3. Stambler, N. (Editor), Lotan T. (Subeditor), Godman, B. ( Subeditor), Berman Frank, I. (Subeditor). 2013. The Glory of the Sea: Stability and Change in the Aquatic Systems of Israel. The Israeli Association of Aquatic Sciences. 457pp (in Hebrew).
Chapters in collective volumes - Conference proceedings, Festschrifte, etc.
Chapters in Books
4. Stambler, N. and Achituv, Y. 1990. Systematic list of genera. In Corals Reefs Ecosystem of the World 25. Dubinsky, Z. (ed.), Elsevier. p. 495.
5. Karako, S., Stambler, N. and Dubinsky, Z. 2002. The taxonomy and evolution of the zooxanthellae-coral symbiosis. In: Symbiosis: Mechanisms and Model Systems (Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology). Sechkbach, J. (ed.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 539-557.
6. Stambler, N. and Dubinsky, Z. 2004. Stress effects on metabolism and photosynthesis of hermatypic corals In: Coral Health and Disease. Rosenberg, E. and Loya, Y. (eds.) Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp.195-215.
7. Stambler, N. and Dubinsky, Z. 2007. Phototrophs in the twilight zone In Seckbach J. (ed.) Algae and Cyanobacteria in Extreme Environments. Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology. Vol. 11. Springer. pp. 79-97.
8. Stambler, N. 2008. Light, pico-phytoplankton and coral in the blue waters of the Gulf of Eilat. In Aqaba-Eilat , the Improbable Gulf Environment, Biodiversity and Preservation, Por F. D. (ed.). Magnes Press. pp 63-74.
9. Stambler, N. 2009. Coral color - reflection and absorption. In Ocean Circulation and El Nino: New Research. Long J. A. and. Wells D. S (ed.). Nova Science Publishers, Inc pp 241-252.
10. Stambler, N. 2010. Coral symbiosis under stress. In: Symbioses and Stress Seckbach J, Grube M (eds). In Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9449-0_10 Springer. 17:197-224.
11. Stambler, N. 2011. Marine microralgae/cyanobacteria -invertebrate symbiosis, trading energy for strategic material. In All flesh is grass: Plant-Animal Interactions Seckbach J. and Dubinsky Z. (eds). 16:383-414.
14. Silverman, J. and Stambler, N. 2013. Anthropogenic changes in the acidification of sea water. Stambler, N. (Editor), Lotan T. ( Subeditor), Berman Frank, I. ( Subeditor). 2013. The Glory of the Sea: Stability and Change in the Aquatic Systems of Israel. The Israeli Association of Aquatic Sciences. pp. 53-66 (in Hebrew).
15. Stambler, N. 2013. The underwater light field of the Mediterranean Sea, Lake of Galley and the Red Sea with connection to primary producers. Stambler, N. (Editor), Lotan T. (Subeditor), Berman Frank, I. (Subeditor). 2013. The Glory of the Sea: Stability and Change in the Aquatic Systems of Israel. The Israeli Association of Aquatic Sciences. pp. 80-86 (in Hebrew).
16. Stambler, N. 2013. The Gulf of Eilat Corals reef. Stambler, N. (Editor), Lotan T. (Subeditor), Berman Frank, I. (Subeditor). 2013. The Glory of the Sea: Stability and Change in the Aquatic Systems of Israel. The Israeli Association of Aquatic Sciences. pp. 288-297 (in Hebrew).
17. Stambler, N. 2013 Mediterranean sea - primary productivity In: "The Mediterranean Sea: Its History and Present Challenges ".Stefano Goffredo Hannah Baader and Zvy Dubinsky (eds.). Springer
Chapters in collective volumes - Conference proceedings
18. Stambler, N. 1999. Coral reef and eutrophication. In Marine Pollution, Proc. Sym. On Marine pollution, Monaco, International Atomic Energy Agency pp. 360-361.
