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Dror L. Angel

Dror L. Angel

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3782
World Ranking
8104
National Ranking
44

Overview

Dror L. Angel is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel and focuses on research at the intersection of environmental science and earth and planetary sciences.

Their work spans multiple subfields including paleontology, global and planetary change, pollution, genetics, and oceanography. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigations into aquatic ecosystems and pollution dynamics.

Angel's main research topics cover several aspects of marine and environmental science. These include marine invertebrate physiology and ecology, marine ecology and invasive species, microplastics and plastic pollution, marine and coastal ecosystems, marine sponges and natural products, recycling and waste management techniques, as well as innovations in aquaponics and hydroponics systems.

Frequent co-authors of Angel include Zafrir Kuplik, Hila Dror, Dor Edelist, Eric A. Ben-David, and Andy M. Booth.

The scientist's publications have appeared in multiple venues, with repeated contributions to the SSRN Electronic Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, Frontiers in Marine Science, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Sustainability journals.

Notable papers by Dror L. Angel include:

  • Microplastic distributions in a domestic wastewater treatment plant: Removal efficiency, seasonal variation and influence of sampling technique, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Between source and sea: The role of wastewater treatment in reducing marine microplastics, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Phenological shift in swarming patterns of Rhopilema nomadica in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, 2020, Journal of Plankton Research
  • Monetizing environmental impact of integrated aquaponic farming compared to separate systems, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Jellyfishing in Europe: Current Status, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Directions towards a Sustainable Practice, 2021, Sustainability

Best Publications

  • State of the Art and Challenges for Offshore Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA)

    Bela H. Buck;Max F. Troell;Max F. Troell;Gesche Krause;Dror L. Angel

  • Seaweed biofilters as regulators of water quality in integrated fish-seaweed culture units

    Amir Neori;Michael D. Krom;Steve P. Ellner;Claude E. Boyd

  • Exceptionally high abundances of microplastics in the oligotrophic Israeli Mediterranean coastal waters.

    Noam van der Hal;Asaf Ariel;Dror L. Angel

  • Assessing the suitability of a range of benthic indices in the evaluation of environmental impact of fin and shellfish aquaculture located in sites across Europe

    Ángel Borja;J. Germán Rodríguez;Kenny Black;Alain Bodoy

  • Microplastic distributions in a domestic wastewater treatment plant: Removal efficiency, seasonal variation and influence of sampling technique

    Eric A. Ben-David;Maryana Habibi;Elias Haddad;Mahdi Hasanin

  • Applying an ecosystem-based approach to aquaculture : principles, scales and some management measures

    D. Soto;J. Aguilar-Manjarrez;J. Bermudez;C. Brugere

  • Survival, growth and gonad development of two hermatypic corals subjected to in situ fish-farm nutrient enrichment

    Lucia Bongiorni;Shai Shafir;Dror Angel;Baruch Rinkevich

  • Blooms of the invasive ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, span the Mediterranean Sea in 2009

    Verónica L. Fuentes;Dror L. Angel;Keith M. Bayha;Dacha Atienza

  • The implications of aquaculture policy and regulation for the development of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture in Europe

    K. A. Alexander;T. P. Potts;S. Freeman;D. Israel

  • Improving sustainability of aquaculture in Europe: Stakeholder dialogues on Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA)

    K.A. Alexander;D. Angel;S. Freeman;D. Israel

  • Heterotrophic dinoflagellates with symbiotic cyanobacteria and nitrogen limitation in the Gulf of Aqaba

    N. Gordon;DL Angel;A. Neorl;N. Kress

  • The influence of caged mariculture on the early development of sublittoral fouling communities: a pan-European study

    E.J. Cook;K.D. Black;M.D.J. Sayer;C.J. Cromey

  • IMPACT OF A NET CAGE FISH FARM ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF EILAT (AQABA, RED SEA)

    D.L. Angel;S. Verghese;J.J. Lee;J.J. Lee;A.M. Saleh

  • The impact of climate change on mediterranean intertidal communities: losses in coastal ecosystem integrity and services

    Gianluca Sara;Dror L. Angel

  • Invasion pathway of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Mediterranean Sea.

    Sara Ghabooli;Tamara A. Shiganova;Elizabeta Briski;Stefano Piraino

  • Assessment of the removal efficiency of fish farm effluents by grey mullets: a nutritional approach

    Ingrid Lupatsch;Timor Katz;Dror L Angel

  • In situ biofiltration: a means to limit the dispersal of effluents from marine finfish cage aquaculture

    Dror L. Angel;Noa Eden;Stephen Breitstein;Amir Yurman

  • Aquaculture and marine protected areas: Potential opportunities and synergies

    Raphaela Le Gouvello;Laure Elise Hochart;Dan Laffoley;Francoise Simard

  • Gray mullets ameliorate organically enriched sediments below a fish farm in the oligotrophic Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea)

    T. Katz;B. Herut;A. Genin;D. L. Angel

  • Hydrogen peroxide production rates in clean and polluted coastal marine waters of the Mediterranean, Red and Baltic Seas

    Barak Herut;Efrat Shoham-Frider;Nurit Kress;Ulrich Fiedler

  • Catalase activity in macro- and microorganisms as an indicator of biotic stress in coastal waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

    D. L. Angel;U. Fiedler;N. Eden;N. Kress

  • An application of artificial reefs to reduce organic enrichment caused by net-cage fish farming: preliminary results

    Dror L. Angel;Ehud Spanier

  • Ocean current connectivity propelling the secondary spread of a marine invasive comb jelly across western Eurasia

    Cornelia Jaspers;Cornelia Jaspers;Bastian Huwer;Elvire Antajan;Aino Hosia

Frequent Co-Authors

Ehud Spanier
Ehud Spanier University of Haifa
Alenka Malej
Alenka Malej National Institute of Biology
Janet F. Bornman
Janet F. Bornman Curtin University
Ioannis Karakassis
Ioannis Karakassis University of Crete
Manolis Tsapakis
Manolis Tsapakis University of Crete
Jennifer E. Purcell
Jennifer E. Purcell Western Washington University
Barak Herut
Barak Herut Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Max Troell
Max Troell Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Thorsten B.H. Reusch
Thorsten B.H. Reusch GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Nurit Kress
Nurit Kress Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research

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