Ph.D.:	State University of New York at Stony Brook, L.I. New York, 1967-1971.
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Research Interests

Selected Publications

Students and Lab Members

Academic and Professional Experience

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: Education:

Degree	Year	Institute	Dept.	Thesis
Post doctorate	1971-1972	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, (WHOI) Mass.	Ecology	Oil pollution effects on benthic communities in Buzzards Bay Woods Hole (with Professors H. Sanders and F. Grassle)
Ph.D.	1967-1971	State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York	Ecology	Community structure and species diversity of hermatypic corals at Eilat, Red Sea. Supervisor: Prof. L.B. Slobodkin
M.Sc.	1965-1967	Tel Aviv University, Israel	Zoology	Ecology of fish breeding in brackish water ponds near the Dead Sea (Israel); Suma cum laude
B.Sc.	1962-1965	Tel Aviv University, Israel	Biology

Research Interests

Ecology and Evolution of reef corals; Coral reef community structure; Species diversity of corals; Life history strategies of reef corals and their associated fauna; Competitive networks and space partitioning within coral populations; The role of boring organisms in bioerosion of coral reefs; Effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on coral reef communities; Effects of oil-pollution on coral- reef communities; Conservation ecology and management of coral reef nature reserves; hormonal influences on anthozoan reproductive cycles, effects of environmental stress on anthozoan reproduction Biologically active compounds derived from coral-reef organisms in search for new drugs; Global climatic changes and its effect on coral-reef communities; Coral bleaching; Coral diseases.

Students and Lab Members

Ph.D. students

Graduation year	Name	Thesis title
1982	Yehuda Benayahu	Population dynamics and life history strategies in Red Sea soft corals.
1982	Baruch Rinkevich	Calcification and productivity in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata.
1984	Avi Shafir	Aspects of energy flow within the coral Stylophora pistillata and some of its associates.
1984	Yechiam Schlesinger	Reproduction and juvenile growth in stony corals.
1988	Craig Browdy	Growth and reproduction of the shrimp Penaeus semisulcatus in captivity.
1989	Micha Ilan	Life strategies of sponges from the Red Sea: Reproduction, settlement and self/non-self recognition.
1993	Avigdor Abelson	Biomechanical aspects in the biology and ecology of sessile organisms in coral reefs.
1993	Ofer Mokady	Bioerosion rate of corals by boring bivalves: A chemical approach.
1994	Rami Klein	Skeletal banding in recent and fossil corals.
1995	Amit Lotan	Medusae blooms in the Mediterranean Sea: Ecological and toxicological aspects.
1998	Ester Kramarsky	Winter Reproductive strategies of fungid corals: sexual and asexual reproduction.
1998	Uri Oren	Regeneration patterns in reef corals.
1998	Ariel Kushmaro	Interactions between corals and their associated bacteria.(Co-Supervisor: Prof. Eugene Rosenberg)
2002	Maoz Fine	Community structure and dynamics of Mediterranean corals.
2003	Michael Rosenfeld	The use of contemporary corals in predictive models concerned with global climate change.
2003	Dov Kelman	Biologically active materials derived from Red Sea organisms.
2003	Omer Choresh	Expression of heat shock proteins (HSPs) in marine invertebrates:development of an early warning system for disturbed marine environments.
Current	Gidon Winters	Photoinhibition in corals – effects of UV, PAR and temperature.
Current	Noa Shenkar	Population dynamics of Mediterranean and Red Sea tunicates .
Current	Assaf Zevoluni	Coral community dynamics in bleached and non-bleached coral reefs (Zanzibar vs. Eilat).
Current	Amy Shlesinger	Predator-prey interactions between nudibranchs and their sea-anemone prey.
Current	Rachel Armosa	Ecological and physiological aspects of sex hormones in corals.