19. Sokoletsky, L., Dubinsky, Z., Shoshany, M. and Stambler, N. 2000. Non-meteorological predictive models of solar flux and atmospheric transmittance under weakly-varied climatic conditions. In: Steven G. Ackleson (ed.). Conference Proceedings "Ocean Optics XV", paper no. 1003, 9 pp.
20. Sokoletsky, L., Dubinsky, Z., Shoshany, M. and Stambler, N. 2001. Radiative transfer equations, bio-optical modelling and phytoplankton pigment estimation in the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat). Proceedings of the First International Conference on 'Current Problems in Optics of Natural Waters', Saint-Petersburg, Russia, pp. 290-296.
21. Sokoletsky L. G , Gildor H., Oren A., Stambler N., Iluz D. 2009. Practical algorithms for remote-sensing retrieval of the water column constituents in the Israeli waters. In proceeding of the "Current problems in Optics of Natural Waters" conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 8-12, 2009. pp. 235-239.
Refereed articles
22. Stambler, N. and Dubinsky, Z. 1987. Energy relationships between Anemonia sulcata and its endosymbiotic zooxanthellae. Symbiosis, 3: 233-248.
23. Dubinsky, Z., Stambler, N., Ben-Zion, M., McCloskey, L., Muscatine, L. and Falkowski, P. 1990. The effect of external nutrient resources on the optical properties and photosynthetic efficiency of Stylophora pistillata. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 239: 231-246.
24. Ben-Zion, M., Achituv, Y., Stambler, N. and Dubinsky, Z. 1991. A photographic, computerized method for measurement of surface area in Millepora. Symbiosis10: 115-121.
25. Stambler, N., Poper, N., Dubinsky, Z. and Stimson, J. 1991. Effects of water motion and nutrients enrichment on the coral Pocillopora damicornis. Pacific Science45: 299-307.
26. Shashar, N and Stambler, N. 1992. Endolithic algae within corals - life in an extreme environment. Journal of Experimental. Marine Biology Ecology. 163: 277-286.
27. Oren, A., Stambler, N. and Dubinsky, Z. 1992. On the red coloration of saltern crystallizer ponds. International Journal of Salt Lake Reseach.1: 77-89.
28. Jokiel, P.L., Dubinsky, Z. and Stambler, N. 1994. Results of the 1991 United States-Israel workshop, Nutrient limitation in the symbiotic association between zooxanthellae and reef-building corals. Pacific Science 48: 215-218.
29. Stambler, N., Jokiel, P.L. and Dubinsky, Z. 1994. Nutrient limitation in the symbiotic association between zooxanthellae and reef-building corals: the experimental design. Pacific Science48: 219-223.
30. Stambler, N., Cox, F. and Vago, R. 1994. Effect of ammonium enrichment on respiration, zooxanthellar densities, and pigment concentrations in two species of Hawaiian corals. Pacific Science48: 284-290.
31. Tilzer, M.M., Stambler, N. and Lovengreen, C. 1995. The role of phytoplankton in determining the underwater light climate in Lake Constance. Hydrobiologia 316: 161-172.
32. Dubinsky, Z. and Stambler, N. 1996. Marine pollution and coral reefs. Global Change Biology 2: 511-526.
33. Stambler, N., Lovengreen, C. and Tilzer, M.M. 1997. The underwater light field in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas (Antarctica). Hydrobiologia 344: 41-56.
34. Stambler, N. 1998. Effect of light intensity and ammonium enrichment on the hermatypic coral Stylophora pistillata. Symbiosis24: 127-146.
35. de Beer, D., Kühl, M., Stambler, N. and Vaki, L. 2000. Light enhanced Ca2+ uptake in the reef-building hermatypic coral Favia sp. is directly regulated by photosynthesis. Marine Ecology-Progress Series94: 75-85.
36. Sokoletsky, L., Dubinsky, Z., Shoshany, M. and Stambler, N. 2003. Estimation of phytoplankton pigment concentration in the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat) by in situ and remote sensing single-wavelength algorithms. International Journal of Remote Sensing24: 5049-5073.
