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Peer-review
2024
Rahav E., Herut B., and Paytan A. (2024). Blowing in the wind: microbial transport in the atmosphere. Frontiers for Young Minds, 11: 1172757. doi: 10.3389/frym.2023.1172757.
Yanuka-Golub K., Belkin N., Weber N., Mayyani M. Levy Y., Reznik I., Rubin-Blum M., Rahav E., and Kiro Y. (2024). Allochthonous groundwater microorganisms affect coastal seawater microbial abundance, activity and diversity. JGR-Biogeoscience – in proof.
Jacobson Y., Bialik OM., Silverman J., Lazar B., Burd-Villanova D., Galilove E., Rahav E., Sisma-Ventura G. (2024). Desalination brines as a potential vector for CO2 sequestration in the deep sea. Desalination – in proof
Herut B., Goldman R., Ozer T., Lazar A., Biton E., Gertman I., Silverman J., Segal Y., Sisma-Ventura G., Gertner Y., Rubin-Blum M., Belkin N. and Rahav E. (2024). Tar pollution event (2021) at the Southeastern Levantine oligotrophic basin, short-term impacts and operational oceanography perspectives. Marine Pollution Bulletin 98: 115892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115892
2023
Rubin-Blum M., Yudkovsky Y., Marmen S., Raveh O., Amrani A., Kutuzov I., Guy-Haim T., Rahav E. (2023). Tar patties are hotspots of hydrocarbon turnover and nitrogen fixation during a nearshore pollution event in the oligotrophic southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 197: 15747.
doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115747
Rahav E. and Herut B. (2023). Impact of combined seawater warming and triazine-type herbicide pollution on the physiology and potential toxicity of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 196:115612.
Rahav E., Belkin T., Velasquez X., Sisma-Ventura G., Guy-Haim T., Paytan A. and Rubin-Blum M., (2023). Downwind gas condensate volatiles affect phytoplankton communities. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 195:115561. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115561.
Eigemann F., Rahav E., Grossart H.P, Aharonovich D., Voss M., and Sher D. (2023). Phytoplankton producer species and transformation of released compounds over time define bacterial communities following phytoplankton dissolved organic matter pulses. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00539-23.
Rahav E., and Berman-Frank I. (2023). Temporal and vertical dynamics of diatoms and dinoflagellates in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea. J. Plankton Res. 1–11. doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbad025.
Givati S., Yang X., Sher, D and Rahav E. (2023). Testing the Growth Rate and Temperature Compensation Hypotheses in Marine Bacterioplankton. Environ Microbiol. 1–14. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16346.
Geisler E., Siebner H., Rahav E., and Bar-Zeev E. (2023). Quantification of aquatic unicellular diazotrophs by immunolabeled flow cytometry. Biogeoscience. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-023-01025-y
Herut B., Gertner Y., Segal Y., Sisma-Ventura G., Gordon N., Belkin N., and Rahav E. (2023).Long-Term (2002–2021). Trend in Nutrient-Related Pollution at Small Stratified Inland Estuaries, the Kishon SE Mediterranean Case. Water 2023, 15, 484. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15030484
2022
Rahav E., and Silverman J. (2022) Cobalamin co-limits phytoplankton and bacterial biomass and activity in Eastern Mediterranean coastal waters. Geophysical Research Letters. 49, e2022GL100602. https://doi. org/10.1029/2022GL100602
Kababu E, Angel D.L, Sisma-Ventura G, Belkin N, Rubin-Blum M and Rahav E (2022). Effects of crude oil and gas condensate spill on coastal benthic microbial populations. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10:1051460. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1051460
Sisma-Ventura G., Belkin N., Rubin-Blum M., Jacobson Y., Hauzer H., Bar-Zeev E., and Rahav E. (2022). Discharge of polyphosphonate-based antiscalants via desalination brine: impact on seabed nutrient flux and microbial activity. Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c04652
Rahav E., Paytan A,m and Herut B. (2022).Relative viability proxy of airborne
prokaryotic microorganisms at the Southeastern Mediterranean coastal Sea. Front. Environ. Sci. 10:900977. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.900977.
Ozer T., Rahav E., Gertman I., Sisma-Ventura G., Silverman J., Herut B. (2022). Relationship between thermohaline and biochemical patterns in the Levantine upper and intermediate water masses, Southeastern Mediterranean Sea (2013-2021). Front. Mar. Sci. 9:958924. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.958924.