M.Sc. students

Graduation year	Name	Thesis title
1975	Yehuda Benayahu	Quantitative characteristics of stony corals, soft corals and algae in the northern Gulf of Eilat ( Red Sea ).
1975	Baruch Rinkevich	On the reproduction of Stylophora pistillata (Esper) and harmful effects of oil pollution on its population.
1978	Yechiam Schlesinger	Effects of phosphate pollution on the community structure of the holothurians Actinopyga bannwarthi and Synapta maculata
1978	Mordehai Shpigel	Spatial heterogeneity in branching corals and fish species diversity
1979	Zeev Wolodarsky	Competition and space partitioning among Trapezia species within the coral Stylophora pistillata .
1985	Esther Kramarsky - Winter	Life history strategy of the bivalve Lithophaga purpurea boring in the coral Cyphastrea chalcidicum.
1985	Itzchak Brikner	Reproductive and settlement strategy of the boring bivalve Lithophaga purpurea in living corals.
1987	Avigdor Abelson	Aggressiveness in stony corals: Is it competition for space?
1988	Oved Gur	Predation and life history strategies of the coral predatory snail Drupella cornus
1988	Sara Sadot	Life history and reproduction of Pocillopora in the Gulf of Eilat
1989	Rami Klein	Sclerochrondogical aspects of hermatypic corals (genus: Porites) in the Gulf of Eilat.
1989	Gila Arazi	Larval ecology of boring bivalves in living corals.
1990	Oron Prager	Surface structural complexity and its influence on ecological indices of aquatic communities.
1991	Tamar Liberman	Possible benefits to the coral Stylophora pistillata from the association with the fish Dascyllus marginatus
1991	Nadav Shashar	Nitrogen fixation in stony corals.
1996	Vered Shimoni	Population genetics of boring bivalves in stony corals
1997	Dalit Trovezky	Bioerosion of the coral reef by parrotfish (Co-supervisor: B. Lazar , Hebrew University ).
1998	Maoz Fine	The scleractinian coral Oculina patagonica : A new invader to the Mediterranean sea, biological and ecological aspects.
1998	Hadas Lubinevsky	Light and shade adapted Mediterranean corals
1999	Omer Choresh	Heat shock proteins in Oculina patagonica: a Mediterranean shallow water coral.
2000	Nachshon Siboni	Effect of coal pollution on Mediterranean benthic communities.
2001	Gidon Winters	Photoinhibition in shallow water colonies of Stylophora pistillata as measured in situ. (Co-supervisor Sven Beer )
2003	Noa Levin	Environmental factors influencing the chronic bleaching of the Mediterranean stony coral Oculina patagonica .
2003	Meir Sussman	Fluorescent in situ Hybridization (FISH) reveals the fireworm Hermodice carunculata as a reservoir and a possible vector for the coral pathogen Vibrio shiloi (Co-supervisor-E. Rosenberg ).
2003	Ofer Ben-Zvi	Deterioration Index (DI): a suggested tool for monitoring reef-coral community health. (Co-supervisor- A. Abelson).
2003	Omer Polack	Reproductive cycle of Palythoa sp. at Eilat, Red Sea. (Co-supervisor- Y. Benayahu).
2004	Amy Shlesinger	Nematocysts' toxins of the Mediterranean sea-anemone Aiptasia diaphana and their role in external digestion.
2005	Ran Sulam	Outbreak of coral diseases at the coral reefs of Eilat.
2005	Rachel Armoza	Bio-indicators of stress in scleractinian corals.
2006	Roee Segal	Molecular characteristics of the bleaching phenomenon of the Mediterranean stony coral Oculina patagonica .
2006	Yehonatan Sharon	Ecology of Lessepsian mussels invading the Mediterranean (Co-supervisor- Y. Benayahu TAU)
2006	Daniel Allen	Community structure of deep (50 m ) scleractinian corals in Eilat, Red Sea .
Current	Nimrod Lazarus	Induction of metamorphosis in nudibranch larvae.
Current	Ada Alamaru	Trophic biology of Scleractinian planulae (Co-supervisor- A. Shemesh, Weitzman Institute).
Current	Ido Mizrachi	Sclerochronology of bleached and non-bleached corals. (Co-supervisor- A. Shemesh, Weitzman Institute).
Current	Maya Weizel	Bleaching effects on reproduction of a Red Sea scleractinian coral population.
Current	Rafi Yaabetz	Reproductive cycle of a nudibranch.
Current	Ayelet Dadon	Mechanisms of bleaching in the Mediterranean coral Oculina patagonica (Co-supervisor- M. Fine, Bar Ilan Univ. ).

Selected Publications

Books

Y. Loya and R. Klein "Coral Reefs" (1994).320pp (in Hebrew).

Ministry of Defence. The publishing House

Y. Loya and R. Klein (1996). "Coral Reefs" Translated to German

"Die Welt der Korallen Encyclopadie der Unterwasserwelt"

312 pp Jahr–Verlag GmbH & Co. Hamburg

Y. Loya and R. Klein (1996) "Coral Reefs" Translated to Dutch-

"De Wereld van het koraalrif: Encyclopedie van de

onderwatererwereld" 312 pp Jahr–Verlag GmbH & Co. Hamburg

E. Rosenberg and Y. Loya (eds.) (2004).

"Coral Health and Disease"

Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York

Selected publications (articles)

4. Y.Loya, L.B. Slobodkin (1971). The coral reefs of Eilat (Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea).

Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 117-140.

5. Y. Loya (1972). Community structure and species diversity of hermatypic corals at Eilat,

Red Sea.Mar. Biol., 13: 100-123.

6. Y. Loya (1975). Possible effects of water pollution on the community structure

of Red Sea corals. Mar. Biol., 29: 177-185.

9. Y. Loya (1976a). The Red Sea coral Stylophora pistillata is an r-strategist.

Nature, 259: 478-480.

10. Y. Loya (1976b). Recolonization of Red Sea corals affected by natural catastrophes

and man-made perturbations.

Ecology, 57: 278-289.

12. Y. Loya (1976d). Skeletal regeneration rate in a Red Sea scleractinian coral population.

Nature, 261: 490-491.

14. Y. Benayahu & Y. Loya (1977). Space partitioning by stony corals, soft corals and algae in the northern Gulf of Eilat, Red

Sea.Helgolander wiss. Meeresunters 30: 362-382.

l9. Y. Loya (1978). Plotless and transect methods. In: Monographs on Oceanic Methodology.

Coral Reefs: Research Methods. D R. Stoddart and R.E. Johannes (eds.). UNESCO Press,

5: 197-218.

20. Bradbury R.H., Y. Loya (1978). A heuristic analysis of spatial patterns of hermatypic corals at Eilat,

Red Sea. Amer. Natur., 112: 439-507.

2l. Loya Y., B. Rinkevich (1979). Abortion effects in corals induced by oil-pollution.

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 1: 77-80.

22. Rinkevich B., Y. Loya (1979). The reproduction of the Red Sea coral Stylophora pistillata.

I.Gonads and planulae.Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 2: 133-144.

23. B. Rinkevich & Y. Loya (1979).The reproduction of the Red Sea coral Stylophora pistillata. II. Synchronization in breeding and

seasonality of planulae shedding. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 2: 145-152.

27. Loya Y., B. Rinkevich (1980). Effects of oil pollution on coral reef communities.

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 2: 167-180.

36. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya (1983). Surface brooding in the Red Sea soft coral Parerythropodium

fulvum fulvum (Forskal, 1775). Biol. Bull., 165: 353-369.

42. Y.Loya, G. Bull and M. Pichon. (1984). Tumor formations in scleractinian corals.

Helgol. wiss. Meeres., 37: 99-112.

46. B. Rinkevich, Y. Loya (l985). Intraspecific competition in a reef coral: effects on growth and

reproduction. Oecologia, 66: 100-105.