37. Stambler, N. 2003. Primary production, light absorption and quantum yields of phytoplankton from the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas (Antarctica). Polar Biology26: 438-451.
38. Sokoletsky, L., Dubinsky, Z., Shoshany, M. and Stambler, N. 2004. Single-wavelength algorithms for in situ or remote sensing estimation of mean pigment concentration. International Journal of Remote Sensing25: 1517-1525.
39. Karako-Lampert, S., Katcoff, D.J., Achituv, Y., Dubinsky, Z. and Stambler, N. 2004. Do clades of symbiotic dinoflagellates in scleractinian corals of the Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea) differ from those of other coral reefs? Journal of Experimental. Marine Biology Ecology311: 301-314.
40. Stambler, N. and Dubinsky, Z. 2005. Corals as light collectors: an integrating sphere approach. Coral Reefs24: 1-9.
41. Karako-Lampert, S., Katcoff, D.J., Achituv Y,. Dubinsky, Z. and Stambler,N. 2005. Physiology changes of Symbiodinium microadriaticum clade B as response to different environmental conditions. Journal of Experimental. Marine Biology Ecology318: 11-20.
42. Cornils A., Schnack-Schiel, S.B., Hagen, W., Dowidar, M., Stambler, N., Plähn, O. and Richter, C. 2005. Spatial and temporal distribution of mesozooplankton in the Gulf of Aqaba and the northern Red Sea in February/March 1999. Journal of Plankton Research27: 505-518.
43. Stambler, N. 2005. Bio-optical properties of the Northern Red Sea and the Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba) during Winter 1999. Journal of Sea Research54: 186-203.
44. Psarra, S., Zohary, T., Krom, M., Mantoura, F., Polychronaki, T., Stambler,N., Tanaka, T., Tselepides, A., and Thingstad, T.F. 2005. Phytoplankton response to a Lagrangian phosphate addition in the Levantine Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). Deep Sea Research II 52: 2944–2960.
45. Pitta, P., Stambler N., Tanaka, T., Zohary T, Tselepides, A. and Rassoulzadegan, F. 2005 Biological response to P addition in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The microbial race against time. Deep Sea Research II 52: 2961-2974.
46. Zohary, T., Herut, B., Krom, M.D., Fauzi, R., Mantoura, C. Pitta, P., Psarra, S., Rassoulzadegan, F., Stambler, N., Tanaka, T., Thingstad, T.F. and Woodward, E.M. S. 2005. P-limited bacteria but N and P co-limited phytoplankton in the Eastern Mediterranean—a microcosm experiment. Deep Sea Research II 52: 3011–3023.
47. Levy, O., Achituv, Y., Yacobi, Y. Z., Stambler, N. and Dubinsky, Z. 2006. The impact of spectral composition and light periodicity on the activity of two antioxidant enzymes (SOD & CAT) in the coral Favia favus. Journal of Experimental. Marine Biology Ecology328: 35-46.
48. Levy O., Achituv, Y., Yacobi, Y.Z., Dubinsky, Z. and Stambler, N. 2006. Diel "tuning" of coral metabolism: Physiological responses to environmental cues. Journal of Experimental. Biology209: 273-283.
49. Karako-Lampert, S., Hershkovits, G., Stambler, N., Simon-Blecher, N Achituv, Y., Dubinsky, Z. and Katcoff, D.J. 2006. Differential gene expression in Symbiodinium microadriaticum clade B following stress. Marine Biotechnology8: 268-274.
50. Häse, C., Al-Qutob, M., Dubinsky, Z., Ibrahim, E. A., Lazar, B., Stambler, N. and Tilzer, M.M. 2006. A system in balance? - Implications of deep vertical mixing for the nitrogen budget in the northern Red Sea, including the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat). BiogeosciencesDiscussions (on line) 3: 383-408.
51. Stambler, N. 2006. Light and picophytoplankton in the Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba). Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans111, C11009, doi:10.1029/2005JC003373.
