Behavioral Responses of Larval Fish to Marine Oil Pollution
Tracking how early-life fish detect and react to petroleum contamination, and what their behavioral shifts reveal about survival in polluted waters.
Research
Our Projects
The Marine Ecology and Ocean Health Laboratory deals with fundamental questions concerning the health and functioning of the marine environment, with an emphasis on early life stages of fish. The laboratory investigates larval dispersal and connectivity, and examines the effects of marine pollution, fishing pressure and climate change on the marine environment. Our methods include the use of advanced modeling techniques, applied oceanography, ecological surveys, and behavioral experiments.
Predicting Marine Organisms’ Sensitivity to Chronic Oil Pollution Using a Quantitative Approach
Developing quantitative models that estimate how species differ in their vulnerability to long-term oil exposure, grouped by taxonomic and phylogenetic traits.
Dispersal and Connectivity in the Eastern Mediterranean
Mapping how larvae travel between populations, linking individual movement to the oceanographic currents that shape connectivity across the region.
eDNA-Based Monitoring of Marine Mammals in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Detecting marine mammals from traces of environmental DNA in seawater, enabling non-invasive surveys of elusive species across the region.
MPA Project
Assessing how marine protected areas safeguard larval populations and connectivity, informing where and how to design effective conservation zones.