47. L. Muscatine, L.R. McCloskey and Y. Loya (l985).A compare ison of the growth rates

of zooxanthellae and animal tissue in the Red Sea coral Stylophora pistillata

Fifth Int. Coral Reef Congress, Tahiti, 6:119-123.

50. Y. Schlesinger, Y. Loya (l985). Coral community reproductive patterns: Red Sea versus the

Great Barrier Reef.

Science, 228: 1333-1335.

54. R.E. Reichelt, Y. Loya and R.H. Bradbury (l986). Patterns in the use of space by benthic

communities on two coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef.

Coral Reefs, 5: 73-79.

64. R. Klein, Y. Loya, G. Gvirtzman, P.S. Isdale and M. Susic (l990).Seasonal rainfall in the

Sinai desert during the late Quaternary inferred from fluorescent bands in fossil corals.

Nature, 345: l45-l47.

66. N. E. Chadwick, Y. Loya (l990). Regeneration after experimental breakage in the solitary reef coral Fungia granulosa Klunzinger,

l879. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. l42: 22l-234.

68. Y. Loya (l990). Changes in a Red Sea Coral Community Structure: A Long-Term Case

History Study. In: The Earth in Transition: Patterns and Processes of Biotic Impoverishment,

G.M. Woodwell (ed.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 369-384.

7l. R. Klein, Y. Loya (l99l). Skeletal growth and density patterns of two scleractinian corals from

the Gulf of Eilat,Red Sea.Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 77: 253-259.

72. B. Lazar, Y. Loya (l99l).Bioerosion of coral reefs - a chemical approach.
Limnol. and Oceanog., 36: 377-383.

77. R. Klein, O. Mokady and Y. Loya (l99l). Bioerosion in ancient and contemporary corals of the genus Porites: Patterns and

paleoenvironmental implications. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 77: 245-25l.

78. R. Klein, J. Paetzold, G. Wefer and Y. Loya (l992).Seasonal variations in the stable isotopic composition and skeletal density

pattern of the coral Porites lobata (Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea). Mar. Biol. ll2: 259-263.

80. O. Mokady, G. Arazi, D. Bonar and Y. Loya (l992). Settlement and metamorphosis specificity

of Lithophaga simplex Irdale (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) on Red Sea corals.

J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., l62: 243-25l.

8l. N.E. Chadwick, Y. Loya (l992). Migration, habitat use and competition among mobile fungiid corals in the Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea.

Mar. Biol. ll4: 6l7-623.

84. A. Abelson, T. Miloh and Y. Loya (l993). Flow patterns induced by substratum and body

morphology of benthic organisms and their role in determining food particle availability.

Limnol. and Oceanog., 38: lll6-ll24.

88. N. Shashar, Y. Cohen, and Y. Loya (1993). Extreme diel fluctuations of oxygen in the

diffusive boundary layers surrounding stony corals. Biol. Bull. 185: 455- 461.

91. A. Abelson, D. Weihs and Y. Loya (1994). Hydrodynamic impedance to settlement of marine

propagules and trailing filament solutions.

Limnol. and Oceanogr., 39: 164-169.

92. N. Shashar, T. Feldstein, Y. Cohen and Y. Loya (1994). Nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction)

on a coral reef, Coral Reefs, 13: 171-174.

96. A. Abelson, Y. Loya (1995). Cross scale patterns of particulate-food acquisition in marine

benthic environments. Amer. Natur., 145: 848-854.

98. A. Lotan, L. Fishman, Y. Loya and E. Zlotkin (1995). Delivery of nematocyst toxin.

Nature, 375: 456-457.

100. Y. Loya (1995). Development and protection of the Gulf of Aqaba. In: Practical Peacemaking

in the Middle East. (Ed. by S. L. Spiegel and D. J. Pervin). Garland Publishing Inc. N.Y,

and London. pp. 53-63.

101. E. Kramarsky-Winter, Y. Loya (1996). Regeneration versus budding in Fungiid corals:

a trade off, Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 134:179-185.

102. O. Mokady, B. Lazar and Y. Loya (1996). Echinoid Bioerosion as a major structuring

force of Red Sea coral reefs. Biol. Bull. 190:367-372.

103. A. Kushmaro, Y. Loya, M.Fine and E. Rosenberg (1996).Bacterial infection and coral bleaching

Nature, 380: 396.

108. A. Kushmaro, E. Rosenberg, M. Fine and Y. Loya (1997). Bleaching of the coral Oculina

patagoniaby Vibrio AK-1. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.147:159-165.

110. E. Kramarsky-Winter, M. Fine and Y. Loya (1997). Coral polyp expulsion.
Nature, 387:137..

113. U. Oren, B. Rinkevich and Y. Loya (1997). Oriented intra-colonial transport of 14C labeled materials during coral regeneration.

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 161:117-

117. Mokady O., Y. Loya & B. Lazar (1998). Ammonium contribution by boring bivalves to their coral host :a mutualistic symbiosis?

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 169:295-301.

118. Y. Shlesinger, T. L. Goulet & Y. Loya (1998). Reproductive patterns of scleractinian

corals in the northern Red Sea. Mar. Biol. 132:691-701.

121. E. Kramarsky-Winter and Y. Loya(1998). Reproductive strategies of two fungiid corals from the northern Red Sea:

Environmental constraints. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 174:175-182.

122. U. Oren, I. Brickner and Y. Loya (1998). Prudent sessile feeding by the corallivore snail

Coralliophila violacea on coral energy sinks.
Proc. Roy. Soc .Biol. Sci., 265:2043-2050.

127. L. Stone, A. Huppert, B. Rajagopalan and Y. Loya (1999). Mass coral reef bleaching: a recent outcome of increased

El-Nino activity? Ecology Letters 2:325-330.

