Megalodon CCR All monitoring dives are conducted using Megalodon Closed circuit rebreathers (CCR) to don’t disturb the fish, increased bottom time and safety. We return to the monitoring sites using a GPS coordinates and in water recognition of the site. There is no return to the exact transect although the transects are done within the same site.Fish Census- four transects of 25 m’ each are conducted at every site. Every…
The Eastern Mediterranean is unusually blue. This is because it is as much a desert as the Sahara desert to the south and for similar reasons. The water circulation, caused by the hot dry climate, results in the dissolved nutrients which are supplied to the surface waters both naturally and anthropogenically being washed out of the basin at the Straits of Sicily. The aim of our team in Sdot Yam is to make…
Ms.c. graduateRocky reef monitoring project, Media manager and photographerProject: Invertebrates and Algal Monitoring on the Rocky Reefshnativ@univ.haifa.ac.il Facebook Linkedin Twitter Vimeo Researchgate Instagram Youtube Academic Education:BSc – Marine Science and Environment, Ruppin Academic Center (Michmoret), Israel 2005-2009MSc – Marine Biology, University of Haifa, Israel (2018-2021)Background:Hagai is both an underwater photographer and a marine biologist, finding interest in documenting the underwater world that is out of reach to most people. At…
PhD CandidateApex Predators Laboratory Manager+972 50 8562785eyalbigal@gmail.comProject: Marine Apex Predators Facebook Linkedin Academic Education:BSc – Marine Science and Environment, Ruppin Academic Center (Michmoret), Israel (2008-2011)MSc – Water and Coastal management, Karl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany (2014-2016)MSc – Environmental and Infrastructure Planning, University of Groningen, Netherlands (2014-2016)PhD – Marine Biology, University of Haifa, Israel (2016-Present)Background:Eyal became fascinated by the sea during his mandatory military service, where he served as…
