Publications
- Structural Variation in Whistle Patterns of Two Coastal Dolphin Species Co-Occurring in the Southern Israeli Mediterranean Sea, Zuriel, Y. E., Aharoni, I., Atch, D., Galili, O., Tchernov, D., Scheinin, A. & Kerem, D., Oct 2026, In: Marine Mammal Science. 42, 4, e70243.
- Sulfur, e-waste contaminants and sharks, Newman, E. S., Scheinin, A., Wosnick, N., Lemos, L. S., Bigal, E., Itay, P., Saint'Pierre, T. D., Tchernov, D., Hauser-Davis, R. A. & Morick, D., 15 Jul 2026, In: Environmental Pollution. 401, 128227.
- One Health Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Blackchin Guitarfish as a Case Study, Lellouche, J., Di Castro, H., Maschiah, N., Paikin, S., Zvereva, M., Tchernov, D., Scheinin, A., Cohen, E. & Meron, D., Apr 2026, In: GeoHealth. 10, 4, e2025GH001680.
- Investigating the presence of different bottlenose dolphin ecotypes in the Mediterranean Sea, Bellingeri, M., Nebuloni, A., La Manna, G., Akkaya, A., Alessi, J., Arcangeli, A., Ascheri, D., Awbery, T., Azzinari, G., Azzinari, C., Azzolin, M., Bacchetta, M., Amer, I. B., Buscaino, G., Calogero, G., Campana, I., Canadas, A. M., Carlucci, R., Castelli, A. & Chicote, C. A. & 45 others, , Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 5526.
- Fatal shark incident in the eastern Mediterranean Sea highlights urgent need for enhanced management measures, Bigal, E., Livne, L., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Morick, D., Einbinder, S., Tchernov, D. & Scheinin, A., Oct 2025, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 269, 107848.
- Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Along the Coast of Israel: Abundance and Social Structure, Mevorach, Y., Galili, O., Bigal, E., Goffman, O., Roditi-Elasar, M., Zuriel, Y., Kobo, K., Haitovich, Y., Hadar, N., Markovich, M., Vardimon, D., Reininger, D., Marco, S., Morick, D., Tchernov, D., Kerem, D. & Scheinin, A., Aug 2025, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 35, 8, e70181.
- Bridging the gap in deep seafloor management: Ultra fine-scale ecological habitat characterization of large seascapes, Sørensen, O. J. R., van Rijn, I., Einbinder, S., Nativ, H., Scheinin, A., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Bigal, E., Livne, L., Tsemel, A., Bialik, O. M., Papeer, G., Tchernov, D. & Makovsky, Y., Aug 2025, In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 11, 4, p. 472-489 18 p.
- Plasma chemistry and hematology of Eastern Mediterranean Sea green turtles undergoing rehabilitation, Starostinetsky Malonek, T., Scheinin, A., Wosnick, N., Davidovich, N., Itay, P., Piha, S., Aroch, I., Tchernov, D., Levy, Y., Hauser-Davis, R. A. & Morick, D., Jan 2025, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 34, 1, p. 85-103 19 p., e11842.
- Ecological interactions and unique resource partitioning between dolphins in the ultraoligotrophic eastern Mediterranean Sea, Zuriel, E. Y., S, M., E, S., O, G., D, T., Scheinin, A. P. & D, K., Jan 2025, In: Marine Environmental Research. 203, 106817.
- מחקר ארוך שנים על התקבצות הכרישים בחדרה, שיינין, א., ביגל, א., כהן, ע., ליבנה, ל., מוריק, ד., מירון, ד., צמח-שמיר, ז. & צ'רנוב, ד., 2025, הוד הים: איתנות ותמורות במערכות הימיות של ישראל. סטמבלר, נ. (ed.). חיפה: העמותה הישראלית למדעי הימים, p. 593-608 16 p.