128. A. Abelson, Y. Loya (1999). Competition in stony corals. Bull. Mar. Sci., 65:851-860.

133. E. Kramarsky-Winter and Y. Loya (2000). Tissue regeneration in the coral Fungia granulosa: the effect of extrinsic and intrinsic

factors. Mar. Biol. 137: 867-873.

136. Y. Loya, U. Oren (2000).Regeneration processes in scleractinian corals. Proceedings of JAMSTEC International Coral

Reef Symposium: Coral reef biodiversity and health as indicators of environmental change, Tokyo Japan, pp. 155-174.

137. U. Oren, Y. Benayahu, H. Lubinevsky and Y. Loya (2001). Colony integration during

regeneration in the stony coral Favia favus.
Ecology, 82: 802-813.

138. Y. Loya, K. Sakai, K. Yamazato, Y. Nakano, H. Sembali, and R. van Woesik (2001).

Coral bleaching: the winners and the losers.

Ecology Letters, 4:122-131.

139. M. Fine, H. Zibrowius and Y. Loya (2001). Oculina patagonica : a non- lessepsian

scleractinian coral invading the Mediterranean Sea.
Mar. Biol. 138: 1195-1203.

142. O. Choresh, E. Ron and Y. Loya (2001). The 60-kDa Heat Shock Protein (HSP60)

of the sea anemone Anemonia sulcata: a potential early warning system for

monitoring environmental changes.

Mar. Biotech. 3: 501-508.

147. M. Fine, Y. Loya (2002). Endolithic algae and coral bleaching.
Proc. Roy. Soc. of London - Biological Science, 269: 1205-1210.

150. M. Fine, Y. Loya (2003). Alternate competitive superiority during coral bleaching.

Mar. Biol. 142: 989-996.

151. Y. Loya, E. Kramarsky-Winter (2003). In situ eutrophication caused by fish farms in

the northern Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba) is beneficial for its coral reefs: a critique.

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 261:299-303.

154. Rosenfeld, A. Shemesh and Y. Loya (2003) Implication of water depth on stable isotope

composition and skeletal and density banding. Coral Reefs, 22: 337-345.

157. Y. Loya (2004). The coral reefs of Eilat- past, present and future: Three decades of

coral community structure studies. In: Coral Reef Health and Disease; Rosenberg and Loya

(Eds). Springer-Verlag; Berlin Heidelberg, New York. pp. 1-34.

162. Y. Loya, H. Lubinevsky, M. Rosenfeld and E. Kramarsky-Winter (2004). Nutrient enrichment

caused by in situ fish-farms is detrimental to coral reproduction.

Mar. Pollut. Bull. 49: 344-353

164. Y. Loya, M. Rosenfeld and E. Kramarsky-Winter (2005).

Nutrient enrichment and coral reproduction: empty vessels make the most sound

(response to a critique by B. Rinkevich).

Mar. Pollut. Bull. 50: 114-118

165. Y. Nozawa, Y. Loya (2005). Genetic relationship and maturity state of the allorecognition

system affect contact reactions in juvenile scleractinian corals.

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 286:115-123

167. N. Shenkar, M. Fine and Y. Loya (2005). Size matters: - bleaching dynamics of the coral

Oculina patagonica.

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 294: 181-188.

169. D. Kelman, Y. Kashman, E. Rosenberg, A. Kushmaro and Y. Loya (2006).Antimicrobial activity

of Red Sea corals. Mar. Biol. 149: 357–363

170. I. Brickner, U. Frank, U. Oren, and Y. Loya (2006). Energy integration between the solitary

polyps of the clonal coral Lobophyllia corymbosa.
Jour. of Exp. Biol. 209: 1690-1695

171. N. Shenkar, M. Fine, E. K. Winter and Y. Loya (2006). Population dynamics of zooxanthellae

during a bacterial bleaching event. Coral Reefs, 25: 223–227

172. M. Rosenfeld, A. Shemesh R. Yam and Y. Loya (2006). 18O record of Porites spp. corals

       during the 1998-bleaching event in Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan.
        Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 314: 127–133

Academic and Professional experience

Year	Institute	Department	Title
1997-present	Tel Aviv University	The Raynor Chair for Environmental Conservation Research.	Chair
1995,1997 1999, 2004 (summers)	University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan	Sesoko Tropical Biosphere Research Center	Visiting Professor
1995-2000	Tel Aviv University	The Porter Super-Center for Ecological and Environmental Studies	Director
1990-1995	Tel Aviv University	Faculty of Life Sciences	Dean
1988-1989	Tel Aviv University	Zoology	Chairman
1986-present	Tel Aviv University	Zoology	Full Professor
1980-1986	Tel Aviv University	Zoology	Associate Professor
1985-1986	Scripps Inst. of Oceanography La Jolla, San Diego USA	Ecology	Visiting Professor
1982-1985	“Coral Reefs” Journal Springer-Verlag	Biology	Editor (Biology section)
1979-1980	Australian Institute of Marine Sciences (AIMS) and James Cook University, Australia	Marine Ecology	Visiting Professor (Senior Queen Elizabeth Fellow)
1976-1980	Tel Aviv University	Zoology	Senior lecturer
1972-1976	Tel Aviv University	Zoology	Lecturer
1971-1972	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Mass.	Ecology	Post-doctorate
1968-1971	State University of New York at Stony Brook, L.I., N.Y.	Ecology	Senior teaching assistant
1967-1968	Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor	Zoology	Teaching assistant
1965-1967	Tel Aviv University	Zoology	Teaching assistant