Belkin N, Guy-Haim T, Rubin-Blum M, Lazar A, Sisma-Ventura G, Kiko R, Morov A., Ozer T, Gertman I, Herut B and Rahav E. (2022). Influence of cyclonic and anti-cyclonic eddies on plankton biomass, activity and diversity in the ultra-oligotrophic southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Ocean Science 18, 693–715. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-693-202
Sisma-Ventura G., Bialik O., Makovsky Y., E Rahav, Ozer T., Kanari M., Marmen S., Belkin N., Guy-Haim T., Antler G., Herut B., and Rubin-Blum M. (2022). Cold seeps alter the near-bottom biogeochemistry in the ultraoligotrophic Southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Deep Sea Research I, 182: 103744.
Riemann L., Rahav E., Passow U., Grossart H.P., de Beer D., Klawonn I., Eichner M., Benavides M., and Bar Zeev E (2022). Planktonic aggregates as hotspots for heterotrophic diazotrophy: the plot thickens. Frontiers in Microbiology – 13:875050. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.875050.
Rahav E., Belkin N., Nnebuo O., Sisma-Ventura G., Guy-Haim T., Sharon-Gojman R., Geisler E., and Bar-Zeev E. (2022). Jellyfish swarm impair the pretreatment efficiency and membrane performance of seawater reverse osmosis desalination. Water Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118231.
Eigemann F, Rahav E, Grossart H.P, Aharonovich D, Sher D, Vogts A, and Voss M (2022). Phytoplankton exudates provide full nutrition to accompanying heterotrophic bacteria via carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus allocation. Environmental Microbiology. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15933.
Rubin-Blum M., Sisma-Ventura G., Yudkovski Y., Belkin N., Kanari M., Herut B. and Rahav E (2022). Diversity, activity and abundance of benthic microbes in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea: A baseline for monitoring. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, fiac009, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac009.
Geisler E., Rahav E, and Bar-Zeev E. (2022) Contribution of heterotrophic diazotrophs to N2 fixation in a eutrophic river: Free-living vs. aggregate-associated. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:779820. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.779820.
Reich T, Ben-Ezra T, Belkin N, TsemelA, Aharonovich D, Roth-Rosenberg D, Givati S, Bialik O, Herut B, Berman-Frank I, Frada M, Krom MD, Lehahn Y, Rahav E and Sher D. (2022). A year in the life of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: Monthly dynamics of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton in an ultra-oligotrophic sea. Deep Sea Research I 182 (2022) 103720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103720.
2021
Rahav E, Herut B, Spungin D, Levi A, Mulholland M, and Berman-Frank I. (2021). Heterotrophic bacteria outcompete diazotrophs for orthophosphate in the Mediterranean Sea. Limnology and Oceanography – 999:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11983.
Bar-Zeev E., Belkin N., Reich T., Geisler E. and Rahav E. (2021). Impacts of sewage outbursts on seawater reverse osmosis desalination. Water Research 204:117631. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.11763
Rahav E., Gertner Y., and Herut B. (2021). Response of bacterial communities to rainwater additions in the oligotrophic SE Mediterranean coast; Experimental and in-situ observations. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1029/2020JG006143.
Ozeri L., Blaustein L., Polevikov A., Kneitel J., Rahav E., and Horwitz R. (2021). Effects of a fire retardant on the Near Eastern Fire Salamander Salamandra infraimmaculata and aquatic community structure: an experimental approach. Hydrobiologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-021-04670-2.
Ben-Ezra T, Krom MD, Tsemel A, Berman-Frank I, Herut B, Lehahn Y, Rahav E, Reich T, Thingstad TF, Sher D (2021) Deep-Sea Research Part I Seasonal nutrient dynamics in the P depleted Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Deep Res Part I 176:103607
Sisma-Ventura Guy, Herut Barak, Silverman Jacob, Katz Timor, Rubin-Blum Maxim, and Rahav Eyal (2021). P fluxes and prokaryotic cycling at benthic boundary layer in the deep southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeoscience – 126, e2020JG006110. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG006110.
Nimrod Krupnik, Dorin Theodora Asis, Natalia Belkin, Maxim Rubin-Blum, Álvaro Israel, Adina Paytan, David Meiri, Barak Herut, and Eyal Rahav (2021). Dust-borne microbes affect Ulva ohnoi’s growth and physiological state. FEMS Microbial Ecology, 97:3 doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiab020.
