I work on Marine Animal Forests (MAFs) biology/ecology, focusing on connectivity, reef restoration, ecosystem restoration/climate change impacts, ecosystem engineering, population genetics of marine invertebrates, natural based solutions (e.g., ecological engineering, carbon storage, developing of biodiversity and carbon credits for MAFs), propagation (in situ/ex situ) of corals, DNA barcoding and aspects of MAF-socio/ecological applications.
Recent publications:
Giallongo et al. 2026. Exploring ecological facilitation towards precision coral reef restoration. Sci Total Environ 1016:181453.
Nazurally et al. 2025. Exploring the suitability of corals of opportunity for direct transplantation onto Mauritian sediment-impacted reefs. NBS 8:100273
Rinkevich B. 2025. Forethoughtful coral nurseries: Alleviating climate change impediments on the reefs of tomorrow. Discover Oceans 2:21
Shefy et al. 2025. Not just carbon: biodiversity credits for restoration of the marine animal forest. Ecosyst People 21:1, 2488350
Rinkevich B. 2024. A conceptual approach for an innovative Marine Animal Forest apparatus that facilitates carbon sequestration and biodiversity enhancement. Sci Total Environ 947:174353
Burdett et al. 2024. Including environmental and climatic considerations for sustainable coral reef restoration. PLoS Biol 22(3): e3002542.
Horoszowski-Fridman et al. 2024. Shifting reef restoration focus from coral survivorship to biodiversity using Reef Carpets. Commun Biol 7:141.

Biology of Organisms
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Marine Biology
Population Biology
Population Genetics

Project 4C REST (Connecting Corals for Conservation and Climate-Resilient Reef Restoration).
The project's key words directly linked with my work and interest. In addition to the list of publication above, see more citations:
Rachmilovitz et al. (2024) Population genetics assessment of two pocilloporid coral species from the northern Red Sea: Implications for urbanized reef sustainability. Mar Environ Res 199: 106580
Pearman et al. (2024) Monitoring of species’ genetic diversity in Europe varies greatly and overlooks potential climate change impacts. Nature Ecol Evol 8, 267–281.
Vidal-Dupiol et al. (2022) Frontloading of stress response genes enhances robustness to environmental change in chimeric corals. BMC Biol 20:167
Zhang et al. (2022) Eco-engineering approaches for ocean negative carbon emission. Sci Bull 67, 2564–2573.
Rossi et al. (2022) Protecting global marine animal forests. Science 376 (6596), 929.
Vardi et al. (2021) Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide. Rest Ecol 29, e13498
Guerrini et al. (2020) Apparent recruitment failure for the vast majority of coral species at Eilat, Red Sea. Coral Reefs 39, 1715–1726
Rinkevich B (2021) Ecological engineering approaches in coral reef restoration. ICES J Mar Sci 78, 410–420
Rinkevich B (2019) Coral chimerism as an evolutionary rescue mechanism to mitigate global climate change impacts. Global Change Biol 25, 1198–1206

reef restoration, corals, population genetics, recruitment, connectivity, climate change, coral resilience, ecological engineering, biodiversity, conservation

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