52. Sabehi G., Kirkup, B. C., Rozenberg, M., Stambler,N., Polz, M. F. and Béja, O. 2007. Niche adaptation and spectral tuning in marine proteorhodopsins. The International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) Journal 1: 48-55.
53. Stambler, N. and Shashar, N. 2007. Variation in spectral reflectance of the hermatypic corals, Stylophora pistillata and Pocillopora damicornis, from the Red Sea. Journal of Experimental. Marine Biology Ecology351: 143–149 doi:10.1016/ j.jembe.2007.06.014.
54. Lampert-Karako, S., Stambler, N, Katcoff, D.J., Achituv, Y., Dubinsky, Z. and Simon-Blecher, N. 2008. Effects of depth and eutrophication on the zooxanthellae clades of Stylophora pistillata from the Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 18: 1039-1045. DOI: 10.1002/aqc 927.
55. Schnack-Schiel, S. B., Niehoff, B., Hagen, W., Böttger-Schnack, R., Cornils, A., Dowidar, M. M., Pasternak, A., Stambler, N., Stübing, D. and Richter, C. 2008. Population dynamics and life strategies of Rhincalanus nasutus (Copepoda) at the onset of the spring bloom in the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). Journal of Plankton Research30: 655-672.
56. Israel, A, Stambler, N., Dubinsky, Z., Friedlander, M., Malik, Z., Rothmann, C. and. Katz, S. 2008 Variations in fluorescence spectra, light absorption, and photosynthesis of Porphyra leucosticte. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences56: 61-68.
57. Stambler, N., Levy, O. and Vaki, L. 2008. Physiological response of hermatypic Red Sea corals at distribution depth of 5-75 m. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences56: 45-53.
58. Dubinsky, Z. and Stambler,N. 2009 Photoacclimation processes in phytoplankton: Mechanisms, consequences, and applications. Aquatic Microbial Ecology56: 163–176.
59. Bar-Zeev, E., Berman-Frank, I, Stambler, N., Vázquez Domínguez, E., Zohary, T., Capuzzo, E., Meeder, E. Suggett, D.J., Iluz, D., Dishon, G. and Berman, T., 2009. Transparent Exopolymer Particles (TEP) link phytoplankton and bacterial production in the Gulf of Aqaba. Aquatic Microbial Ecology56: 217–225.
60. Suggett, D. J., Stambler, N., Prášil, O, Kolber, Z., Quigg, A., Vázquez-Dominguez, E., Zohary, T., Berman, T., Iluz, D., Levitan, O., Lawson, T., Meeder, E., Bar-Zeev, E., Medova, H., and Berman-Frank, I. 2009. Nutrient control of oceanic microbial growth during spring in the Gulf of Aqaba. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 56: 227–239.
61. Rachmim, T., Stambler, N., Berman-Frank, I., Zohary, T. and Gal, G. 2010. Zooplankton contribution to the particulate N and P in Lake Kinneret, Israel, under changing water levels. Hydrobiology655: 121–135.
62. Yogev, T., Rahav, E., Bar-Zeev, E., Man-Aharonovich, D., Stambler, N., Kress, N., Béjà, O., Mulholland, M. R., Herut, B. and Berman-Frank, I. 2011 Is dinitrogen fixation significant in the Levantine Basin, East Mediterranean Sea? Environmental Microbiology13: 854-871, DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02402.x
63. Drami, D., Yacobi, Y. Z., Stambler, N., and Kress, N. 2011 Seawater quality and microbial communities at a desalination plant marine Outfall. A field study at the Israeli Mediterranean coast. Water Research 45: 5449-5462.
64. Meeder, E., Mackey, KRM, Paytan, A., Shaked, Y., Iluz, D., Stambler, N., Rivlin, T., Post, AF., Lazar, B. 2012. Nitrite dynamics in the open ocean – A lesson from the northern Red Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 453: 11-26.