International committees, advisory and administrative duties

2004-present	Member	Central Nomination Committee Tel Aviv University
2001-present	Co - Chairman	International Targeted Working Group on "indicators of coral bleaching " under the auspices of GEF and the World Bank .
2000-2005	Member	The Scientific Review Board- Coral bleaching Project, Research Institute for the Subtropics (RSI), Okinawa, Japan.
2000-present	Member	The Board of Directors, IUI, Eilat
2000-2004	Member	Academic Planning Committee, Tel Aviv University
1996-1999	Chairman	The Board of Directors, Inter-University Institute of Marine Science (IUI), Eilat
1997-1999	Advisor	Israel Science Foundation (Ecology committee).
1996-1999	Advisor	Israeli Ministry of Science (Germany-Israel Marine Biology Program)
1993-2000	Chairman	Israeli Man and the Biosphere Committee. (MAB)- UNESCO
1990-2002	Member	Board of Trustees, Tel Aviv University
1990-1995	Member	Board of Governors, Tel Aviv University
1990-1995	Member	Central Committee, Tel Aviv University
1990-1995	Dean	Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
1992	Head	The Israeli Scientific Delegation to the UN Conference on Environmental Development (UNCED) Rio-de Janeiro, Brazil.
1986-1992	Member	The Scientific Review Board, Oil Spill Project- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI, Panama)
1982-1985	Editor-in-Chief	“Coral Reefs”, Springer-Verlag, (Biology Section)
1982-1992	Council Member	International Society for Reef Studies (ISRS).
1978-1992	Member	International Association of Biological Oceanography (IABO) organizing the following coral reef symposia: -3d International Symposium on Coral Reefs: Miami, Florida, 1977 -4th International Symposium on Coral Reefs: Philippines, May 1981. -5th International Symposium on Coral Reefs: Tahiti, June l985. -6th International Symposium on Coral Reefs: Australia, August l988. -7th International Symposium on Coral Reefs: Guam, June l992.
1978-1990	Member	Scientific advisory board for the Nature Protection Authority, Israel
1986-1988	Advisor	Israel National Academy of Science Foundation.
1979-present	Member	The editorial board of the journals: Marine Ecology Progress Series(MEPS,1979-1984); Marine Biology (1986-1990); Marine pollution Bulletin (2002-present)
1977-1979	Chairman	The Zoological Society of Israel.
1971-1973	Member	Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR, UNESCO), Working group on: “Quantitative studies on coral reefs”

Prizes

2000

The Darwin Medal

(awarded every 4 years)

Awarded by the International Society for Reef Studies (ISRS) for life contribution to coral reef research.

Awarded during the 9th International coral Reef Symposium Bali, Indonesia.

2003

The Landau Prize

(together with Eugene Rosenberg, Tel Aviv University)

Awarded by Mifaal Hapais in the category of Life Sciences for original outstanding research contributionto the field of Ecology and Environmental Quality.

Awards

2006
2004- 2008	Israel Science Foundation (ISF): "The isotopic composition of Eilat's corals: basic aspects of signals buildup and tracing anthropogenic stress. (Co-PI in collaboration with A. Shemesh, the Weizman Institute).
2004- 2007	The Porter School of Environmental Studies in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of the Environment: "Artificial Marine Structures (AMS): Multifunctional Tool for Research and Environmental Management in the Mediterranean and Red Sea (MED- RED)". (PI in collaboration with Y. Benayahu and A. Abelson).
2003- 2007	Israel Science Foundation (ISF): “An integrative approach of studying bacterial coral bleaching in the coral reefs of Eilat". (in collaboration with E. Rosenberg).
2005- 2010	GEF/The World Bank/UNESCO/IOC : International Targeted Working Group of experts on "indicators of coral bleaching". Co-Chairman with Professor Ove Hoegh Guldberg (Chairman) of the group, including 15 scientists from USA, England, Australia, Kenya, Israel, and Mexico.The group meets annually and works together 2-3 weeks at 4 reef sites: Heron Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia), Puerto Morelos (Mexico), Philippines and Zanzibar.
2002-2006	Israel Science Foundation (ISF): “Alternative feeding mechanism in corals: bacterial aggregate “gardening”. (in collaboration with A. Kushmaro, Ben Gurion Univ.)
1999-2003	MERC-Bi-national Research and Monitoring Program (Israel -Jordan) for the Red Sea Marine Peace Park, Aqaba, Jordan
1998-2002	Israeli Ministry of Science: “Establishment of a National Infrastructure Laboratory: Center for High Throughput Screening (HTS) for Novel Bioactive Compounds at Tel Aviv University”- (Director and Coordinator of a research project involving 22 scientists from 6 academic and research institutions in Israel).
1998-2002	Israeli Ministry of Science: Novel Bioactive Compounds from Marine Invertebrates and their symbionts (in collaboration with Dr. M. Ilan, TAU).
1995-1999	The German Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology (B.M.B.F.):- Red Sea Program-"Scleractinian corals as environmental recorders of the Red Sea”.
1996-1999	U.S.-Israel Bi-National Science Foundation (BSF): “Coral bleaching by bacteria”.(In collaboration with E. Rosenberg, TAU).
1996-1999	Israel Science Foundation (ISF): ”Bioerosion of coral reefs a multidisciplinary approach”. (in collaboration with B. Lazar, the Hebrew University)
1993-1996	The German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (G.I.F): “Patterns of stable isotope fractionation during mineralizationprocesses in corals: Environmental implications”.
1992-1995	Israel Academy of Sciences-Basic Research Foundation: “Bioerosion of coral reefs by sponges, sea-urchins and bivalves”.
1991-1995	US National Institute of Health (NIH): “Novel natural products from the sea as potential anti-AIDS drugs”.- (in collaboration with Prof. Y. Kashman, School of Chemistry and Prof. A. Hizi, Medical School, TAU).
1991-1994	Office of Environmental Quality: “Medusa blooms in the Mediterranean Sea: Ecological aspects”.
1990-1993	National Coal Company: “Effects of coal pollution on coral reefs”.
1990-1992	FAO Mediterranean Action Plan (MED POL) - “Swarming of jellyfish along the Mediterranean Coast of Israel: An environmental approach”.
1989-1992	National Council for Research and Development - Joint German-Israeli Program: “A new method to assess indicators of environmental stress and possible stabilization or degradation of toxicants in coral reefs”.
1988-1990	Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Sea Pharm Project: “Bioactive materials derived from soft corals and sponges from the Red Sea”. (in collaboration with Prof. Y. Kashman, TAU).
1986-1989	U.S.-Israel Bi-national Science Foundation (BSF): “Larval ecology of boring bivalves in living corals”.
1984-1987	Israeli Academy of Sciences- Basic Research Foundation: “Reproductive strategies of Red Sea scleractinian corals”.
1984-1987	The Society for Nature Protection: “Massive predation of scleractinian corals at Eilat caused by a predatory gastropod”.
1984-1985	The Fund for Basic Research, Tel Aviv University: “Ecology of boring bivalves in living stony corals”.
1980-1983	U.S.-Israel Bi-national Science Foundation (BSF): “Isolation and identification of New Marine Natural Products”. (in collaboration with Prof. Y. Kashman, TAU).
1980-1982	Israeli Academy of Sciences- Basic Research Foundation: “The variation in the chemical composition of soft-corals and sponges as a function of the place of collection”. (in collaboration with Prof. Y. Kashman,TAU).
1979-1980	Senior Queen Elizabeth Fellowship: Australian Institute of Marine Science, Cape Ferguson, Australia.
1976-1979	Ministry for Commerce and Industry: “Biologically active products from marine organisms”. (in collaboration with Prof. Y. Kashman, Tel- Aviv University).
1975	National Council for Research and Development: “Experiments on the effect of oil pollution on hermatypic corals”.
1974-1976	U.S.-Israel Bi-National Science Foundation:(BSF): “Growth and development of reef corals.”
1974	National Council for Research and Development: “The effect of pollutants on coral reef communities”.
1973	NOAA - Manned Undersea Science and Technology Program: “External distribution of energy fixed by reef corals at Puerto-Rico”. Two weeks underwater expedition using underwater laboratory-PRINUL (in collaboration with Professors. S. Richman and Dr. L. McCloskey).