Maxim Rubin-Blum, Guy Sisma-Ventura, Yana Yudkovski, Natalia Belkin, Mor Kanari, Barak Herut and Eyal Rahav. Diversity, activity and abundance of benthic microbes in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea: A baseline for monitoring, bioRxiv
Sisma-Ventura, G., Kress, N., Silverman, J., Gertner, Y., Ozer, T., Biton, E., Lazar, A., Gertman, I., Rahav, E., Herut, B., 2021. Post-eastern Mediterranean Transient Oxygen Decline in the Deep Waters of the Southeast Mediterranean Sea Supports Weakening of Ventilation Rates. Front. Mar. Sci. 7, 598686. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.598686.
Shai Y., Rubin-Blum M., Angel D., Sisma-Ventura G., Zurel D., Astrahan P. Rahav E. (2021). Response of oligotrophic coastal microbial populations in the SE Mediterranean Sea to crude oil pollution; Lessons from mesocosm studies. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107102.
2020
Eyal Rahav, Ofrat Raveh, Keren Yanuka-Golub, Natalia Belkin, Peleg Astrahan, Meor Maayani, Noam Tsumi, Yael Kiro, Barak Herut, Jacob Silverman and Dror L Angel (2020). Nitrate-enrichment structures phytoplankton communities in the shallow eastern Mediterranean coastal waters. Frontiers in Marine Science. Accepted for publication.
Tamar Guy-Haim, Maxim Rubin-Blum, Eyal Rahav, Natalia Belkin, Jacob Silverman and Guy Sisma-Ventura (2020). The effects of decomposing invasive jellyfish on biogeochemical fluxes and microbial dynamics in an ultraoligotrophic sea. Biogeoscience 17, 5489–5511.
Ozeri, L., R. Horwitz, J. Kneitel, E. Rahav, and L. Blaustein. 2020. Effects of a fire-retardant on oviposition habitat selection and larval development of the mosquito Culiseta longiareolata. Ecol. Entomol. 45: 476–484. doi:10.1111/een.12819
Ben-eliahu, N., Herut, B., Rahav, E., and Abramovich, S. (2020). Shell Growth of Large Benthic Foraminifera under Heavy Metals Pollution : Implications for Geochemical Monitoring of Coastal Environments. Int. J. Environ. Res. public Heal. 17. doi:10.3390/ijerph17103741.
Rahav, E., Paytan, A., Mescioglu, E., Bar-zeev, E., Mart, F., Xian, P., et al. (2020). Bio-aerosols negatively affect Prochlorococcus in oligotrophic aerosol-rich marine regions. Atmosphere. 11. doi:doi:10.3390/atmos11050540.
Avnaim-Katav, S., Herut, B., Rahav, E., Katz, T., Weinstein, Y., Alkalay, R., et al. (2020). Sediment trap and deep sea coretop sediments as tracers of recent changes in planktonic foraminifera assemblages in the southeastern ultra-oligotrophic Levantine Basin. Deep. Res. Part II Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 171, 104669. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.104669.
Dimitris Velaoras, Giuseppe Civitarese, Michele Giani, Alexandra Gogou, Eyal Rahav, Soultana Zervoudaki (2020). Revisiting the Eastern Mediterranean: Recent knowledge on the physical, biogeochemical and ecosystemic states and trends (Volume II). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 171: 104725.
Timor Katz, Yishai Weinstein, Ronen Alkalay, Eli Biton, Yaron Toledo, Ayah Lazar, Olga Zlatkin, Rotem Soffer, Eyal Rahav, Guy Sisma-Ventura, Tslil Bar, Tal Ozer, Hezi Gildor, Ahuva Almogi-Labin, Mor Kanari, Ilana Berman-Frank, Barak Herut (2020). The first deep-sea mooring station in the eastern Levantine basin (DeepLev), outline and insights into regional sedimentological processes. Deep-Sea Research Part II. doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.104663
2019
Sisma-Ventura, G, and Rahav, E. (2019). DOP stimulates heterotrophic bacterial production in the oligotrophic southeastern Mediterranean coastal waters. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:1913.
Mescioglu, E., E. Rahav, N. Belkin, P. Xian, J. M. Eigenza, A. Vichik, B. Herut, and A. Paytan (2019). Aerosol microbiome over the Mediterranean Sea; diversity and abundance. Atmosphere,10:440.
