Publications
- A Global Compendium of Nature-based Solutions in Small-Medium Islands, Mansoldo, M. D. C., Serra, E., Igondová, E., Moustakas, A., Hüseyin Dönmez, A., Tsatsou, A., Kumuk, B., Zoumides, C., Tzirkalli, E., Keleş Özgenç, E., Wolff, E., Sica, F., Paul, F., Zittis, G., Fenu, G., Liu, H. Y., Kokkoris, I. P., Vogiatzakis, I. N., Christoforidi, I. & Filippi, J. J. & 17 others, , Dec 2026, In: Scientific Data . 13, 1, 159.
- Uncertainty in island-based ecosystem services and climate change research, Demirel, N., Vogiatzakis, I. N., Zittis, G., Tase, M., Sándor, A. D., Zotos, S., Zoumides, C., Dindaroglu, T., Fois, M., Christoforidi, I., Stamatiadou, V., Zemah-Shamir, S., Albayrak, T., Kaptan Ayhan, C., Manolaki, P., Sieber, I., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Tzirkalli, E. & Moustakas, A., 2026, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 13, 1736032.
- A data-driven approach to compare behavioral and physiological metrics of gilthead sea bream exposed to playback ship noise to a control group, Diamant, R., Cohen, E., Shachar, I., Kipnis, D., Mišković, N., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Itay, P. & Morick, D., Dec 2025, In: Ecological Informatics. 92, 103491.
- 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.
- 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.
- Insular ecosystem services in peril: a systematic review on the impacts of climate change and other drivers, Zittis, G., Zoumides, C., Zemah-Shamir, S., Tase, M., Zotos, S., Demirel, N., Christoforidi, I., Dindaroğlu, T., Albayrak, T., Ayhan, C. K., Fois, M., Manolaki, P., Sandor, A., Sieber, I. M., Stamatiadou, V., Tzirkalli, E., Vogiatzakis, I., Zemah-Shamir, Z. & Moustakas, A., Jul 2025, In: Climatic Change. 178, 7, 127.
- Corrigendum to “Climate, land use, and other drivers' impacts on island ecosystem services: A global review” [Sci. Total Environ. Volume 973, 10 April 2025, 179147] (Science of the Total Environment (2025) 973, (S004896972500782X), (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179147)), Moustakas, A., Zemah-Shamir, S., Tase, M., Zotos, S., Demirel, N., Zoumides, C., Christoforidi, I., Dindaroglu, T., Albayrak, T., Ayhan, C. K., Fois, M., Manolaki, P., Sandor, A. D., Sieber, I., Stamatiadou, V., Tzirkalli, E., Vogiatzakis, I. N., Zemah-Shamir, Z. & Zittis, G., 1 May 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 975, 179244.
- Climate land use and other drivers' impacts on island ecosystem services: A global review, Moustakas, A., Zemah-Shamir, S., Tase, M., Zotos, S., Demirel, N., Zoumides, C., Christoforidi, I., Dindaroglu, T., Albayrak, T., Ayhan, C. K., Fois, M., Manolaki, P., Sandor, A. D., Sieber, I., Stamatiadou, V., Tzirkalli, E., Vogiatzakis, I. N., Zemah-Shamir, Z. & Zittis, G., 10 Apr 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 973, 179147.
- Marine Zoning: A Two-Decade Bibliographic Analysis—A Systematic Review, Shaked Mandelberg, Y., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Schwartz Belkin, I., Brenner, S. & Zemah-Shamir, S., Feb 2025, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 17, 4, 1724.
- Introducing dynamics into coastal recreational management: Humans-sharks interactions case study, Zemah-Shamir, S., Schwartz Belkin, I., Zemah-Shamir, Z. & Portman, M. E., Feb 2025, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 261, 107524.
- 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.
- The green seaweed Ulva: tomorrow’s “wheat of the sea” in foods, feeds, nutrition, and biomaterials, Hofmann, L. C., Strauss, S., Shpigel, M., Guttman, L., Stengel, D. B., Rebours, C., Gjorgovska, N., Turan, G., Balina, K., Zammit, G., Adams, J. M. M., Ahsan, U., Bartolo, A. G., Bolton, J. J., Domingues, R., Dürrani, Ö., Eroldogan, O. T., Freitas, A., Golberg, A. & Kremer, K. I. & 8 others, , 2025, In: Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 65, 19, p. 3728-3763 36 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.
