macroalgae derived from PAM fluorometry. 4 th European Phycological Congress, Oviedo, Spain 64. Semesi , S ., Kangwe, J., Beer, S. And Bj ö rk, M. 2007. Calcification and photosynthetic responses of a corraline alga to changes in seawater pH and CO 2 . 5 th WIOMSA Conference, Durban, S.A. 65. Semesi , S ., Beer, S. and Bj ö rk, M. 2008. Seagrass photosynthesis controls calcification in calcareous macroalgae. 8 th Int. Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Vancouver, Canada. 66. Beer , S . 2009. How seagrasses cope with high irradiances: Some case studies. 2 nd Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop, Split, Croatia. D . BOOK REVIEWS (and others) Book Reviews : Beer, S. and Lipkin, Y. 1990. "Photosynthetic Pigments of Algae" by K.S. Rowan. Aquat. Bot. 38: 312-313 Beer, S. 200 1 . "Seagrass Ecology" by M.A. Hemminga and C.M. Duarte. Aquat. Bot. 71: 79-81 Bj ö rk, M. and Beer, S. “Could Dense Seagrass Meadows Resist Ocean Acidification?”, Debate article in SeagrassWatch Magazine no. 37, 2009
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(November 2006) Department
of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel EDUCATION Languages
(spoken, read and written): English, Swedish, Hebrew,
German PROFESSIONAL
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 1974 - 1979 Tel Aviv University Botany Instructor 1979 - 1980 Michigan State University Limnology Research Associate (Post-Doc.) 1981 - 1986 Tel Aviv University Botany Lecturer 1985 - 1987 University of Florida Photosynthesis Visiting Scientist (Sabbatical) 1986 - 1991 Tel Aviv University Botany Senior Lecturer 1988 - 1989 The Open University Oceanography Scientific Advisor 1991 - 2000 Tel Aviv University Botany Associate Professor 1994 - 1995 University of Connecticut Marine Sciences Visiting Scientist (Sabbatical) 2000 - present Tel Aviv University Plant Sciences Full Professor 2000 - 2003 Tel Aviv University Plant Sciences Chairman of the Department 2001 - present Ruppin Academic Center Marine Botany Teacher / Lecturer 2003 - 2004 University of Stockholm Marine Botany Visiting Scientist (Sabbatical) 2003 - present University of Stockholm Botany Adjunct Professor 2007 - 2008 University of Dar es Salaam Marine Sciences Visiting Scientist (Sabbatical) 2009 University of New Hampshire Marine Sciences Visiting Scientist
Principal
Research Interests: Marine Macrophyte (Macroalgae,
Seagrasses) Photosynthetic Carbon Acquisition; Marine
Invertebrate Photosymbioses; PAM Fluorometric Methods
for in situ Measurements of Photosynthetic Production
Including “ Plant Physiology “, including Photosynthesis (obligatory lecture/lab course for 2nd year Biology students, also course co-ordinator, '86-'94; “ Aspects of the Biology of Marine Plants “ (for 3rd year Biology and M.Sc. students), '86- ' 93; “ Ecophysiology of Plants (Adaptations of Plants to Terrestrial and Marine Environments) “ (for 3rd year Biology and M.Sc./Ph.D. students, '93-; “ Introductory Botany “ (obligatory course for 1st year Biology students), ' 95-; “ Seagrass Physiology ” (in Zanzibar), invited teacher for the Swedish Aid Program Sida/SAREC for Marine Sciences, ' 96 and ‘01; “ Photosynthesis ” (for 3rd year Biology and M.Sc./Ph.D. students), '98- ; Various courses at the InterUniversity Insititue in Eilat, the Red Sea, including “ Marine Photosynthesis ”, ’97-; "Marine Botany" at the Israel Maritime College, ’01-). “ Marine Biology ” ( for 3rd year Biology and M.Sc./Ph.D. students), ’05-. “Scientific Writing in English” (faculty course for PhD students), ’01-; Graduate courses in Scientific Writing and Marine Botany at the Institue of Marine Sciences, Zanzibar, ’07-’08 Variably since 1982: Co-ordinator of Department seminars; Responsible for radioactive materials and their handling; Member of Ph.D. committee; Co-ordinator of (and responsible for) Department teaching and in charge of teaching assistants; Department representative of Faculty Teaching Committee; Faculty representative for the Tel Aviv University "Youth in Science" programme; Head of Department Scholarship Committee; Tel Aviv University representative for co-operation with Swedish universit ies; Head of departmental Space Allocation Committee, etc. ; Department Chairman (2000-2003); Head of the EcoOcean board (see www.ecoocean.org ) (20 05-)
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STUDENTS INVITED
LECTURES ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 2007 4 th European Phycological Congress, Oviedo , Spain (chairman of the scientific organizing committee) 2008 GAP (Group for Aquatic Productivity workshop, Eilat (group coordinator) 2009 2 nd Mediterranean Seagrass Congress, Croatia (Int. org. committee member, invited keynote speaker) 2009 Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Conference, Portland , US (invited session chairman and speaker)
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