The Division for Development and Public Relations     AMATZIA  GENIN,  PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY  Status : ACTIVE Birth place : KFAR SAVA (ISRAEL) Office Phone: 08-636-0124 Fax: 08-6374329 E-Mail: amatzia@vms.huji.ac.il U.R.L: http://www.iui-eilat.ac.il/index.aspx?scientist=amatzia&language=E   Department Faculty   INTERUNIVERSITY INST. FOR MARINE SCIENCE FACULTY OF SCIENCE Dept. Description EVOLUTION, SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY FACULTY OF SCIENCE Dept. Description   Academic Degree   Institution Year Ph.D. SCRIPPS INST. OF OCEANOGRAPHY 1987   Academic Position   Year PROFESSOR 2007 ASSOC. PROFESSOR 2003 SENIOR LECTURER 1994 LECTURER 1987   Research Interests Biological oceanography and coral-reef ecology. Benthic-pelagic coupling. Predator-prey interactions in the marine environment. Biomechanics and effects of flow.   Research Projects Ocean flow and zooplankton dynamics in coastal waters using advanced Characterization, formation and breakdown of small-scale patterns in Swimming behavior of individual zooplankton during night-time Zooplankton patch dynamics - effects of currents, topography, and Benthic ecology and flow - effects of water physics on competitive Long-term monitoring in the northern Gulf of Eilat - rare events in   Selected Publications Publication Title   Year Daily cycles of suspended sand in coral reefs: A biological 2002 Intense benthic grazing on phytoplankton in coral reefs revealed 2002 Expansion and homogeneity of the vertical distribution of 2002 Bulk removal of dissolved organic carbon by coral reef 2002 Grey mullets ameliorate organically enriched sediments below a 2002 Zooplankton distribution around four eastern North Pacific 2000 Phytoplankton distribution and grazing near coral reefs. 1998 In situ depletion of phytoplankton by an azooxanthellate soft 1998 Growth rates of three symbiotic corals in the Red Sea. 1998 Changes in the circulation and current spectrum near the tip of 1998 Prey flux manipulation and the feeding rates of reef dwelling 1997 Copepod carcasses in the ocean. I. Over seamounts. 1995 Effects on growth and reproduction of the coral Stylophora 1995 Vertical mixing and coral death in the Red Sea following the 1995 Flow-dependent herbivory and growth in zooxanthellae-free soft 1995 Herbivory in asymbiotic soft corals. 1995 Copepod carcasses in the ocean. II. Near coral reefs. 1995 Atmospheric cooling, unusual vertical mixing and coral mortality 1995 Effects of prey escape ability, flow speed, and predator feeding 1994 Zooplankton patch dynamics: Daily gap formation over abrupt 1994 Effects of flow on competitive superiority in scleractinian 1994 Anomalous abundances of sessile organisms on deep rocky bottom 1992 Distribution of epibenthic megafauna and lebensspuren on two 1989 Tidal currents and anticyclonic motions found in short-term 1989 A new species of Antipatharian (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from 1989 Interactions of migrating zooplankton with shallow topography: 1988   © All rights reserved to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem