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Daniel Golani is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research spans several interconnected fields, focusing primarily on environmental science, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in their substantive contribution to scientific knowledge over numerous years.

The main research subfields associated with Golani encompass molecular biology, aquatic science, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, and general health professions. Within these areas, Golani's work notably addresses topics including identification and quantification in food, fish biology and ecology studies, marine ecology and invasive species, ichthyology and marine biology, fish ecology and management studies, hermeneutics and narrative identity, as well as aging, elder care, and social issues.

Golani's publication record indicates strong involvement in collaborative research. Frequent co-authors include Ronald Fricke, Brenda Appelbaum-Golani, Roni Tadmor-Levi, Lior David, and Marcelo Kovačić. The collaborations suggest an interdisciplinary network of scholars contributing to ichthyology, marine biology, and molecular biology.

Contributions by Daniel Golani have appeared in several specific scientific journals with notable frequency. These include:

  • Société Française d'Ichtyologie
  • Zootaxa
  • Marine Biology Research
  • Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Among Golani's recent papers are:

  • "An updated Checklist of the Mediterranean fishes of Israel, with illustrations of recently recorded species and delineation of Lessepsian migrants," 2021, Zootaxa
  • "First record of Papillogobius melanobranchus in the Mediterranean Sea and new data on geographic distributions, bathymetric ranges and morphology of several small benthic fishes in the Levant," 2021, Société Française d'Ichtyologie
  • "First record of three gobiid species in the Levant," 2021, Société Française d'Ichtyologie
  • "Establishing and using a genetic database for resolving identification of fish species in the Sea of Galilee, Israel," 2022, PLoS ONE
  • "Revisiting the species list of freshwater fish in Israel based on DNA barcoding," 2023, Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Impacts of invasive alien marine species on ecosystem services and biodiversity: a pan-European review.

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Inger Wallentinus;Argyro Zenetos;Erkki Leppäkoski

  • Uncertainties and validation of alien species catalogues: The Mediterranean as an example

    Argyro Zenetos;Melih Ertan Çinar;Fabio Crocetta;Dani Golani

  • Restructuring the Sea: profound shifts in the world's most invaded marine ecosystem

    Dor Edelist;Gil Rilov;Daniel Golani;James T. Carlton

  • THE MARINE ICHTHYOFAUNA OF THE EASTERN LEVANT—HISTORY, INVENTORY, AND CHARACTERIZATION

    Daniel Golani

  • The Fishes of the Red Sea—Reappraisal and Updated Checklist

    Daniel Golani;Sergey V. Bogorodsky

  • Lessepsian migration and tetrodotoxin poisoning due to Lagocephalus sceleratus in the eastern Mediterranean

    Yedidia Bentur;Jalal Ashkar;Yael Lurie;Yishai Levy

  • Fishes of the Eastern Mediterranean

    Daniel Golani;Bayram Ozturk;Nuri Basusta

  • Genetic bottlenecks and successful biological invasions: the case of a recent Lessepsian migrant.

    Daniel Golani;Ernesto Azzurro;Maria Corsini-Foka;Manuela Falautano

  • New Records of the Red Sea Fishes, Pterois miles (Scorpaenidae) and Pteragogus pelycus (Labridae) from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

    Daniel Golani;Oren Sonin

  • First record of the bluespotted cornetfish from the Mediterranean Sea

    D. Golani

  • Distribution of Lessepsian migrant fish in the Mediterranean

    Daniel Golani

  • Niche separation between colonizing and indigenous goatfish (Mullidae) along the Mediterranean coast of Israel

    D. Golani

  • Trophic relationships of colonizing and indigenous goatfishes (Mullidae) in the eastern Mediterranean with special emphasis on decapod crustaceans

    Daniel Golani;Bella Galil

  • Genetics of the early stages of invasion of the Lessepsian rabbitfish Siganus luridus

    Ernesto Azzurro;Daniel Golani;Giuseppe Bucciarelli;Giacomo Bernardi

  • Improving the Conservation of Mediterranean Chondrichthyans: The ELASMOMED DNA Barcode Reference Library.

    Alessia Cariani;Silvia Messinetti;Alice Ferrari;Marco Arculeo

  • FISH COLONIZATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL REEF IN THE GULF OF ELAT, NORTHERN RED SEA

    Daniel Golani;Ariel Diamant

  • Genetic cryptic species as biological invaders: the case of a Lessepsian fish migrant, the hardyhead silverside Atherinomorus lacunosus

    Giuseppe Bucciarelli;Daniel Golani;Giacomo Bernardi

  • Diet Adaptations of Lessepsian Migrant Rabbitfishes, Siganus luridus and S. rivulatus, to the Algal Resources of the Mediterranean Coast of Israel

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  • New records and rare occurrences of fish species from the Mediterranean coast of Israel

    Daniel Golani;Yaniv Levy

  • The biology of the Red Sea migrant, Saurida undosquamis in the Mediterranean and comparison with the indigenous confamilial Synodus saurus (Teleostei: Synodontidae)

    Daniel Golani

  • Checklist of the Mediterranean Fishes of Israel

    Daniel Golani

  • Fish invasions of the mediterranean sea : change and renewal

    Daniel Golani;Brenda Sppelbaum-Golani

Frequent Co-Authors

Giacomo Bernardi
Giacomo Bernardi University of California, Santa Cruz
Ehud Spanier
Ehud Spanier University of Haifa
Ernesto Azzurro
Ernesto Azzurro Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Bella S. Galil
Bella S. Galil Tel Aviv University
Gil Rilov
Gil Rilov Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
John E. Randall
John E. Randall Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Fabio Crocetta
Fabio Crocetta Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Giovanni Garippa
Giovanni Garippa University of Sassari
Jonathan Belmaker
Jonathan Belmaker Tel Aviv University
Stelios Katsanevakis
Stelios Katsanevakis University of the Aegean

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