פרופ' גיתי יהל

Prof. Gitai Yahel

מוסד עיקרי

המרכז האקדמי רופין

Ruppin Academic Center

טלפון

052-2918007

דוא״ל

yahel@ruppin.ac.il

קורות חייםCV

דיסציפלינות ראשיותMain Disciplines

Marine Science

תחומי מחקר / מילות מפתחKeywords

Benthic pelagic coupling, Estuarוne ecosystem, Sediment resuspension, Suspension feeding

פרסומים ויצירות עיקריים / עדכנייםMain / Recent Publications

Moskovich, R., Diga, R., Ilan, M. and Yahel, G. (2023), High variability and enhanced nocturnal oxygen uptake in coral reef sponges. Limnol Oceanogr.
M. Ribes, G. Yahel, C. Romera-Castillo, R. Mallenco, T.M. Morganti, R. Coma, The removal of dissolved organic matter by marine sponges is a function of its composition and concentration: An in situ seasonal study of four Mediterranean species, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 871, 2023
Cite this article as: Dadon-Pilosof A, Conley K, Lombard F, Sutherland KR and others (2023) Differential clearance rates of microbial phylotypes by four appendicularian species. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 706:73-89.
Amit T, Moskovich R, Jacobi Y, Shumway SE, Ward JE, Beninger P, Yahel G and Loya Y (2023) Feeding on the smallest cells: an in situ study of picoplankton capture by bivalve molluscs from oligotrophic waters. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1184773.
Diga, R., Gilboa, M., Moskovich, R. et al. Invading bivalves replaced native Mediterranean bivalves, with little effect on the local benthic community. Biol Invasions (2022).
Morganti TM, Ribes M, Moskovich R, Weisz JB, Yahel G and Coma R (2021) In situ Pumping Rate of 20 Marine Demosponges Is a Function of Osculum Area. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:583188.
Jacobi, Y., Shenkar, N., Ward, J.E., Rosa, M., Ramon, G.Z., Shavit, U. and Yahel, G. (2021), Evasive plankton: Size-independent particle capture by ascidians. Limnol Oceanogr, 66: 1009-1020.
Topaz T, Egozi R, Suari Y, Ben-Ari J, Sade T, Chefetz B, Yahel G (2020) Environmental risk dynamics of pesticides toxicity in a Mediterranean microestuary. Environ Pollut 265, 114941.
Ben-Tal A, Shenkar N, Paz A, Conley KR, Sutherland K, Yahel G (accepted) High mucous-mesh production by the ascidian Herdmania momus. Mar Ecol Progr Ser
Asadzadeh SS, Kiørboe T, Larsen PS, Leys SP, Yahel G, Walther JH (2020) Hydrodynamics of sponge pumps and evolution of the sponge body plan.Elife. 9, e61012.
. Morganti TM, Ribes M, Moskovich R, Weisz J, Yahel G, Coma R (accepted) The in situ pumping rates of 20 marine demosponges are a function of osculum area. Front. Mar. Sci.
Suari Y, Dadon-Pilosof A, Sade T, Amit T, Gilboa M, Gafny S, Topaz T, Zedaka H, Boneh S, Yahel G (2019) A long term physical and biogeochemical database of a hyper-eutrophicated Mediterranean micro-estuary. Data Brief 27, 104809
Dadon‐Pilosof A, Lombard F, Genin A, Sutherland KR, Yahel G (2019) Prey taxonomy rather than size determines salp diets. Limnol Oceanogr 65, 1996-2010.
*Morganti TM, Ribes M, Yahel G, Coma R (2019) Size is the major determinant of pumping rates in marine sponges. Front Physiol 10, 1474.
* Suari Y, Amit T, Gilboa M, Sade T, Krom MD, Gafny S, Topaz T, Yahel G (2019) Sandbar breaches control of the biogeochemistry of a micro-estuary. Front Mar Sci 6, 224
Jacobi Y, Yahel G, Shenkar N (2018) Efficient filtration of micron and submicron particles by ascidians from oligotrophic waters. Limnol Oceanogr, 63(S1).
Suari Y, Shaish T, Sarig, G, Amit T, Gilboa M, Brokovits E, Yahel G (2018) Prolonged oxygen stress at the Alexander estuary. Ecology and environment (Hebrew) 9.
Conley KR, Ben-Tal A, Jacobi Y, Yahel G, Sutherland K (2018) KR Not-so-simple sieving by ascidians: re-examining particle capture at the mesh and organismal scales. Marine Biology 165(3), 45.

מענקים ופרסים | Grants and Awards

שנת המענק: 2021

ISF

בחינה מחדש של תפקידו של חומר אורגני מומס, המאגר הגדול ביותר של פחמן מקובע באוקיינוס, כמקור מזון ליצורים רב תאיים

שנת המענק: 2017

NSF-BSF Integrative and Organismal Systems (IOS)

Mediation of biological filtration in marine suspension feeders: significance of intrinsic and extrinsic factors

בשיתוף עם E. Ward (USA) S.E. Shumway (USA) U. Shavit (Isarel)

IMPA (Supported by YadHanadiv)

Assessing the role of invasive bivalves in controlling ecosystem dynamic as a tool for better management of Israeli Marine Reserves and Marine Protected Areas

Israel Ministry of Science and Technolog

Developing new methodologies for quantifying biological sediment resuspension in the sea and for studying its dynamics

בשיתוף עם U. Shavit T. Katz T. Treibitz Y. Schaner

Israel Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)

Study of the deep Israeli continental margins of the red and Mediterranean seas in light of local and glob

בשיתוף עם A. Genin, M. Ilan (Israel)

Israeli Science Fund (ISF)

Examining size independent biological filtration at the submicron range.

Jewish National Fund (JNF)

Long term monitoring of the Alexander Estuary

בשיתוף עם B. Chefetz Y. Suari

Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación (Spanish Science Ministry

Role of sponges in Biogeochemical benthic-pelagic coupling: carbon and nutrient Exchange between the Coraligenous and adjacent communities (BeCalm)

בשיתוף עם S. E. Monismith (USA) M. Ribes, R. Coma (Spain

Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación (Spanish Science Ministry)

Environment changes and mass mortality events: Underlying causes and mechanisms in Mediterranean gorgonians and sponges (EnChanges)

בשיתוף עם M. Ribes, R. Coma (Spain)

Styrelsen for Forskning og Uddannelse (Denmark)

FLOWMAR: The role of flow in marine life

בשיתוף עם T.K. Kiørboe A. Andersen (Denmark) U. shavit R. Holtzman (Israel)

The Villum Foundation grant (Denmark)

Early evolution of multicellular sponges - a bioenergetic and bio-fluid mechanical approach for understanding evolutionary adaptation to animal filterfeeding in the sea

בשיתוף עם H.U. Riisgård, D. Canfield, N. T. Eriksen, P. Funch, P. S. Larsen, J. H.Walther, K. E. Meyer, T. Fenchel, C. Nielsen (Denmark)

United State-Israel Binational Science Fund (BSF)

Interactions between marine picoplankton and mucous-net filter feeders

בשיתוף עם K. R. Sutherland (USA) Y. Tikochinski (Israel)

Yad Hanadiv

Rehabilitation of the micro estuaries along the Mediterranean coast of Israel

בשיתוף עם S. Gafny Y. Suari (Israel)

Yad Hanadiv

The role of estuaries in controlling pollution of the Mediterranean Sea: The Alexander River as a case study

בשיתוף עם B. Chefetz R. Egozi G. Eshel S. Gafny Y. Suari (Israel)