Raveh O, Angel L D, Astrahan P, Belkin N Bar-Zeev E, and Rahav E. (2019) Phytoplankton response to N-rich well amelioration brines: A mesocosm study from the southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 146: 355-365.
Velaoras D., Gogou A., Zervoudaki S., Civitarese G., Giani M., and Rahav E.(2019) Revisiting the Eastern Mediterranean: Recent knowledge on the physical, biogeochemical and ecosystemic states and trends (Volume I). Deep-Sea Research Part II 164: 1–4.
Geisler E., Bogler A., Rahav E., and Bar-Zeev E. (2019) Direct detection of heterotrophic Diazotrophs associated with planktonic aggregates. Scientific Reports, 9: 1-9.
Mescioglu E, Rahav E, Frada M.J, Rosenfeld R, Raveh O, Galletti Y, Santinelli C, Herut B and Paytan A. (2019) Dust-associated airborne microbes affect primary and bacterial production rates, and eukaryotes diversity in the Northern Red Sea: A mesocosm approach. Atmosphere, 10, 358; doi:10.3390/atmos10070358.
Rahav, E., Belkin, N., Paytan, A and Herut, B. (2019). The Relationship between Air-Mass Trajectories and the Abundance of Dust-Borne Prokaryotes at the SE Mediterranean Sea. Atmosphere, 10, 280; doi:10.3390/atmos10050280.
Rahav, E., Silverman, J., Raveh, O., Hazan, O., Rubin-Blum, M., Zeri, C., Gogou, A., Kralj, M., Pavlidou, A., Kress N. (2019). The deep water of Eastern Mediterranean Sea is a hotspot for bacterial activity. Deep Sea Research II, 164: 135-143.
Kress, N., Rahav, E., Silverman, J., Herut, B. (2019). Environmental status of Israel's Mediterranean coastal waters: Setting reference conditions and thresholds for nutrients, chlorophyll-a and suspended particulate matter. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 141: 612-620.
Frank, H., Fussmann, K-E., Rahav, E., Bar-Zeev, E. (2019). Chronic effects of brine discharge form large-scale seawater reverse osmosis desalination facilities on benthic bacteria. Water Research, 151:478-487.
2018
Rahav, E., Belkin, N., Paytan, A and Herut, B. (2018). Phytoplankton and bacterial response to desert dust deposition in the coastal waters of the southeastern Mediterranean Sea; A four year in-situ survey. Atmosphere, 9:305.
Lykkebo-Petersen K., Paytan A., Rahav E., Levy O., Silverman J., Barzel O., Potts D., Bar-Zeev E. (2018). Impact of brine and antiscalants on reef-building corals in the Gulf of Aqaba - Potential effects from desalination plants. Water Research 144, 183e191.
Rahav, E., Paytan, A., Mescioglu, E., Galletti, Y., Rosenfeld, S., Raveh, O., Santinelli, C., Ho, T-Y., Herut, B. (2018). Airborne microbes contribute to N2 fixation in surface water of the Northern Red Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2018GL077132.
Hazan O., Silverman J., Sisma-Ventura G., Ozer T., Gertman I., Shoham-Frider E., Kress N., Rahav E. (2018).Mesopelagic prokaryotes alter surface phytoplankton production during simulated deep mixing experiments in Eastern Mediterranean Sea waters. Frontiers in Marine Science 5:1 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00001.
Rahav E., Raveh O., Hazan O., Gordon N., Kress N., Silverman J., Herut B. (2018). Impact of nutrient enrichment on productivity of coastal water along the SE Mediterranean shore of Israel - A bioassay approach. Marine Pollution Bulletin 127: 559–567.
Peled Y., Zemah-Shamir S., Shechter M., Rahav E., Israel A. (2018). A new perspective on valuating marine climate regulation: The Israeli Mediterranean as a case study. Ecosystem Services 29: 83–90.
2017
Tsagaraki TM, Herut B, Rahav E, Berman Frank IR, Tsiola A, Tsapakis M, Giannakourou A, Gogou A, Panagiotopoulos C, Violaki K, Psarra S, Lagaria A, Christou ED, Papageorgiou N, Zervoudaki S, Puelles MLF de, Nikolioudakis N, Meador TB, Tanaka T, Pedrotti ML, Krom MD, Pitta P (2017) Atmospheric deposition effects on plankton communities in the eastern Mediterranean: a mesocosm experimental approach. Front Mar Sci 4:1–17
Rahav E., Bar-Zeev E (2017) Sewage outburst triggers Trichodesmium bloom and enhance N2 fixation rates. Scientific Reports 7:4367.
