Research and cooperation

Blue Ecosystems Research Team and Associates

The Blue Ecosystems Group is involved in ecological research, primarily in the marine environment.
The group executes environmental, geomorphological and biotic surveys for research purposes. The unique combination and intellectual profundity of its members bears important realizations regarding the marine environment and the dynamic processes that characterize the coast. We specialize in finding the correlation between various environmental factors and biotic reactions. Presently, under conditions of marine warming and competitive exclusion due to humans, this information is of primary importance.
A unique experience was the partnership with chef Yitzhak Nathan Levi, with whom the book “Seaweed in Olive Oil” was written – a fascinating and tasty experience.
Last but not least, Dr. Iarael Alvaro – a colleague and friend with whom we wrote a chapter in the book dealing with seaweed of the intertidal region along Israel’s shores.

Dr. Abraham Zahavi

Ph.D. Graduate School of Geography, Clark Univ. U.S.A. School of Education, the subject was "Movement of Bed Material in a Small Reach of A Perennial Stream"
B.A & M.A Tel Aviv Univ. Today he is a lecturer, tenured staff member, Beit-Berl College.
Areas of expertise: Geomorphology, computerized geography (geographical data systems), Israeli regional geography

E mail: avizahav@013.net
http://www.beitberl.ac.il/professors/ProfessorsPreview.asp?ID=352
Publication

Ran Gil (M.Sc.)

Ran Gil is a sociologist, a lover of nature and a lecturer at the Oranim College. He has many years of travel and teaching on biological systems to his credit, years of guiding with the Society for Protection of Nature, and has served as the director of the Ma’agan Michael Field School. His master’s thesis on nesting strategies of the red squirrel (Chalicodoma Sicula) was presented at Haifa University in 1991, and after leaving the Society for Protection of Nature, worked as Parks Authority regional biologist. In 1991, he began teaching at the Oranim College. He specializes in insects and marine invertebrates (primarily in sandy habitats).

E Mail: rangil@macam.ac.il
http://www.oranim.ac.il/Site/heb/TmplLecturerHP.aspx?LectureID=694&AccountID=333
Publication

Dr. Israel Alvaro

Dr. Alvaro Israel is currently a senior scientist at the Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Ltd. The National Institute of Oceanography, Haifa, Israel. He obtained his Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University in 1992 in Marine Botany and continued his studies and research in environmental biology of plants and algae at UCLA (USA). Dr. Israel’s scientific interests are in the area of seaweed eco-physiology, global change and applied phycology. For more details, sea the IOLR web site.

E-mail: alvaro@ocean.org.il
http://www.ocean.org.il/Heb/Researchers/page_alvaro.asp

Chef Yitzhak Nathan Levi

Yitzhak Nathan Levi (Icho) specialized in French and Italian cooking, and spent many years on and under the sea. He has also traveled extensively throughout the world and in the Far East. Today, he provides culinary advice and specializes in gourmet cooking using health ingredients.

Yonatyl@netvision.net.il
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