Academic Education:
- BSc – Marine Science and Environment, Hebrew University, Israel (1997-1999)
- MSc – Marine Ecology, Maritime Civilizations, Haifa University, Israel (2001-2003)
- PhD Candidate –Marine Ecology, Leon Charney School of Marine Sciences, Haifa University, Israel (2023-)
Background:
Anat is an ecologist, following the status of rocky littoral for a decade. She led the development and adaptation of the Ocean Health Index of the Israeli Mediterranean. At the Morris Kahn Marine Research Station, she works with Professor Michael Krom and created a top-notch nutrient analysis lab.
Current Research:
Anat is currently working on the long-term monitoring of nutrient content in the Israeli Mediterranean coastal waters, as well as follow-up on the status of batoid communities in Gedor reserve, and the surrounding reefs. Her PhD thesis focuses on the ecology of the Israeli rocky reefs up to the mesophotic zone.
Publications:
Ben-Ezra, T., Reich, T., Tsemel, A., Berman-Frank, I., Lehahn, Y., Sher, D., Suari, Y., & Krom. (2023). Nutrient dynamics across the Israeli coastal shelf: An unusual oligotrophic coastal system. Continental Shelf Research, 266, 105103.
Tsadok, R., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Shemesh, E., Martinez, S., Ramon, D., Kolski, I., Tsemel, A., & Tchernov, D. (2023). Dietary habits change of Lessepsian migrants’ fish from the Red Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Invasions, 18(4), 521–531.
Keuter, S., Silverman, J., Krom, M. D., Sisma-Ventura, G., Yu, J., Tsemel, A., Ben-Ezra, T., Sher, D., Reich, T., Koplovitz, G., & Frada, M. J. (2022). Seasonal patterns of coccolithophores in the ultra-oligotrophic South-East Levantine Basin, Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Micropaleontology, 175, 102153.
Reich, T., Ben-Ezra, T., Belkin, N., Tsemel, A., Aharonovich, D., Roth-Rosenberg, D., Givati, S., Bialik, O., Herut, B., Berman-Frank, I., Frada, M., Krom, M. D., Lehahn, Y., Rahav, E., & Sher, D. (2022). A year in the life of the Eastern Mediterranean: Monthly dynamics of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton in an ultra-oligotrophic sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 103720.
Ben Ezra, T., Krom, M. D., Tsemel, A., Berman-Frank, I., Herut, B., Lehahn, Y., Rahav, E., Reich, T., Thingstad, T. F., & Sher, D. (2021). Seasonal nutrient dynamics in the P depleted Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Deep-Sea Research. Part I, Oceanographic Research Papers, 176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.
Krom, M. D., Tsemel, A., Scheinin, A., Morick, D., Meron, D., Bigal, E., Shemesh, E., Azrieli, B., Aharonovich, D., Zuriel, Y., Nativ, H., Livne, L., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Einbinder, S., Tchernov, D. R. F. A. Y. 2015-2021 |seasons 1-10, & Tchernov, D. (2022). Morris Kahn Marine Research Station Report for activity years 2015-2021 | Seasons 1-10. Morris Khan Marine Research Station.
Krom, M. D., Tsemel, A., Scheinin, A., Morick, D., Meron, D., Bigal, E., Shemesh, E., Azrieli, B., Aharonovich, D., Zuriel, Y., Nativ, H., Livne, L., Zemah-Shamir, Z., Einbinder, S., Tchernov, D. R. F. A. Y. 2015-2021 |seasons 1-10, & Tchernov, D. (2022). Morris Kahn Marine Research Station Report for activity years 2015-2021 | Seasons 1-10. Morris Khan Marine Research Station.
Kroeger, L. A., Tsemel, A., Tchernov, D., & Ayalon, O. (2019). A Theoretical Approach Concerning Nutrient Emissions to Inform Monitoring and Management of Mariculture Farms. Journal of Aquatic Research and Marine Sciences, 2(2). https://norcaloa.com/journals/
Tsemel, A., Scheinin, A., & Suari, Y. (2014). D Grade for the Mediterranean- Applying the Ocean Health Index to Israel. Ecology & Environment, 5(3), 218–222.
Scheinin, A., Tsemel, A., Barneah, O., Edelist, D., Klass, K., Geffen Glaser, A., Lin, H., Y, P., & Angert, N. (2013). A Report on the State of Nature in the Mediterranean Sea 2013. המארג, בחסות למדעים., האקדמיה הישראלית. https://hamaarag.org.il/
Tsemel, A., Spanier, E., & Angel, D. L. (2006). Benthic communities of artificial structures : effects of mariculture in the Gulf of Aqaba ( Eilat ) on development and bioaccumulation. Bulletin of Marine Science, 78(1), 103–113.
Tsemel, A., Spanier, E., & Angel, D. L. (2006). Benthic communities of artificial structures: Effects of mariculture in the gulf of Aqaba (Eilat) on development and bioaccumulation. Bulletin of Marine Science, 78(1).
Cook, E. J., Black, K. D., Sayer, M. D. J., Cromey, C. J., Angel, D. L., Spanier, E., Tsemel, A., Katz, T., Eden, N., Karakassis, I., Tsapakis, M., Apostolaki, E. T., & Malej, A. (2006). The influence of caged mariculture on the early development of sublittoral fouling communities: a pan-European study. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal Du Conseil, 63(4), 637–649.
Lojen, S., Katz, T., Tsemel, A., Spanier, E., & Angel, D. L. (2005). Potential of natural fouling communities for assimilation of fish farm derived particulate nitrogen: a case study in Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). In G. Strauch & S. M. Weise (Eds.), VIII Isotope Workshop, Extended Abstract Volume (p. 90). UFZ Centre for Environmental Leipzig-Halle Department of Hydrogeology, Department Isotope Hydrology.
Lojen, S., Spanier, E., Tsemel, A., Katz, T., Eden, N., & Angel, D. L. (2005). {δ15N} as a natural tracer of particulate nitrogen effluents released from marine aquaculture. Marine Biology, 148(1), 87–96.
Cook, E. J., Black, K. D., Sayer, M. D. J., Cromey, C. J., Magill, S. H., Angel, D., Spanier, E., Tsemel, A., Karakassis, I., Tsapakis, M., & Others. (2004). Bio-Filtration and Aquaculture: An evaluation of artificial substrate deployment performance within mariculture developments. EU 5th Framework p. BIOFAQs Q5RS-2000-30305, Quality of life and management..
Tsemel, A., & צמל, ע. (2004). Development of sessile macro-biota on artificial substrate next to net cage fish farms in the gulf of Eilat (Aqaba) and the roots of marine ecology in Aristotle’s writings on animals [University of Haifa].
Spanier, E., Tsemel, A., Lubinevski, H., Roitemberg, A., Yurman, A., Breitstein, S., Angel, D., Eden, N., & Katz, T. (2003). Can open water bio-filters be used for the reduction of the environmental impact of finfish net cage aquaculture in the coastal waters of Israel. Annales Ser Hist Nat, 13, 25–28.
Katz, T., Eden, N., Spanier, E., Tsemel, A., Breitstein, S., Yurman, A., & Angel, D. (2002). Use of solid substrates and biofiltration to reduce mariculture effluents to surrounding waters- Preliminary results from the Gulf of Eilat. Israeli Journal of Aquaculture/Bamidgeh, 54(2), 55–56.
