The Zooplankton Ecology Lab (ZOOPEL) lab, headed by Dr. Tamar Guy-Haim, monitors and studies coastal and deep sea zooplankton communities in the Israeli Mediterranean Sea, assessing their spatiotemporal dynamics by routinely quantifying zooplankton biomass, abundance and diversity. To accomplish that, both classical (morphological) taxonomy and novel molecular (DNA barcoding, eDNA, metabarcoding) and optic (e.g., classification via artificial intelligence algorithms, and in situ imaging sensors) methodologies are used, and their functions using field measurements and experimental mesocosms. Further research focuses on marine connectivity, bioinvasions, phylogeography of marine and aquatic fauna, subterranean biology, and the response of marine biota to climate change and pollution.
Biogeography
Biology of interactions
Biology of Organisms
Cladistics
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Ecophysiology
Ecotoxicology
Evolutionary Biology
Hydrobiology
Marine Biology
Molecular Biology
Oceanography
Parasitology
Phylogenetics
Phylogeography
Physiology
Population Biology
Population Genetics
Systematics
Zoology
Taxonomy
Theoretical Biology
Looking for a marine or freshwater biodiversity project that utilizes advanced molecular and imaging methods; eDNA; metabarcoding; invasive species; cryptic species; invertebrates; plankton; jellyfish; parasites; climate change; pollution.