The scientific payload of the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT)

Authors: Ben-Ami, Sagi, Shvartzvald, Yossi, Waxman, Eli, Netzer, Udi, Yaniv, Yoram, Algranatti, Viktor M., Gal-Yam, Avishay, Lapid, Ofer, Ofek, Eran, Topaz, Jeremy, Arcavi, Iair, Asif, Arooj, Azaria, Shlomi, Bahalul, Eran, Barschke, Merlin F., Bastian-Querner, Benjamin, Berge, David, Berlea, Vlad D., Buhler, Rolf, Dittmar, Louise, Gelman, Anatoly, Giavitto, Gianluca, Guttman, Or, Crespo, Juan M. Haces, Heilbrunn, Daniel, Kachergincky, Arik, Kaipachery, Nirmal, Kowalski, Marek, Kulkarni, Shrinivasrao R., Kumar, Shashank, Kusters, Daniel, Liran, Tuvia, Miron-Salomon, Yonit, Mor, Zohar, Nir, Aharon, Nitzan, Gadi, Philipp, Sebastian, Porelli, Andrea, Sagiv, Ilan, Schliwinski, Julian, Sprecher, Tuvia, De Simone, Nicola, Stern, Nir, Stone, Nicholas C., Trakhtenbrot, Benny, Vasilev, Mikhail, Watson, Jason J., Zappon, Francesco

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.00159

Exceptionally high levels of total mercury in deep-sea sharks of the Southeastern Mediterranean sea over the last ∼ 40 years

Authors: Sisma-Ventura, Guy, Silverman, Jacob, Segal, Yael, Hauzer, Hagar, Abu Khadra, Maria, Stern, Nir, Guy-Haim, Tamar, Herut, Barak

Source: In Environment International May 2024 187

Accumulation of total mercury in deep-sea sediments and biota across a bathymetric gradient in the Southeastern Mediterranean Sea

Authors: Sisma-Ventura, Guy, Silverman, Jacob, Guy-Haim, Tamar, Stern, Nir, Shachnai, Aviv, Mar Mori, Maya, Abu Khadra, Maria, Jacobson, Yitzhak, Segal, Yael, Katz, Timor, Herut, Barak

Source: In Chemosphere March 2024 351

Parasites of pufferfish, Lagocephalus spp. and Torquigener flavimaculosus of the Israeli Mediterranean: A new case of Lessepsian endoparasites

Authors: Gabel, Michael, Unger, Patrick, Theisen, Stefan, Palm, Harry Wilhelm, Bat-Sheva Rothman, Shevy, Yitzhak, Nitzan, Morov, Arseniy R., Stern, Nir

Source: In International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife December 2022 19:211-221

Are we ready to track climate‐driven shifts in marine species across international boundaries? ‐ A global survey of scientific bottom trawl data

Authors: Maureaud, Aurore, Frelat, Romain, Pécuchet, Laurène, Shackell, Nancy, Mérigot, Bastien, Pinsky, Malin L., Amador, Kofi, Anderson, Sean C., Arkhipkin, Alexander, Auber, Arnaud, Barri, Iça, Bell, Richard J., Belmaker, Jonathan, Beukhof, Esther, Camara, Mohamed L., Guevara‐Carrasco, Renato, Choi, Junghwa, Christensen, Helle T., Conner, Jason, Cubillos, Luis A., Diadhiou, Hamet D., Edelist, Dori, Emblemsvåg, Margrete, Ernst, Billy, Fairweather, Tracey P., Fock, Heino O., Friedland, Kevin D., Garcia, Camilo B., Gascuel, Didier, Gislason, Henrik, Goren, Menachem, Guitton, Jérôme, Jouffre, Didier, Hattab, Tarek, Hidalgo, Manuel, Kathena, Johannes N., Knuckey, Ian, Kidé, Saïkou O., Koen‐Alonso, Mariano, Koopman, Matt, Kulik, Vladimir, León, Jacqueline Palacios, Levitt‐Barmats, Ya'arit, Lindegren, Martin, Llope, Marcos, Massiot‐Granier, Félix, Masski, Hicham, McLean, Matthew, Meissa, Beyah, Mérillet, Laurène, Mihneva, Vesselina, Nunoo, Francis K. E., O'Driscoll, Richard, O'Leary, Cecilia A., Petrova, Elitsa, Ramos, Jorge E., Refes, Wahid, Román‐Marcote, Esther, Siegstad, Helle, Sobrino, Ignacio, Sólmundsson, Jón, Sonin, Oren, Spies, Ingrid, Steingrund, Petur, Stephenson, Fabrice, Stern, Nir, Tserkova, Feriha, Tserpes, Georges, Tzanatos, Evangelos, Rijn, Itai, Zwieten, Paul A. M., Vasilakopoulos, Paraskevas, Yepsen, Daniela V., Ziegler, Philippe, Thorson, James

Source: Global change biology. 27(2):220-236

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Marine top secrets: Ichthyoplankton in surface water uncover hidden knowledge on fish diversity and distribution

Authors: Guerchon, Jessica, Morov, Arseniy R., Tagar, Aviyam, Rubin-Blum, Maxim, Tikochinski, Yaron, Berenshtein, Igal, Rilov, Gil, Stern, Nir

Source: Estuarine, coastal and shelf science. 282

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New records of Plotosus japonicus in the Red Sea and genetic indications for its presence throughout the Indo-Pacific (Osteichthyes: Plotosidae)

Authors: Goren, Menachem, Stern, Nir, Diamant, Ariel

Source: Zoology in the Middle East. 66(2):124-131

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They are here to stay: the biology and ecology of lionfish (Pterois miles) in the Mediterranean Sea

Authors: Savva, Ioannis, Chartosia, Niki, Antoniou, Charalampos, Kleitou, Periklis, Georgiou, Andreas, Stern, Nir, Hadjioannou, Louis, Jimenez, Carlos, Andreou, Vasilis, Hall‐Spencer, Jason M., Kletou, Demetris

Source: Journal of fish biology. 97(1):148-162

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A long-distance traveler: the peacock rockskipper Istiblennius meleagris (Valenciennes, 1836) on the Mediterranean intertidal reefs

Authors: Rothman, Shevy B. S., Gayer, Kfir, Stern, Nir

Source: Biological invasions. 22(8):2401-2408

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The importance of distinguishing pufferfish species (Lagocephalus spp.) in the Mediterranean Sea for ensuring public health: Evaluation of the genetic databases reliability in supporting species identification

Authors: Giusti, Alice, Guarducci, Marcella, Stern, Nir, Davidovich, Nadav, Golani, Daniel, Armani, Andrea

Source: In Fisheries Research February 2019 210:14-21

Constructing the genetic population demography of the invasive lionfish Pterois miles in the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean

Authors: Stern, Nir, Jimenez, Carlos, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Andreou, Vasilis, Hadjioannou, Louis, Petrou, Antonis, Öztürk, Bayram, Golani, Daniel, Rothman, Shevy B. S.

Source: Mitochondrial DNA.Part A. 30(2):249-255

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Champsodontidae (Pisces: Trachinoidei) in the Eastern Mediterranean: how many species are there?

Authors: Stern, Nir, Gouws, Gavin, Golani, Daniel, Goren, Menachem, Gon, Ofer

Source: Journal of natural history. 53(47-48):2869-2881

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Employing DNA barcoding as taxonomy and conservation tools for fish species censuses at the southeastern Mediterranean, a hot-spot area for biological invasion

Authors: Karahan, Arzu, Douek, Jacob, Paz, Guy, Stern, Nir, Kideys, Ahmet Erkan, Shaish, Lee, Goren, Menachem, Rinkevich, Baruch

Source: In Journal for Nature Conservation April 2017 36:1-9

Going down together: invasive host, Charybdis longicollis (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) and invasive parasite, Heterosaccus dollfusi (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala: Sacculinidae) on the upper slope off the Mediterranean coast of Israel

Authors: Innocenti, Gianna, Stasolla, Gianluca, Goren, Menachem, Stern, Nir, Levitt-Barmats, Ya'arit, Diamant, Arik, Galil, Bella S.

Source: Marine biology research. 13(2):229-236

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First record of Pristipomoides multidens (Day, 1871) from the Gulf of Aqaba, with a note on the species of Pristipomoides in the Red Sea (Actinopterygii: Lutjanidae)

Authors: Baranes, Avi, Stern, Nir, Goren, Menachem

Source: Zoology in the Middle East. 63(2):136-140

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The dire implications of releasing marine ornamental fishes into the wild: first reported case from the Red Sea

Authors: Stern, Nir, Rachmilovitz, Elad N., Sharon, Galit, Diamant, Ariel

Source: Marine biodiversity. 48(3):1615-1620

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First record of the Brassy Chub Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) in the Eastern Mediterranean (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Kyphosidae)

Authors: Goren, Menachem, Galil, Bella S., Gevili, Roy, Stern, Nir

Source: Zoology in the Middle East. 62(4):319-322

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A small fishery with a high impact on sea turtle populations in the eastern Mediterranean

Authors: Levy, Yaniv, Frid, Ori, Weinberger, Adi, Sade, Rotem, Adam, Yoav, Kandanyan, Uria, Berkun, Victoria, Perry, Noga, Edelist, Dor, Goren, Menachem, Bat-Sheva Rothman, Shevy, Stern, Nir, Tchernov, Dan, Gil, Rilov

Source: Zoology in the Middle East. 61(4):300-317

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Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea.

Authors: Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Azzurro, Ernesto, Crocetta, Fabio, Dimiza, Margarita, Froglia, Carlo, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Langeneck, Joachim, Mancinelli, Giorgio, Rosso, Antonietta, Stern, Nir, Triantaphyllou, Maria, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Turon, Xavier, Verlaque, Marc, Zenetos, Argyro, Katsanevakis, Stelios

Source: Aquatic Invasions; Sep2022, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p308-352, 45p

Subject Terms: BIOLOGICAL invasions, MARINE biological invasions, ECOSYSTEM services, BIODIVERSITY, INTRODUCED species, ECOLOGICAL regions

Divide and conserve the simultaneously protected and invasive species

Authors: Stern, Nir, Rothman, Shevy B.S.

Source: Aquatic conservation. 29(1):161-162

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