- יונקי הים התיכון בישראל, שיינין, א., מבורך, י., רודיטי-אלסר, מ., אלדר צוריאל, י., קובו, ק., ביגל, א., גלילי, א., כרם, ד., צ'רנוב, ד. & מוריק, ד., 2025, הוד הים: איתנות ותמורות במערכות הימיות של ישראל. סטמבלר, נ. (ed.). חיפה: העמותה הישראלית למדעי הימים, p. 649-671 23 p.
- Shark shuffle: segregated co-occurrence of multiple dusky and sandbar lineages at a human-altered habitat in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Bigal, E., Livne, L., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Levy, T., Shemesh, E., Tchernov, D. & Scheinin, A., Dec 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 19924.
- Observational study on the non-linear response of dolphins to the presence of vessels, Diamant, R., Testolin, A., Shachar, I., Galili, O. & Scheinin, A., Dec 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 6062.
- Serum chemistry, thyroxine concentration, and blood cell morphology of wild, young Blackchin Guitarfish Glaucostegus cemiculus sampled on the eastern Mediterranean coastline, Schwartz, N., Morick, D., Azrieli, B., Scheinin, A., Tchernov, D. & Aroch, I., Sep 2024, In: Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 36, 3, p. 281-299 19 p.
- Threatened cetaceans off the coast of Israel and long-range movement of a sperm whale, Thompson, K. F., Gordon, J., Webber, T., Zuriel, Y., Kobo, K., Tchernov, D., Airoldi, S., Violi, B., Verga, A., Gannier, A., Fontanesi, E., Ascheri, D. & Scheinin, A. P., May 2024, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 34, 5, e4155.
- Characterising a potential nearshore nursery ground for the blackchin guitarfish (Glaucostegus cemiculus) in Ma’agan Michael, Israel, Azrieli, B., Cohen, E., Livne, L., Ramon, D., Tsemel, A., Bigal, E., Shemesh, E., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Barash, A., Tchernov, D. & Scheinin, A., 2024, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 11, 1391752.
- First description of a Gammaherpesvirus in a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Morick, D., Davidovich, N., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Kroin, Y., Bigal, E., Sierra, E., Segura-Göthlin, S., Wosnick, N., Hauser-Davis, R. A., Tchernov, D. & Scheinin, A. P., Dec 2023, In: Veterinary Research Communications. 47, 4, p. 2253-2258 6 p.
- Some Like It Hot: Investigating Thermoregulatory Behavior of Carcharhinid Sharks in a Natural Environment with Artificially Elevated Temperatures, Barash, A., Scheinin, A., Bigal, E., Zemah Shamir, Z., Martinez, S., Davidi, A., Fadida, Y., Pickholtz, R. & Tchernov, D., Sep 2023, In: Fishes. 8, 9, 428.
- Multi-year passive acoustic monitoring of coastal dolphins along the Israeli Mediterranean shallow shelf reveals the impact of marine fish farms and trawling patterns on their habitat utilization, Zuriel, Y. E., Levi Avshalom, N., van Rijn, I., Livne, L., Galili, O., Tchernov, D., Scheinin, A. P. & Kerem, D., Jun 2023, In: Marine Environmental Research. 188, 106014.
- Cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea: Encounter Rate, Dominant Species, and Diversity Hotspots, Gnone, G., Bellingeri, M., Airoldi, S., Gonzalvo, J., David, L., Di-Méglio, N., Cañadas, A. M., Akkaya, A., Awbery, T., Mussi, B., Campana, I., Azzolin, M., Dede, A., Tonay, A. M., Monaco, C., Pellegrino, G., Tepsich, P., Moulins, A., Arcangeli, A. & Labach, H. & 24 others, , Mar 2023, In: Diversity. 15, 3, 321.
- Depth Partitioning and Diel Movement of Two Large Carcharhinid Sharks in Extremely Shallow Waters, Barash, A., Scheinin, A., Bigal, E., Zemah Shamir, Z., Martinez, S. & Tchernov, D., Feb 2023, In: Fishes. 8, 2, 85.