65. Rahav, E., Herut B., Stambler N., Bar-Zeev, E., Mulholland, R M. and Berman-Frank, I. 2013 uncoupling between dinitrogen fixation and primary productivity in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences 118: 195-202
66. Stambler, N. 2014 Relationships between picophytoplankton and optical properties in the Azores Front region in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Sea Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.04.016
67. Pfreundt U, Miller D, Adusumilli L, Stambler N, Berman-Frank I,Hess WR. 2014 Depth dependent metatranscriptomes of the marine pico-/nanoplanktonic communities in the Gulf of Aqaba/Eilat during seasonal deep mixing Mar Genomics. 2014 Jun 28. pii: S1874-7787(14)00076-2. doi: 10.1016/j.margen.2014.06.005.
68. Kopf et al. 2015 The ocean sampling day consortium. GigaScience 4:27
69. Abelson, A. Halpern,B.S. Reed, D.C., Orth, R.J., Kendrick, G.A., Beck, M.W., Belmaker, J., Krause, G., Edgar, G.J., Airoldi, L., Brokovich, E., France, R., Shashar, N., Blaeij, A.D., Stambler, N., Salameh, P., Shechter, M., Nelson, P.A. 2015. Upgrading marine ecosystem restoration using ecological–social concepts. BioScience. 10.1093/biosci/biv171
Published scientific reports and technical papers
70. Stambler, N., Robinson, D. and Apel, H. 1993. The spectrophotometric analysis of chlorophyll. Spectroscopy Europe5/6: 32.
71. Stambler, N., Reynolds, R.A., Bracher, A., Hoge, U. and Tilzer, M.M.. 1996. Light utilization by phytoplankton in the Bellinghausen and Admundsen Seas. In: The Expedition Antarktis-XI/3 of the RV “Polarstern: in 1994, Miller, H. and Grobe, H. (eds.) Reports on Polar Research. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Bremerhaven, Germany 188: 58-64.
1. Erez, J., Lazar B. and Stambler N. 2003. Monitoring of Haifa Bay during 2003, Report. Edited by Sphir V. Oceana Integrated Technologies Ltd. 40 pp (in Hebrew). 2. Erez, J., Lazar B. and Stambler N. 2004. Monitoring of Haifa Bay during 2004, Final report to the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Edited by Sphir V. Oceana Integrated Technologies Ltd. 53 pp (in Hebrew). 3. Erez, J., Lazar B. and Stambler N. 2005. Monitoring of Haifa Bay during 2005, Final report to the Ministry of Environmental Protection. to The Ministry of Environmental Protection. Edited by Sphir V. Oceana Integrated Technologies Ltd. 70 pp (in Hebrew). 4. Erez, J., Lazar B. and Stambler N. 2006. Monitoring of Haifa Bay during 2006, Final report. to the Ministry of Environmental Protection . Edited by Sphir V. Oceana Integrated Technologies Ltd. 97 pp (in Hebrew). 5. Erez, J., Lazar B. and Stambler N. 2008. Monitoring of Haifa Bay during 2007, Final report to the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Edited by Sphir V. Oceana Integrated Technologies Ltd. 86 pp (in Hebrew). 6. Erez, J., Lazar B. and Stambler N. 2008. Monitoring of Haifa Bay during 2008, Final report. to the Ministry of Environmental Protection . Edited by Sphir V. Oceana Integrated Technologies Ltd. 40 pp (in Hebrew). 7. Erez, J., Lazar B. and Stambler N. 2010. Monitoring of Haifa Bay during 2009, Final report. to the Ministry of Environmental Protection . Edited by Sphir V. Oceana Integrated Technologies Ltd. (in Hebrew). 8. Erez, J., Lazar B. and Stambler N. 2011. Monitoring of Haifa Bay during 2010, Final report. to the Ministry of Environmental Protection . Edited by Sphir V. Sinapsa Ltd. (in Hebrew). 9. Erez, J., Lazar B. and Stambler N. 2012. Monitoring of Haifa Bay during 2011, Final report. to the Ministry of Environmental Protection . Edited by Sphir V. Sinapsa Ltd. (In Hebrew). 10. Erez, J., Lazar B. Stambler N. and Meeder E. 2013. Monitoring of Haifa Bay during 2012, Final report. to the Ministry of Environmental Protection . Edited by Sphir V. Sinapsa Ltd. (in Hebrew). 11. Erez, J., Lazar B. Stambler N. and Meeder E. 2013. Monitoring of Haifa Bay during 2003-2012, Final report. to the Ministry of Environmental Protection . Edited by Sphir V. Sinapsa Ltd. (In Hebrew). 12. Erez, J., Lazar B. Stambler N. and Meeder E. 2014. Monitoring of Haifa Bay during 2013, Final report. to the Ministry of Environmental Protection . Edited by Sphir V. Sinapsa Ltd. (in Hebrew). 13. Erez, J., Lazar B. Stambler N. and Meeder E. 2015. Monitoring of Haifa Bay during 2014, Final report. to the Ministry of Environmental Protection . Edited by Sphir V. Sinapsa Ltd. (in Hebrew).
