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Overview

Gil Rilov is affiliated with the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research in Israel. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with notable emphasis on oceanography and ecology.

The scientist's work addresses topics and fields related to:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Marine ecology and invasive species
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine and fisheries research

Rilov has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science (8 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (7 publications)
  • Limnology and Oceanography (3 publications)
  • Global Change Biology (2 publications)
  • BioInvasions Records (2 publications)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rilov include:

  • Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • A review of the combined effects of climate change and other local human stressors on the marine environment, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Native biodiversity collapse in the eastern Mediterranean, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science, 2024, Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • The Tropical Seagrass Halophila stipulacea: Reviewing What We Know From Its Native and Invasive Habitats, Alongside Identifying Knowledge Gaps, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors in Rilov's research collaborations include:

  • Tamar Guy-Haim (17 joint publications)
  • Stelios Katsanevakis (14 joint publications)
  • Simonetta Fraschetti (12 joint publications)
  • Emma Cebrián (10 joint publications)
  • Joaquim Garrabou (9 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea

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  • A review of the combined effects of climate change and other local human stressors on the marine environment

    Elena Gissi;Elisabetta Manea;Antonios D. Mazaris;Simonetta Fraschetti

  • Biological Invasions in Marine Ecosystems

    Gil Rilov;Jeffrey A. Crooks

  • Fish assemblage on natural versus vertical artificial reefs: the rehabilitation perspective

    G. Rilov;Y. Benayahu

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

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

  • Management priorities for marine invasive species.

    Sylvaine Giakoumi;Sylvaine Giakoumi;Stelios Katsanevakis;Paolo G. Albano;Ernesto Azzurro

  • Marine Bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea – History, Distribution and Ecology

    Gil Rilov;Bella Galil

  • A risk-based approach to cumulative effect assessments for marine management

    Vanessa Stelzenmüller;Marta Coll;Antonios D. Mazaris;Sylvaine Giakoumi;Sylvaine Giakoumi

  • Macroalgal blooms alter community structure and primary productivity in marine ecosystems.

    Devin A. Lyons;Christos Arvanitidis;Andrew J. Blight;Eva Chatzinikolaou

  • Multi-species collapses at the warm edge of a warming sea.

    Gil Rilov

  • Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea

    Joaquim Garrabou;Daniel Gómez-Gras;Jean Baptiste Ledoux;Cristina Linares

  • Vertical artificial structures as an alternative habitat for coral reef fishes in disturbed environments

    G. Rilov;Y. Benayahu

  • Biologists ignore ocean weather at their peril.

    Amanda E. Bates;Brian Helmuth;Michael T. Burrows;Murray I. Duncan

  • Native biodiversity collapse in the eastern Mediterranean.

    Paolo G. Albano;Jan Steger;Marija Bošnjak;Marija Bošnjak;Beata Dunne

  • Biological invasions in marine ecosystems : ecological, management, and geographic perspectives

    Gil Rilov;Jeffrey A. Crooks

  • Collapse of the echinoid Paracentrotus lividus populations in the Eastern Mediterranean—result of climate change?

    Erez Yeruham;Gil Rilov;Muki Shpigel;Avigdor Abelson

  • Prolonged lag in population outbreak of an invasive mussel : a shifting-habitat model

    Gil Rilov;Yehuda Benayahu;Avital Gasith

  • Diverse effects of invasive ecosystem engineers on marine biodiversity and ecosystem functions: A global review and meta-analysis.

    Tamar Guy‐Haim;Tamar Guy‐Haim;Devin A. Lyons;Jonne Kotta;Henn Ojaveer

  • Adaptive marine conservation planning in the face of climate change: What can we learn from physiological, ecological and genetic studies?

    Gil Rilov;Antonios D. Mazaris;Vanessa Stelzenmüller;Brian Helmuth

  • Biological Invasions in Conservation Planning: A Global Systematic Review

    Vesna Mačić;Paolo G. Albano;Vasiliki Almpanidou;Joachim Claudet

  • The surf zone: a semi-permeable barrier to onshore recruitment of invertebrate larvae?

    Gil Rilov;Sarah E. Dudas;Bruce A. Menge;Brian A. Grantham

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Wahl
Martin Wahl GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Simonetta Fraschetti
Simonetta Fraschetti University of Naples Federico II
Tasman P. Crowe
Tasman P. Crowe University College Dublin
Stelios Katsanevakis
Stelios Katsanevakis University of the Aegean
Jonne Kotta
Jonne Kotta University of Tartu
Yehuda Benayahu
Yehuda Benayahu Tel Aviv University
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi University of Pisa
Antonios D. Mazaris
Antonios D. Mazaris Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Christos Arvanitidis
Christos Arvanitidis Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Ulf Karsten
Ulf Karsten University of Rostock

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