- Two Decades of Coastal Dolphin Population Surveys in Israel, Eastern Mediterranean, Galili, O., Goffman, O., Roditi-Elasar, M., Mevorach, Y., Bigal, E., Zuriel, Y., Haitovich, Y., Hadar, N., Markovich, M., Vardimon, D., Reininger, D., Marco, S., Morick, D., Ratner, E., Tchernov, D. & Scheinin, A., Feb 2023, In: Biology. 12, 2, 328.
- Photobacterium damselae subspecies damselae Pneumonia in Dead, Stranded Bottlenose Dolphin, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Morick, D., Blum, S. E., Davidovich, N., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Bigal, E., Itay, P., Rokney, A., Nasie, I., Feldman, N., Flecker, M., Roditi-Elasar, M., Aharoni, K., Zuriel, Y., Wosnick, N., Tchernov, D. & Scheinin, A. P., Jan 2023, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 29, 1, p. 179-183 5 p.
- First report on the serum chemistry and haematology of free-ranging dusky (Carcharhinus obscurus) and sandbar (Carcharhinus plumbeus) sharks in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Starostinetsky-Malonek, T., Scheinin, A., Aroch, I., Davidovich, N., Bigal, E., Livne, L., Hauser-Davis, R. A., Wosnick, N., Tchernov, D. & Morick, D., 2023, In: Conservation Physiology. 11, 1, coad037.
- Preliminary study of shark microbiota at a unique mix-species shark aggregation site, in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Bregman, G., Lalzar, M., Livne, L., Bigal, E., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Morick, D., Tchernov, D., Scheinin, A. & Meron, D., 2023, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 14, 1027804.
- The Kiss of the Pink Dolphin: Characterization of Recordings in the Ecuadorian Amazonian, Diamant, R., Ulloa, C., Scheinin, A. & Rivas-Torres, G., 2023, OCEANS 2023 - Limerick, OCEANS Limerick 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (OCEANS 2023 - Limerick, OCEANS Limerick 2023).
- A Systematic Review of the Behavioural Changes and Physiological Adjustments of Elasmobranchs and Teleost’s to Ocean Acidification with a Focus on Sharks, Zemah-Shamir, Z., Zemah-Shamir, S., Scheinin, A., Tchernov, D., Lazebnik, T. & Gal, G., Apr 2022, In: Fishes. 7, 2, 56.
- Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) sightings in Israel 2009–2020: Extralimital records or signs of population expansion?, Roditi-Elasar, M., Bundone, L., Goffman, O., Scheinin, A. P. & Kerem, D. H., Jan 2021, In: Marine Mammal Science. 37, 1, p. 344-351 8 p.
- Automated analysis of marine video with limited data, Levy, D., Belfer, Y., Osherov, E., Bigal, E., Scheinin, A. P., Nativ, H., Tchernov, D. & Treibitz, T., 13 Dec 2018, Proceedings - 2018 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops, CVPRW 2018. IEEE Computer Society, p. 1466-1474 9 p. 8575346. (IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops; vol. 2018-June).
- Assessing cetacean surveys throughout the Mediterranean Sea: A gap analysis in environmental space, Mannocci, L., Roberts, J. J., Halpin, P. N., Authier, M., Boisseau, O., Bradai, M. N., Canãdas, A., Chicote, C., David, L., Di-Méglio, N., Fortuna, C. M., Frantzis, A., Gazo, M., Genov, T., Hammond, P. S., Holcer, D., Kaschner, K., Kerem, D., Lauriano, G. & Lewis, T. & 7 others, , 1 Dec 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 1, 3126.
- ISRAEL (MEDITERRANEAN), Edelist, D., Scheinin, A., Sonin, O., Shapiro, J., Salameh, P., Rilov, G., Benayahu, Y., Schulz, D. & Zeller, D., 1 Jan 2016, Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries: A Critical Appraisal of Catches and Ecosystem Impacts. Princeton University Press, p. 300 1 p.
- The Rough-Toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis, in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: A Relict Population?, Kerem, D., Goffman, O., Elasar, M., Hadar, N., Scheinin, A. & Lewis, T., 2016, Advances in Marine Biology. Academic Press, p. 233-258 26 p. (Advances in Marine Biology; vol. 75).
