Research
interests
Publication list
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Reports
The School of Marine Sciences
Ruppin Academic Center,
Mikhmoret
40297 Israel
Biology
department
University of Victoria
BC, Canada
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I'm
interested in the diverse processes that link the seafloor to
the overlying ocean. These processes range from feeding
mechanisms of individual suspension feeders such as sponges and
bivalves through the behavior pattern of ground fish and
migratory zooplankton to the interplay between hydrodynamics and
the benthos (organisms that inhabits the bottom of the sea).
Fieldwork and the development of new methods for underwater
studies are major themes in my work.
Current
research:
Nutritional ecology
of suspension feeders
Capturing particles suspended in the water
is a unique feeding strategy for aquatic animals. My
studies focus on measuring the metabolism, diet composition,
feeding preferences, and feeding rates of marine suspension
feeders. I am particularly interested in developing underwater (in
situ) methods which facilitate the study of undisturbed
animals in their natural environment. Read more...
Sediment
resuspension
by fish
Benthic
(ground)
fish resuspend large amount of sediments while foraging and
seeking for shelter. We discovered that fish activity alone
could maintain a layer of turbid water near the bottom
(nepheloid benthic layer), enhance the transport of nutrients
and benthic oxygen demand, and considerably reduce organic
carbon sequestration. Currently, we are developing tools that
will allows us to quantify these processes and understand their
effects in different marine habitats. Read more...
Benthic-pelagic
coupling
Benthic
organisms
are dependent on hydrodynamics and other processes at the water
column for every aspect of their life history. In many cases,
the activity of benthic communities can also control water
column processes. We are using a variety of methods to quantify
these process in the field. Read more...
List
of
publications | ISI Citation Report -
March 2013
24.Katz,
T., Yahel G.,
Reidenbach M.
A., Tunnicliffe V.,
Herut B.,
Crusius J.,
Whitney F.,
Snelgrove P.,
and Lazar B.
(2012)
Resuspension by
fish facilitates the transport and redistribution of coastal
sediments
Limnol. Oceanogr. 57(4)
945-958 Journal
| Abstract
| PDF
23.
Ribes, M., Jiménez E., Yahel
G., López-Sendino P., Diez B., Massana, R., Sharp J.H.,
and Coma R. (2012)
Functional
convergence of microbes associated with temperate marine
sponges
Environmental
Microbiology 14,1224-1239 Journal
| Abstract
| PDF
22. Leys, S.P., Yahel
G., Reidenbach M. A. ,
Tunnicliffe V.,
Shavit U.,
and Reiswig H. M. (2012)
The sponge pump:
the role of current induced flow in the design of the sponge
body plan
PLOS ONE
6(12): e27787. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027787 Journal | Abstract
| PDF
21. Chu J.W.F., Maldonado M., Yahel
G., Leys S.P. (2011)
Glass sponge
reefs as a silicon sink
Mar. Ecol. Prog.
Ser. 411, 1-14 (feature
article) Journal | Abstract
| PDF
20. Katz, T., Yahel
G., Yahel R., Tunnicliffe V., Herut B. , Snelgrove P.,
Crusius J., and Lazar B. (2009)
Groundfish
overfishing, diatom decline, and the marine silica cycle:
Lessons from Saanich Inlet, Canada, and the Baltic Sea cod
crash
Global
Biogeochem. Cycles, 23,
GB4032, doi:10.1029/2008GB003416 Journal
| Abstract | PDF+SM | Supplementary video
19. Yahel
G., Peter G. Beninger,
Marie D., and Genin A. (2009)
In situ
size-independent retention of phytoplankton and bacteria by
the tropical bivalve Lithophaga simplex
Aquat. Biol. 6,
235-246 Journal
| Abstract
| PDF
18.
Genin
A, Monismith S.G, Reidenbach M.A., Yahel G., and Koseff
J.R. (2009)
Intense benthic grazing of phytoplankton by the coral reef
community
Limnol.
Oceanogr.
54, 938–951 Journal | Abstract | PDF
17.
Yahel G., Yahel R., Katz T., Lazar B., Herut B.,
and Tunnicliffe V. (2008)
Fish activity, a major mechanism for sediment resuspension
and organic matter remineralization in coastal marine
sediments
Mar.
Ecol.
Prog. Ser. 372, 195-209 Journal | Abstract | PDF | Supplementary video
16.
Yahel G., Whitney F., Reiswig H.M., Eerkes-Medrano D.I.,
and Leys S.P. (2007)
In situ feeding and metabolism of glass sponges
(Hexactinellida, Porifera) studied in a deep temperate fjord
with a remotely operated submersible
Limnol.