- Shattering negative stigmas and creating empathy and willingness to advocate for unpopular endangered species: evidence from shark watching in Israel, Carmi, N., Becker, N., Cohen, S., Zemah-Shamir, Z. & Zemah-Shamir, S., 2024, In: Annals of Leisure Research. 27, 4, p. 505-524 20 p.
- 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.
- Pneumocoelom and secondary lung collapse treatment in a stranded loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Israel, Morick, D., Levy, Y., Davidovich, N., Wosnick, N., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Tchernov, D. & Aizenberg, I., Dec 2023, In: Veterinary Record Case Reports. 11, 4, e665.
- 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.
- Comparing spatial management tools to protect highly migratory shark species in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea hot spots, Zemah-Shamir, S., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Peled, Y., Sørensen, O. J. R., Schwartz Belkin, I. & Portman, M. E., 1 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 337, 117691.
- 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.
- Molecular Identification of Photobacterium damselae in Wild Marine Fish from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Morick, D., Maron, Y., Davidovich, N., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Nachum-Biala, Y., Itay, P., Wosnick, N., Tchernov, D. & Harrus, S., Feb 2023, In: Fishes. 8, 2, 60.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dietary habits change of Lessepsian migrants’ fish from the Red Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Tsadok, R., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Shemesh, E., Martinez, S., Ramon, D., Kolski, I., Tsemel, A. & Tchernov, D., 2023, In: Aquatic Invasions. 18, 4, p. 521-531 11 p.
- Case report: Blindness associated with Learedius learedi trematode infection in a green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, of the northern Red Sea, Morick, D., Bachmann, V. M., Shemesh, E., Botero-Anug, A. M., Zemach-Shamir, Z., Aizenberg, Z., Davidovich, N., Goldberg, D. W., Kan, G., Ofri, R., Tchernov, D. & Levy, Y., 2023, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 10, 1258522.
- Correction to: Preliminary insights of a mixed‑species shark aggregation: a case study of two carcharhinids from the Mediterranean Sea: Preliminary insights of a mixed‑species shark aggregation: a case study of two carcharhinids from the Mediterranean Sea (Environmental Biology of Fishes, (2022), 105, 5, (623-634), 10.1007/s10641-022-01280-2), Zemah‑Shamir, Z., Mourier, J., Ilany, A., Bigal, E., Scheinin, A. & Tchernov, D., 21 Jun 2022, In: Environmental Biology of Fishes. 105, 6, p. 795 1 p.
- Preliminary insights of a mixed-species shark aggregation: a case study of two carcharhinids from the Mediterranean Sea, Zemah-Shamir, Z., Mourier, J., Ilany, A., Bigal, E., Scheinin, A. & Tchernov, D., 1 May 2022, In: Environmental Biology of Fishes. 105, 5, p. 623-634 12 p.
- First Isolation and Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae From a Stranded Wild Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis), Morick, D., Davidovich, N., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Bigal, E., Rokney, A., Ron, M., Blum, S. E., Fleker, M., Soto, E., Heckman, T. I., Lau, S. C. K., Wosnick, N., Tchernov, D. & Scheinin, A. P., 12 Apr 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9, 824071.
- 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.
- Cultivating marine macroalgae in CO2-enriched seawater: A bio-economic approach, Zemah-Shamir, S., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Tchetchik, A., Haim, A., Tchernov, D. & Israel, Á., 15 Nov 2021, In: Aquaculture. 544, 737042.
- Localization of Acoustically Tagged Marine Animals in Under-Ranked Conditions, Alexandri, T., Shamir, Z. Z., Bigal, E., Scheinin, A., Tchernov, D. & Diamant, R., 1 Mar 2021, In: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 20, 3, p. 1126-1137 12 p., 3.
- Evidence of the impacts of emerging shark tourism in the Mediterranean, Zemah Shamir, Z., Zemah Shamir, S., Becker, N., Scheinin, A. & Tchernov, D., 1 Aug 2019, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 178, 104847.
- Shark aggregation and tourism: opportunities and challenges of an emerging phenomenon, Zemah Shamir, Z., Zemah Shamir, S., Tchernov, D., Scheinin, A. & Becker, N., 4 Jul 2019, In: International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology. 26, 5, p. 406-414 9 p.