                         Membership in professional societies
                                                Ecological Society of Israel
                                                 Zoological Society of Israel
                                                 Ecological Society of America
                                              Western Society of Naturalists
                                       International Society for Reef Studies

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

Year	Meeting
2006	2006 ISRS (International Society for Reef Studies) European Meeting Bremen, Germany Sept 19-22 Lecture: Net pen fish farming and coral reefs: An unhappy marriage.
2006	Palau Coral reef workshop, Koror 25.6. - 8.7. Lecture: Fish net pen mariculture and the coral reefs of Eilat: a sad story.
2006	ARC Centre of Excellence- first scientific annual board meeting, February 17-20, Townsville, Australia.
2006	IOC-GEF/World Bank working group on coral bleaching Workshop, 7-11 April Paris .
2005	World Bank/ UNESCO/IOC-GEF International targeted Group of Experts fourth workshop on indicators of coral bleaching, 10-29 May, Puerto Morelos , Mexico.
2005	Peer Review of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 13-16 April, Ravenna , Italy .
2005	Ilanit Congress of the Federation of the Israel Societies for Experimental Biology (FISEB ) February 7-10 Eilat. Invited Plenary Lecture: The Coral Reefs of Eilat: Three decades of coral community structure studies.
2005	The World Bank/ /IOC-GEF International targeted Group of Experts third workshop on indicators of coral bleaching; 8-16 January, Puerto Morelos, Mexico .
2004	IOC-GEF/World Bank working group on coral bleaching Workshop, 19-22 October, Washington DC
2004	Census of Marine Life (Coml) Coral Reef Initiative Working Group: Quantitative methodologies for assessing coral community bleaching , 14-16 October Washington DC
2004	The 10 th International Coral Reef Symposium , Okinawa , Japan . Lecture: How to kill a coral reef?
2003	International Coral Ecotoxicology and Health Workshop: Bermuda Biological Station for Research Invited lecture: The coral reefs of Eilat -- past, present and future: Three decades of coral community structure studies
2003	The Red Sea Marine Peace Park International Symposium Integration of Marine Science and resource Management Aqaba 2-4 December 2003
2003	Workshop on “Coral Health and Diseases”, Eilat, Israel. Invited lecture: The coral reefs of Eilat: 35 years of monitoring their coral community structure
2003	Marine Molecular Biotechnology and Biodiversity Meeting; Wendelsheim, Germany. Plenary lecture: Biodiversity of the Red Sea coral reefs: A unique source for new natural products.
2003	The World Bank/UNESCO/IOC International Working Group on indicators of coral bleaching:- Workshop on Coral Bleaching: Biological Early Warning Systems, Paris, France.
2003	International Review Board Meeting of the Coral Bleaching Project. Research Institute of the Subtropics (RIS), Tokyo, Japan.
2002	The World Bank/UNESCO/IOC International Targeted Group of Experts on "indicators of coral bleaching". Second Field-Workshop of the Working Group, Puerto Morelos, Mexico.
2002	Workshop on “Biological considerations associated with current geochemical approaches using stony corals as proxies for the reconstruction of different aspects of past climates” Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Cape Cod, Mass. Invited lecture: “Using stony corals as proxies for the reconstruction of Red Sea past climates”.
2002	Sixth EU Framework Programme of the European Community for research technological development and demonstration activities; Network of Excellence- Marine Molecular Biotechnology. Invited lecture: Bioactive Compounds from Red Sea Marine Organisms.
2002	The World Bank/UNESCO/IOC International Targeted Group of Experts on "indicators of coral bleaching". First Field-Workshop of the Working Group; Heron Island, The Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
2002	The International Society of Reef Studies European Coral Reef Meeting; Cambridge, England Lecture: Bleaching of Mediterranean corals is caused by a bacterial pathogen
2001	The World Bank/UNESCO/IOC Workshop on Indicators of Coral Stress, Paris, France. Initiation of the International Working Group of Experts. Lecture: Coral bleaching: the winners and the losers..
2000	The 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali, Indonesia. Awarded the Darwin Medal (Year 2000) for life time contribution to coral reef research. Plenary lecture: Homage to Stylophora pistillata: a significant coral species in reef research.
1999	Japan Marine Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) International Coral reef Symposium- Coral reef biodiversity and health as indicators of environmental change, Tokyo, Japan. Invited lecture: Regeneration processes in scleractinian corals.
1998	The Third Euro-MAB Biosphere Reserves Coordinators’ Meeting, Ilomantsi, Finland. Lecture: The Red Sea Peace Park as a Trans-boundary Marine Biosphere Reserve.
1998	Expert workshop on coral bleaching: Convention on Biological Diversity Manila, Philippines. Invited lecture: Devastating Coral bleaching in Okinawa, Japan.
1998	The Third EuroMab Biosphere Reserves Coordinators’ Meeting Ilomantsi, Finland. Lecture: The Red Sea Peace Park as a Trans-boundary Marine Biosphere Reserve.
1998	Hawaii Coral Reef Monitoring Workshop-A Tool for Management. Univ. of Hawaii Plenary lecture: The Red Sea Peace Park Coral Reefs Benthic Communities: Ecology and Biology Monitoring Program.
1998	Meeting of the Red Sea Program of Marine Sciences, Bremen, Germany. Lecture: Scleractinian corals as environmental recorders of global change.
1998	Annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; Boston, USA. Lecture: Bleaching of corals caused by bacteria.
1997	Workshop of the Bi-national Research and Monitoring Program (Israel –Jordan)- (MERC) for the Red Sea Marine Peace Park:–Discussion Leader. Aqaba, Jordan.
1997	Biotic recoveries from mass extinctions; Panel member. Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
1996	Eighth International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama City, Panama. Lecture: Predation of corals by the predatory snail Drupella cornus.
1995	18th Pacific Science Congress: Population, Resources and Environment Prospects; Beijing, China. Lecture: Stony corals as environmental recorders.
1995	International Coral Reef Initiative Workshop; Dumaguete City, Philippines. Israeli representative discussing quantitative methods for monitoring coral reefs.
1995	Conference of the Red Sea Program (RSP) on Marine Sciences, Dahab, Egypt. Lecture: The use of scleractinian corals as environmental recorders of the Red Sea.
1995	UNESCO 28th General Meeting:-Scientific Representative of the Israeli delegation proposing to declare the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat) as a Biosphere Reserve.
1993	Conference on Global Aspects of Coral Reefs: Health, Hazards and History, Univ. of Miami, USA. Plenary lecture: Long-term changes in coral community structure at Eilat, Red Sea