Frank H, Rahav E, Bar-Zeev E (2017) Short-term effects of SWRO desalination brine on benthic heterotrophic microbial communities. Desalination 417:52–59
Belkin N, Rahav E, Elifantz H, Kress N, Berman-Frank I (2017) The effect of coagulants and antiscalants discharged with seawater desalination brines on coastal microbial communities: A laboratory and in situ study from the southeastern Mediterranean. Water Res 110:321–331
2016
Astrahan P., Herut B., Paytan A., Rahav E. (2016) The impact of dry atmospheric deposition on the sea-surface microlayer in the SE Mediterranean Sea: An experimental approach. Frontiers in Marine Science. 3:122 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00222
Herut B., Rahav E*., , Tsagaraki T.M., Giannakourou A., Tsiola A., Psarra S., Lagaria A., Papageorgiou N., Mihalopoulos N., Theodosi C.N., Violaki K., Stathopoulou E., Scoullos M., Krom M.D., Stockdale A., Shi Z., Berman-Frank I., Meador T.B., Tanaka T., Paraskevi P. (2016). The potential impact of Saharan dust and polluted aerosols on microbial populations in the East Mediterranean Sea, an overview of a mesocosm experimental approach. Frontiers in Marine Science. 3:226 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00226. *equally contributor
Guo C, Xia X, Pitta P, Herut B, Rahav E, Berman-Frank I, Giannakourou A, Tsiola A, Tsagaraki TM, Liu H (2016) Shifts in Microbial Community Structure and Activity in the Ultra-Oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean Sea Driven by the Deposition of Saharan Dust and European Aerosols. Frontiers in Marine Science 3:1–13
Krom MD, Shi Z, Stockdale A, Berman-Frank I, Giannakourou A, Herut B, Lagaria A, Papageorgiou N, Pitta P, Psarra S, Rahav E, Scoullos M, Stathopoulou E, Tsiola A, Tsagaraki TM (2016) Response of the Eastern Mediterranean Microbial Ecosystem to Dust and Dust Affected by Acid Processing in the Atmosphere. Frontiers in Marine Science 3: 133
Rahav E, Shun-Yan C, Cui G, Liu H, Tsagaraki TM, Giannakourou A, Tsiola A, Psarra S, Lagaria A, Mulholland MR, Stathopoulou E, Paraskevi P, Herut B, Berman-Frank I (2016) Evaluating the Impact of Atmospheric Depositions on Springtime Dinitrogen Fixation in the Cretan Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)—A Mesocosm Approach. Frontiers in Marine Science 3:1–13
Rahav, E., Paytan, A., Chien, C-T, Ovadia, G., Katz, T., and Herut, B. (2016).The impact of atmospheric dry deposition associated microbes on the southeastern Mediterranean Sea surface water following an intense dust storm. Frontiers in Marine Sceince 3:172. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00127. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00127.
Rahav, E., Giannetto, M.J, and Bar-Zeev, E. (2016). Contribution of mono and
polysaccharides to heterotrophic N2 fixation at the eastern Mediterranean coastline. Scientific Reports. 6:27858. dOI: 10.1038/srep27858
Berman-Frank I, Spungin D, Rahav E, Wambeke F Van, Turk-Kubo K, Moutin T (2016) Dynamics of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) during the VAHINE mesocosm experiment in the New Caledonia lagoon. Biogeosciences 13:3793–3805
Bonnet S, Berthelot H, Turk-Kubo K, Fawcett S, Rahav E, Lapos;Helguen S, Berman-Frank I (2016) Dynamics of N2 fixation and fate of diazotroph-derived nitrogen in a low-nutrient, low-chlorophyll ecosystem: results from the VAHINE mesocosm experiment (New Caledonia). Biogeosciences 12:19579–19626
Stein, S., A. Russak, O. Sivan, Y. Yechieli, E. Rahav, Y. Oren, and R. Kasher. (2016). Saline groundwater from coastal aquifers as a source for desalination. Environ. Sci. Technol. 50: 1955–1963. doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b03634
Rahav, E., G. Ovadia, A. Paytan, and B. Herut (2016). Contribution of airborne microbes to bacterial production and N2 fixation in seawater upon aerosol deposition. Geophysical Research Letter., 43, doi:10.1002/2015GL066898.