Oceanogr.
52,428-440 Journal | Abstract | PDF | SOM
15.
Yahel G., Eerkes-Medrano D.I., and Leys S.P. (2006)
Size independent selective filtration of ultraplankton by
hexactinellid glass sponges
Aquatic Microbial Ecology 45:181-194 Journal | Abstract | PDF
14.
Reidenbach,
M.A., Monismith S.G., Koseff J.R., Yahel G., and Genin
A. (2006)
Boundary layer turbulence and flow structure over a fringing
coral reef
Limnol. Oceanogr. 51: 1956-1968 Journal | Abstract | PDF
13.
Monismith
S.G., Genin A., Reidenbach, M.A., Yahel G., and Koseff
J.R. (2006)
Thermally driven exchanges between a coral reef and the
adjoining ocean
Journal
of
Physical Oceanography Journal | Abstract | PDF
12.
Yahel G., Zalogin T., Yahel R., and Genin A. (2005)
Phytoplankton grazing by epi- and in-fauna inhabiting exposed
rocks in coral reefs.
Coral
Reefs. Journal | Abstract | PDF
11.
Perkol-Finkel
S., Shashar N., Barneah O., Ben-David-Zaslow R., Oren U.,
Reichart T., Yacobovich T., Yahel G., Yahel R., and
Benayahu Y. (2005)
Fouling reefal communities on artificial reefs: Does age
matter?
Biofouling
21,
127-140. Journal
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Abstract
| PDF
10.
Yahel G., Marie D., and Genin A. (2005)
"InEx” – an in situ method to measure rates of
element intake and excretion by active suspension feeders
Limnol.
Oceanogr.
Met. 3, 46-58. Journal | Abstract | PDF
9.
Yahel
R., Yahel G., and Genin A. (2005)
Diel pattern with abrupt crepuscular changes of zooplankton
over a coral reef
Limnol.
Oceanogr. 50, 930-944. Journal | Abstract | PDF
8.
Yahel
R., Yahel G., and Genin A. (2005)
Near-bottom depletion of zooplankton over coral reefs: I.
Diurnal dynamics and size distribution
Coral
Reefs
24: 75-85 Journal | Abstract | PDF
7.
Yahel G., Sharp J.H., Marie D., Häse C., and Genin A.
(2003)
In situ feeding and element removal in the
coral-reef sponge Theonella swinhoei: Bulk DOC is the
major source for carbon
Limnol.
Oceanogr. 48 141-149. Journal | Abstract | PDF
6.
Yahel
R., Yahel G., and Genin A. (2002)
Daily Cycles of Suspended Sand at Coral Reefs: A Biological
Control
Limnol.
Oceanogr. 47: 1071-1083. Journal | Abstract | PDF
5.
Genin
A., Yahel G., Reidenbach M.A., Monismith S.G., Koseff
J.R. (2002)
Intense benthic grazing on phytoplankton in coral reefs
revealed using the control volume approach
Oceanography
15, 90-96. Journal | Abstract | PDF
4.
Yahel G., Post A.F., Fabricius K.E., Marie D., Vaulot D.,
and Genin A. (1998)
Phytoplankton distribution and grazing near coral reefs
Limnol.
Oceanogr. 43, 551-563. Journal | Abstract | PDF
3.
Fabricius
K.E., Yahel G., and Genin A. (1998)
In situ depletion of phytoplankton by an
azooxanthellate soft coral
Limnol.
Oceanogr. 43, 354-356. Journal | Abstract | PDF
2.
Yahel G. (1998)
Suspension feeding in coral reefs - what about dissolved
matter?
Isr. J. Zool. 44, 90-91. Text
(abstract)
1.
Fabricius
K., Benayahu Y., Yahel G., Genin A. (1996)
Herbivory in Soft Corals: Correction.
Science 273, 293b-297. Journal
| Abstract
Submitted
In preparation
1. Jiménez E., Ribes M., and Yahel G.
Reassessing the nitrogen budget of Mediterranean sponges
and methodology reevaluation comparison
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Email for manuscript
2. Katz
T. , Yahel G, Tunnicliffe T., Herut
B., Crusius J. , Whitney F.,
Snelgrove P.V.R.
,
and Lazar B.
Fish
activity balances the silica cycle in a
north pacific fjord
Email for manuscript
1. Environmental
Impacts of air-gun surveys on Glass Sponges
PI: Tunnicliffe V. and Chapman R. | Draft prepared by Yahel
G. and Wilmut M.
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