1993	Conference on Middle East Multilateral Talks, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA. Invited lecture: Development and protection of the Gulf of Aqaba.
1992	International Symposium on Biodiversity and Adaptive Strategies of Coral Reef Organisms, Okinawa, Japan. Plenary lecture: Massive predation of scleractinian corals at Eilat caused by the predatory gastropod Drupella cornus.
1992	Status seminar of the German-Israeli Co-operation in Environmental Research; Ploen, Germany. Lecture: A new method to assess indicators of environmental stress and possible stabilization of toxicants in the environment.
1992	Seventh International Coral Reef Symposium, Guam, Lectures: l. Settlement, metamorphosis and bioerosion rate of the boring bivalve Lithophaga lessepsiana. 2. Depth-dependent timing of density band formation in scleractinian corals at the coral reefs of Eilat, Red Sea, Israel.
1991	Workshop on oil pollution effects on the coral reefs of Panama; Meeting of Scientific Review Board, Phase 3. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
1990	Workshop on coral bleaching, Coral Reef Ecosystems and Global Climate Change. Miami, Florida. Invited lecture: Climate change in Sinai Desert during the late Quaternary inferred from fluorescent bands in fossil corals.
1991	Fifth International Congress of Ecology, Yokohama, Japan. Invited lecture: Coral host specificity between the date mussel Lithophaga lessepsiana and the coral Stylophora pistillata.
1989	Workshop on the oil pollution effects on the coral reefs of Panama; Meeting of the Scientific Review Board, Phase 2. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
1989	Annual meeting of the International Society for Reef Studies, Marseilles, France. Invited lecture: Bioerosion of coral reefs.
1989	Fifth International Congress of Invertebrate Reproduction, Nagoya, Japan. Lecture: Resource allocation between growth and reproduction in corals and boring bivalves.
1989	Fifth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, Southampton, England. Lecture: Larval and postlarval recruitment in the broadcasting scleractinians Favia favus and Platygyra lamellina.
1988	Workshop on the long term assessment of the oil-spill at Bahia Las Minas, Panama. Washington, DC., USA.
1988	Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium, Townsville, Australia. Lecture: First sclerochronological record of hermatypic corals from the Red Sea.
1987	Regional Research Workshop and International Symposium on the Conservation and Management of Coral Reef and Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan. Invited lecture: Effects of man-made versus natural disturbances on coral reefs.
1987	Workshop on oil pollution effects on the coral reefs of Panama; Meeting of Scientific Review Board, Phase 1. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
1987	Twenty-second European Marine Biology Symposium, Barcelona, Spain. Plenary lecture: Pollution effects of coral reef communities.
1986	The Woods Hole Research Center: Conference on Biotic Impoverishment, Woods Hole, USA. Plenary lecture: Changes in a Red Sea coral community under chronic oil pollution: A long-term case history study.
1985	Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Monterey, USA. Lecture: Sexual reproduction in reef corals: Red Sea versus the Great Barrier Reef.
1985	Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, Tahiti. Invited lecture: Seasonal changes in growth rate of a Red Sea coral population.
1983	Second Conference of the International Society of Reef Studies, Nice, France. Plenary lecture: Reproductive patterns of Red Sea corals.
1983	International Helgoland Symposium: “Diseases of Marine Organisms”. Biologisch Anstalt Helgoland, Helgoland, Germany F.R. Invited lecture: Tumor formations in scleractinian corals.
1983	Great Barrier Reef Conference. James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Townsville, Australia. Plenary lecture: Community structure and life history strategies of scleractinian corals.
1982	Workshop on Evolution and Maintenance of Modern Coral Distributions. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia. Invited lecture: Reproductive cycle of Stylophora pistillata in the Great Barrier Reef and the Red Sea.
1982	International Conference on Marine Science in the Red Sea. Al-Ghardaqa Marine Biological Station, Egypt. Lecture: Seasonal changes in growth rates of a Red Sea coral population.
1981	U.S. National Academy of Sciences - Update workshop on: “Oil in the sea: Inputs, Fates and Effects”. Invited referee in the section of Effects of Petroleum Hydrocarbons on Coral Reefs. Clearwater, Florida, USA.
1981	Fourth International Coral Reef Symposium, Manila, Philippines. Lecture: Life history strategies of boring bivalves in corals
1980	Second International Symposium on Biology and Management of Mangroves and Tropical Shallow Water Communities. The Western Society of Naturalists and the University of Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby, Madang, Papua New Guinea. Plenary lecture: Competition for space among coral reef sessile organisms.
1980	UNESCO workshop on Marine and Coastal Processes in the Pacific: Ecological aspects of coastal zone management; Mutupore Island Research Centre, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Panel leader: Degradation of the environment.
1979	Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Workshop on Coral Reefs; Cape Ferguson, Townsville, Australia Lecture: Life history strategy of a Red Sea coral population.
1978	Second International Congress of Ecology, Jerusalem.
1978	Tenth International Congress of Sedimentology, Jerusalem. Field leader: “Pleistocene and Recent coral reefs and coastal sedimentation in the Gulf of Eilat”.
1977	Third International Coral Reef Symposium, Univ. of Miami, Florida. Lectures: 1. Seasonal occurrence of benthic-algae communities and grazing regulation by seaurchins at the coral reefs of Eilat, Red Sea. 2. Harmful effects of chronic oil pollution on a Red Sea scleractinian coral population.
1976	International Helgoland Symposium: Ecosystem Research. Biologische Anstalt Helgoland - Helgoland, Germany F.R. Invited lecture: Quantitative characteristics of community structure of stony corals, soft corals and algae in the northern Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea.
1976	Third International Symposium on Coelenterate Biology, Victoria, B.C., Canada. Lecture: Settlement, mortality and recruitment in a Red Sea scleractinian coral population.
1973	Second International Symposium on Coral Reefs, The Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Plenary lecture: On the possible use of plotless methods for quantitative studies of benthic communities of coral reefs.
1971	The Penrose Conference on Marine Ecology and Pale ecology, Monterey, California. Lecture: Community structure and species diversity of hermatypic corals.
1970	Symposium of Regional Variation of Indian Ocean Coral Reefs. The Royal Society and Zoological Society of London, London. Invited lecture: The coral reefs of Eilat, Red Sea.