- Drivers of Population Structure of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Gaspari, S., Scheinin, A., Holcer, D., Fortuna, C., Natali, C., Genov, T., Frantzis, A., Chelazzi, G. & Moura, A. E., 17 Feb 2015, In: Evolutionary Biology. 42, 2, p. 177-190 14 p.
- ציון 'מספיק בקושי' לים התיכון - התאמת מדד בריאות הים העולמי לישראל, צמל, ע., שיינין, א. & סוארי, י., 2014, In: אקולוגיה וסביבה. 5, 3, p. 218-222 5 p.
- Israel: Reconstructed estimates of total fisheries removals in the Mediterranean, 1950-2010, Edelist, D., Scheinin, A., Sonin, O., Shapiro, J., Salameh, P., Rilov, G., Benayahu, Y., Schulz, D. & Zeller, D., Dec 2013, In: Acta Adriatica. 54, 2, p. 253-263 11 p.
- Early physical maturation of female common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus in the eastern Levantine Basin, Kerem, D., Kent, R., Roditi-Elasar, M., Goffman, O., Scheinin, A. & Gol'Din, P., 1 Dec 2013, In: Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. 59, 3, p. 154-162 9 p.
- יונקים ימיים בים תיכון בישראל, שיינין, א., 2013, In: צלילה. p. ינואר 2013
- Pulmonary fungal infection caused by Neoscytalidium dimidiatum in a Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), Elad, D., Morick, D., David, D., Scheinin, A., Yamin, G., Blum, S. & Goffman, O., May 2011, In: Medical Mycology. 49, 4, p. 424-426 3 p.
- Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in the Mediterranean Sea: Anomalous event or early sign of climate-driven distribution change?, Scheinin, A. P., Kerem, D., MacLeod, C. D., Gazo, M., Chicote, C. A. & Castellote, M., Apr 2011, In: Marine Biodiversity Records. 4, e28.
- קוראים לי פליפר, שיינין, א., 2011, In: בשביל הארץ. 44, p. 8-9 2 p.
- Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) resighted along the Israeli coastline after more than half a century, Scheinin, A. P., Goffman, O., Elasar, M., Perelberg, A. & Kerem, D. H., 2011, In: Aquatic Mammals. 37, 3, p. 241-242 2 p.
- כלב הים הנזירי הים תיכוני חוזר לחופי ישראל אחרי 50 שנה, פרלברג, א. & שיינין, א., 2010, In: אקולוגיה וסביבה. 2, p. 4-5 2010 2 p.
- כלב הים הנזירי הים תיכוני חוזר לחופי ישראל אחרי 50 שנה, שיינין, א., 2010, In: טבע הדברים. 180, p. 12 1 p.
- Persistent organochlorine pollutants and heavy metals in tissues of common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) from the Levantine Basin of the Eastern Mediterranean, Shoham-Frider, E., Kress, N., Wynne, D., Scheinin, A., Roditi-Elsar, M. & Kerem, D., Oct 2009, In: Chemosphere. 77, 5, p. 621-627 7 p.
- סוף עצוב לדולפינה הענקית מנמל חיפה, שיינין, א. & כרם, ד., 2007, In: טבע הדברים. 137, p. 17 1 p.
- עב-שן קטלני במזרח הים התיכון - תצפית נדירה, שיינין, א., 2006, In: טבע הדברים. 125, p. 12 1 p.
- מחקר דולפינים במסגרת המד-רד-ראלי, שיינין, א., 2006, In: טבע הדברים. 130, p. 11-12 2 p.
- דולפינים בישראל, שיינין, א., 2005, In: בשביל הארץ. 8, p. 20-21 2 p.
- בעקבות הקולות מהמעמקים, שיינין, א., 2005, In: טבע הדברים. 119, p. 44-52 9 p.
- הדולפינים בישראל, שיינין, א., 2003, In: מסע עולמי. 16, p. 22-24 3 p.
