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16-11-2015
Welcome, Environmental Perspectives in the Mediterranean Sea
Zvi Ben Avraham - Development in Mediterranean research
Sinaia Netanyahu – Environmental challenges in the Israeli marine environment
Michael Angelidis – Monitoring marine pollution in the Mediterranean Sea: achievements and challenges
Heavy Metal Dynamics in the Marine Ecosystem
Nicholas S. Fisher – Metal-plankton interactions and their biogeochemical implications
Charles T Driscoll – Mercury dynamics in marine ecosystems
Anthropogenic and Environmental Aspects along the Mediterranean Coast of Israel
Dror Zurel – Compliance marine monitoring in the Israeli Mediterranean shore
Gustavo Haqim – Radioactive materials in the marine environment in Israel: sources and monitoring
Ophir Lavon – Marine toxic exposure: Medical implications and monitoring considerations
Shirra Freeman – Risk benefit assessment of fish consumption in Israel
Orit Hyams Kaphza – Natural oligotrophy vs. pollution-induced eutrophy on the Israeli Mediterranean shallow shelf (the Shafdan outlet): Environmental parameters and benthic foraminiferal assemblages
Eyal Rahav – Bacterioplankton production in along the Mediterranean Coast of Israel - observational patterns under human induced impacts
Ilana Berman Fran – Sensitivity and resilience of primary and bacterial productivity of the ultra-oligotrphic eastern Mediterranean Sea under anthropogenic stressors
Yishai Weinstein – The contribution of direct groundwater discharge to the nutrient budget of the Mediterranean
Revital Bookman – Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on the southeast Mediterranean shelf sediments
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Desalination – Development, Monitoring and Environmental Implications
Abraham Tenne – The desalination in Israel – Closing the gap
Yuval Cohen – Seawater desalination in Israel – Environmental challenges and solutions
Edo Bar Zeev – From Aquatic Microbs to Seagrass: What is the Impact of a desalination facility brine—waste?
Natasha Belkin – Impacts of seawater desalination discharges on coastal microbial communities
Nurit Kress - The challenge of marine monitoring at discharge sites of desalination brine
Marine litter and plastic debris
Tamara Galloway – Microscopic plastic debris and its impact on aquatic ecosystems
Noam van der Hal – Microplastics and their potential effect on marine food webs in Israeli coastal waters
Galia Pasternak – The influence of coastal currents on the distribution of marine plastic debris
Light and noise pollution
Hila Fishov – Light pollution in sea-water by the coal-peer of the electricity company of Hadera and its effect on the local zooplankton spatial distribution
Daniel Kerem – Man-made noise in the sea: nuisance or threat
Stylianos Katsanevakis – marine conservation, and monitoring as viewed from your recent studies in the Mediterranean
Fisheries, invasive species and marine conservation
Daniel Pauly – The impact of industrial fishing on the world’s marine ecosystems
Menachem Goren – The deep sea fishes of the Levant Sea
Daniel Golani – Long-term study on the trawl fishery of the Mediterranean coast of Israel
Alon Rothschild – How to reform Israeli fisheries – To the benefit of man and nature
Dror Angel – Jellyfish, medusae and gelatinous zooplankton - Are outbreaks of these related to our activities along the coast and at sea?
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Response of the Marine Environment to Climate Change
Brian Helmuth – The effects of climate change on the physiology and ecology of marine organisms
Gil Rilov – Beyond the comfort zone – The past, present and future of Levant reef species under climate change
Tamar Guy Haim – Shifted communities and ecosystem functions in a warm and acidified coastal ocean
Jonathan Belmaker – Can we predict fish invasions into the Mediterranean under different climate change scenarios?
Danna Titelboim – Selective responses of benthic foraminifera to thermal pollution
Environmental Aspects of Deep-Sea Natural Gas & Oil Activities
Rudney E Cluck – The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Environmental and Social Impacts
Shari A. Yvon Lewis – Deepwater oil spills: Threats, research and observing systems
Jack Silverman – Baseline survey for Israel EEZ
Yossi Azov – Monitoring gas fields in deep-sea of the Eastern Mediterranean
Moshe Tom – Uniform habitats in the Israeli Mediterranean marine province - an efficient tool for the implementation of adequate environmental policy
Ilan Nissim – Offshore oil and gas environmental guidelines and future plans
Marine Spatial Planning of Israel
Yaara Lemberge Kenar - Marine areas bill: Opportunities and dilemmas
Nadia Tzimerman - The Israeli maritime zones bill – Who is responsible for marine spatial planning?
Haya Erez - Securing the Mediterranean Sea as a national asset
Iris Hann - Marine Policy for Israel's Mediterranean
Shamay Assif - A Marine Plan for Israel
Hezi Gildor - Ocean gliders for the offshore oil and gas industry
