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44
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6917
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5110
National Ranking
27

Overview

Nadav Shashar is affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Their research focuses primarily within the field of Environmental Science, with specific attention to Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nadav Shashar are:

  • Baruch Rinkevich (9 publications)
  • Dor Shefy (8 publications)
  • Asa Oren (7 publications)
  • Reem Neri (7 publications)
  • Gabriele Guerrini (6 publications)

Publications by Nadav Shashar appear regularly in multiple scientific venues, particularly:

  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (5 publications)
  • Coral Reefs (3 publications)
  • Ecological Engineering (2 publications)
  • Microbiology Spectrum (2 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (2 publications)

Notable recent papers include:

  • Challenges for Restoration of Coastal Marine Ecosystems in the Anthropocene, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Design and application of a novel 3D printing method for bio-inspired artificial reefs, 2023, Ecological Engineering
  • Apparent recruitment failure for the vast majority of coral species at Eilat, Red Sea, 2020, Coral Reefs
  • Bipedal locomotion in Octopus vulgaris: A complementary observation and some preliminary considerations, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • Coral carpets- a novel ecological engineering tool aimed at constructing coral communities on soft sand bottoms, 2020, Ecological Engineering

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the Care and Welfare of Cephalopods in Research -A consensus based on an initiative by CephRes, FELASA and the Boyd Group.

    Graziano Fiorito;Andrea Affuso;Jennifer Basil;Alison Cole

  • Can artificial reefs mimic natural reef communities? The roles of structural features and age

    S. Perkol-Finkel;Nadav Shashar;Nadav Shashar;Y. Benayahu

  • Polarization vision and its role in biological signaling

    Thomas W. Cronin;Nadav Shashar;Roy L. Caldwell;Justin Marshall

  • Extreme Diel Fluctuations of Oxygen in Diffusive Boundary Layers Surrounding Stony Corals

    N Shashar;Y Cohen;Y Loya

  • Polarization vision in cuttlefish in a concealed communication channel

    N. Shashar;P. S. Rutledge;T. W. Cronin

  • Descending to the twilight-zone: changes in coral reef fish assemblages along a depth gradient down to 65 m

    Eran Brokovich;Shai Einbinder;Nadav Shashar;Moshe Kiflawi

  • Nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) in stony corals: evidence for coral-bacteria interactions

    N. Shashar;Y. Cohen;Y. Loya;N. Sar

  • Photoacclimation of Stylophora pistillata to light extremes: metabolism and calcification

    Tali Mass;Shai Einbinder;Eran Brokovich;Nadav Shashar

  • Polarization vision helps detect transparent prey

    Nadav Shashar;Roger T. Hanlon;Anne deM. Petz

  • Cuttlefish use polarization sensitivity in predation on silvery fish.

    Nadav Shashar;Roland Hagan;Jean G Boal;Jean G Boal;Roger T Hanlon

  • Hydromechanical boundary layers over a coral reef

    N. Shashar;S. Kinane;P.L. Jokiel;M.R. Patterson

  • Behavioural evidence for polarisation vision in stomatopods reveals a potential channel for communication.

    Justin Marshall;Thomas W. Cronin;Nadav Shashar;Mike Land

  • The linearly polarized light field in clear, tropical marine waters: spatial and temporal variation of light intensity, degree of polarization and e-vector angle.

    Thomas W. Cronin;Nadav Shashar

  • Polarization contrast vision in Octopus.

    Nadav Shashar;Thomas W. Cronin

  • Do cephalopods communicate using polarized light reflections from their skin

    Lydia M. Mäthger;Nadav Shashar;Roger T. Hanlon

  • A Unique Advantage for Giant Eyes in Giant Squid

    Dan-Eric Nilsson;Eric J. Warrant;Sönke Johnsen;Roger Hanlon

  • An Ethogram of Body Patterning Behavior in the Biomedically and Commercially Valuable Squid Loligo pealei off Cape Cod, Massachusetts

    Roger T. Hanlon;Michael R. Maxwell;Nadav Shashar;Ellis R. Loew

  • Challenges for Restoration of Coastal Marine Ecosystems in the Anthropocene

    Avigdor Abelson;Daniel C. Reed;Graham J. Edgar;Carter S. Smith

  • Upgrading Marine Ecosystem Restoration Using Ecological‐Social Concepts

    Avigdor Abelson;Benjamin S. Halpern;Daniel C. Reed;Robert J. Orth

  • Early familiarization overrides innate prey preference in newly hatched Sepia officinalis cuttlefish

    Anne Sophie Darmaillacq;Raymond Chichery;Nadav Shashar;Ludovic Dickel

  • Endolithic algae within corals - life in an extreme environment

    N. Shashar;N. Stambler

  • Reflected polarization guides chironomid females to oviposition sites.

    Amit Lerner;Nikolay Meltser;Nir Sapir;Carynelisa Erlick

  • Report A Unique Advantage for Giant Eyes in Giant Squid

    Dan-Eric Nilsson;Eric J. Warrant;Roger Hanlon;Nadav Shashar

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger T. Hanlon
Roger T. Hanlon Marine Biological Laboratory
Thomas W. Cronin
Thomas W. Cronin University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jonathan Belmaker
Jonathan Belmaker Tel Aviv University
Baruch Rinkevich
Baruch Rinkevich Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Sönke Johnsen
Sönke Johnsen Duke University
Avigdor Abelson
Avigdor Abelson Tel Aviv University
Yossi Loya
Yossi Loya Tel Aviv University
Michael W. Beck
Michael W. Beck University of California, Santa Cruz
Daniel Osorio
Daniel Osorio University of Sussex
Graham J. Edgar
Graham J. Edgar University of Tasmania

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