My Theme

Cover page publications

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64 110 138

142 147 149

Current Projects

1. Bacterial infection causes coral bleaching: The effect of the pathogenic bacteria

Vibrio shiloi on Mediterranean coral populations (in collaboration with E. Rosenberg)

Oculina patagonica

Healthy Bleached

2. Effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on coral reef communities:

Diseases in corals (in collaboration with E. Rosenberg )

3. Biologically active materials derived from coral-reef organisms in search for new drugs

(in collaboration with Y. Kashman and M. Ilan, TAU)

4. Life history strategies of reef corals: Reproductive strategies

5. Global climatic changes and its effect on biodiversity of coral reef communities:

World Bank / UNESCO Project on the consequences of Coral Bleaching in the

Great Barrier Reef ( Australia ) , Zanzibar, Philippines & Mexico

6. The use of contemporary corals in predictive models concerned with global

climate change ( Ph.D. thesis of M. Rosenfeld in collaboration with A. Shemesh)

Stony corals have growth rings. Every two rings comprise one year of growth, which may

be only a few mm in length. Corals may be used as environmental “tape recorders” recording

in their carbonate skeleton (through oxygen and carbon isotope fractionation) changes in

water temperatures, occurrence of various pollutants and other environmental stressors.

Porites colonies were stained with Alizarin red-S and then reciprocally transferred between

6 and 40m in February 1991 and were inspected 10 years later in February 2001.This

provided us with the unique opportunity to maintain the coral’s genetic integrity and hence to

isolate environmental factors affecting skeletal isotopic composition and density patterns.

Conservation Ecology of Coral-Reefs

In : Coral Reef Health and Disease ; E. Rosenberg and Y. Loya (Eds).

Springer- Verlag; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. pp. 1-34, 2004

Effects of fish farm nutrient pollution on the

coral reefs of Eilat

Deterioration in water quality due to eutrophication adversely affects coral reef community

structure by promoting algal growth and turbidity, reducing light necessary for coral growth,

adversely affecting reproduction and has also been associated with increased bioerosion and

epizootics. During the last 10 years, the yield of the fish farm industry in Eilat has grown

exponentially from 300 tons/yr in 1993 to 2700 tons/yr in 2004. Cultured fish fed by 4500

tons/year “fish pellets” result in nutrient pollution (eutrophication), of the water column by

300 tons of Nitrogen and 50 tons of Phosphate annually.