2015
Raveh, O., David, N., Rilov, G., and Rahav, E. (2015). The temporal dynamics of coastal phytoplankton and bacterioplankton in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. PLoS ONE 10(10): e0140690.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140690.
Belkin, N., Rahav, E., Elifantz, H., Kress, N., Berman-Frank, I. (2015). Seawater desalination brine discharges impact coastal microbial communities of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Environmental Microbiology, doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12979.
Kopf, A., Bicak, M., Kottmann. R., Schnetzer, J., Kostadinov, I., Lehmann, K., Fernandez-Guerra, A., Rahav, E., et al. (2015). The ocean sampling day consortium. Ocean Science, 4:27 doi: 10.1186/s13742-015-0066-5.
Bar-Zeev, E and Rahav, E. (2015). Microbial metabolism of transparent exopolymer particles during the summer months along a eutrophic estuary system. Frontiers in aquatic microbiology, 6, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00403.
Keuter, S., Rahav, E., Herut, B., Rinkevich, B. (2015). Distribution patterns of bacterioplankton in the oligotrophic south-eastern Mediterranean Sea. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 91: doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiv070.
Rahav, E., Herut, B., Mulholland, M. R., and Berman-Frank I. (2015). Contribution of dinitrogen fixation to bacterial and primary productivity in the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 522, 67–77.
2013
Rahav, E., Bar-Zeev, E., Ohayon, S., Elifantz, H., Belkin, N., Herut, B., Mulholland, M. R. and Berman Frank, I. (2013). Dinitrogen fixation in aphotic oxygenated marine environments. Frontiers in aquatic microbiology, 4, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00227.
Rahav, E., Herut, B., Stambler, N., Bar Zeev, E., Mulholland, M. R. and Berman Frank, I. (2013). Uncoupling between dinitrogen fixation and primary productivity in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. J Geophys. Res.: Biogeosciences 118, 195-202.
Rahav, E., Herut, B., Levi, A., Mulholland, M. R. and Berman Frank, I. (2013). Springtime contribution of dinitrogen fixation to primary production across the Mediterranean Sea. Ocean Science 9, 1-10.
Efrati, S., Lehahn, Y., Rahav, E., Kress, N., Herut, B., Gertman, I., Goldman, R., Ozer, T., Lazar M. and Heifetz E. (2013). Intrusion of coastal waters into the pelagic Eastern Mediterranean: in situ and satellite-based characterization. Biogeoscience 10, 3349-3357.
2012
Dishon G, Dubinsky Z, Caras T, Rahav E, Bar-Zeev E, Tzubery Y and Iluz D. (2012). Optical habitats of ultraphytoplankton groups in the Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba). Remote Sens. Environ. 33:2683-2705.
2011
Yogev, T*. Rahav, E*., Bar-Zeev, E., Man-Aharonovich, D., Stambler, N., Kress, N., Beja, O., Mulholland, M.R., Herut, B. and Berman-Frank, I. (2011). Is dinitrogen fixation significant in the Levantine Basin, East Mediterranean Sea? Environ. Microbio.l 13, 854-871. *equally contributor.
Bar-Zeev, E., Rahav, E., Yogev, T., Dishon, G., Herut, B., Kress, N., Berman, T. and Berman-Frank, I. (2011). Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser. 431: 107-118.
2009
Bar-Zeev, E., Berman-Frank, I., Liberman, B., Rahav, E., Passow, U. and Berman, T. (2009). Transparent exopolymer particles: Potential agents for organic fouling and biofilm formation in desalination and water treatment plants. Desalination and Water Treatment 3, 136-142.
Book reviews
Krom, M., Kress, N., Berman-Frank, I. and Rahav E. (2014). Past, present and future patterns in the nutrient chemistry of the Eastern Mediterranean. In: The Mediterranean Sea: Its history and present challenges (S. Goffredo and Z. Dubinsky eds.), pp. 3-22. Springer Science&Business Media Dordrecht.
Berman-Frank, I. and Rahav, E. (2012). Nitrogen fixation as a source for new production in the Mediterranean Sea: A review. In: Life in the Mediterranean Sea: A Look at Habitat Changes (N. Stambler ed), pp. 199–226. Nova Science Publishers, NY.