Herzliya reports 14. Stambler, N. 2004. Monitoring of the Herzliya sea during 2004, Final report to the Ministry of Environmental Protection by Bresler Sea Works Ltd.128 pp (in Hebrew). 15. Stambler, N. 2005. Monitoring of the Herzliya sea during 2005, Final report to the Ministry of Environmental Protection by Bresler Sea Works Ltd.152 pp (in Hebrew). 16. Stambler, N. 2006. Monitoring of the Herzliya sea during 2006, Final report to the Ministry of Environmental Protection by Bresler Sea Works Ltd. (in Hebrew) 17. Stambler, N. 2007. Monitoring of the Herzliya sea during 2007, Final report to the Ministry of Environmental Protection by Bresler Sea Works Ltd. (in Hebrew). 18. Stambler, N. 2008. Monitoring of the Herzliya sea during 2008, Final report to the Ministry of Environmental Protection by Bresler Sea Works Ltd.128 pp (in Hebrew). 19. Stambler, N. 2009. Monitoring of the Herzliya sea during 2009, Final report to the Ministry of Environmental Protection by Bresler Sea Works Ltd. 155 pp (in Hebrew). Ashdod reports 90. Sagi, G., Meeder E. , Stambler, N., Dotan, H. Hersko, H. 2014. Monitoring of effect of fish farms at Ashdod port on the marine environment. Final report for 2013. to the Ministry of Environmental Protection (in Hebrew). 91. Sagi, G., Meeder E. , Stambler, N., Dotan, H. Hersko, H. 2015. Monitoring of effect of fish farms at Ashdod port on the marine environment. Final report for 2014. to the Ministry of Environmental Protection (in Hebrew).
Unrefereed professional articles and publications
92. Vago, R. and Stambler, N. 1987. Loves quiet waters and light. Teva va-Aretz monthly journal of S.N.I. 29: 19-20 (in Hebrew).
93. Stambler, N. and Vago, R. 1989. Relationship between Anemonia sulcata and zooxanthellae. Ldat (Science). 20: 6-7 (in Hebrew).
94. Dubinsy, Z, and Stambler, N. 1992. Corals are organisms. Yam 26:22-23 (in Hebrew).
95. Stambler, N. 1998. Effects of nutrient enrichment on coral reefs. Ecology and Environment 5: 19-23 (in Hebrew).
96. Lazar, B., Erez, J., Iluz, D., Elhative, M., Rivlin, T., Dray, M., Stambler, N. and Dubinsky, Z. 2000. Nutrient enrichment in the Gulf of Eilat and its influence on the ecological system. Ecology and Environment 6: 119-121 (in Hebrew).
97. Stambler, N. 2004. Fish cages and coral reefs –dangerously close? Galileo 67: 22-27 (in Hebrew).
98. Stambler, N. 2010. Coral reefs –a disappearing world? Galileo 148: 34-38 (In Hebrew).