Publication List Prof. Sven Beer
A. ARTICLES (peer reviewed)
1. Beer, S., Shomer-Ilan, A. and Waisel, Y. 1975. Salt stimulated phosphoenolpyruvate
carboxylase in Cakile maritima . Physiol. Plant. 3: 293-295
2. Shomer-Ilan, A., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1975. Suaeda monoica , a C 4 plant without typical
bundle sheaths. Plant Physiol. 56 :676-679
3. Shomer-Ilan, A., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1976. Suaeda monoica , a C 4 plant without typical
Kranz anatomy. Isr. J. Bot. 25: 94-97
4. Beer, S., Eshel, A. and Waisel, Y. 1977. Carbon metabolism in seagrasses. I. The utilization
of exogenous inorganic carbon species in photosynthesis. J. Exp. Bot. 106: 1180-1189
5. Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1979. Some photosynthetic carbon fixation properties in seagrasses.
Aquat. Bot. 7: 129-138
6. Beer, S., Shomer-Ilan, A. and Waisel, Y. 1980. Carbon metabolism in seagrasses. II. Patterns
of photosynthetic CO 2 incorporation. J. Exp. Bot. 31: 1019-1026
7. Beer, S., Eshel, A. and Waisel, Y. 1980. Carbon metabolism in seagrasses. III. Activities of
carbon fixing enzymes in relation to internal salt concentrations. J. Exp. Bot. 31: 1027-1033
8. Agami, M., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1980. Growth and photosynthesis of Najas marina L. as
affected by light intensity. Aquat. Bot. 9: 285-289
9. Beer, S. and Wetzel, R.G. 1981. Photosynthetic carbon metabolism in the submerged aquatic
angiospermScirpus subterminalis . Plant Sci. Lett. 21: 199-207
10. Beer, S., Stewart, A.J. and Wetzel, R.G. 1982. Measuring chlorophyll and 14 C-labeled
photosynthate in aquatic angiosperms by the use of a tissue solubilizer. Plant Physiol. 67: 54-57
11. Beer, S. and Wetzel, R.G. 1982. Photosynthetic carbon fixation pathways in Zostera
marina and three Florida seagrasses. Aquat. Bot. 13: 141- 146
12. Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1982. Effects of light and pressure on photosynthesis in two
seagrasses. Aquat. Bot. 13: 331-337
13. Beer, S. and Wetzel, R.G. 1982. Photosynthesis in submersed macrophytes of a temperate
lake. Plant Physiol. 70: 488-492
14. Beer, S. and Eshel, A. 1983. Photosynthesis of Ulva sp. I. Effects of desiccation when
exposed to air. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 70: 91- 97
15. Beer, S. and Eshel, A. 1983. Photosynthesis of Ulva sp. II. Utilization of CO 2 and HCO
3 - when submerged. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 70: 99- 106
16. Beer, S. and Levy, I. 1983. Effects of photon fluence rate and light spectrum composition on
growth, photosynthesis and pigment relations in Gracilaria sp. J. Phycol. 19: 516-522
17. Agami, M., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1984. Seasonal variations in the growth capacity
of Najas marina L. as a function of water depth in the Yarkon Springs, Israel . Aquat. Bot. 19:
45-51
18. Beer, S. 1985. Effects of CO 2 and O 2 on photosynthetic O 2 release of Spirodela
polyrrhiza turions. Plant Physiol. 79: 199-201
19. Beer, S. and Eshel, A. 1985. Determining phycoerythrin and phycocyanin in aqueous crude
extracts of red algae. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 36: 785-792
20. Eshel, A. and Beer, S. 1986. Inorganic carbon assimilation of Spirodela polyrrhiza .
Hydrobiologia 132: 149-153
21. Beer, S. and Israel, A. 1986. Photosynthesis of Ulva sp. III. O 2 effects, carboxylase
activities and the CO 2 incorporation pattern. Plant Physiol. 81: 937-938
22. Beer, S., Spencer, W. and Bowes, G. 1986. Photosynthesis and growth of the blue-green
alga Lyngbya birgei in relation to its environment. J. Aquat. Plant Manage. 24: 61-65
23. Agami, M., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1986. The morphology and physiology of turions
in Najas marina L. in Israel. Aquat. Bot. 26: 371-376
24. Lipkin, Y., Beer, S., Best, E.P.H., Kairesalo, T. and Salonen, K. 1986. Primary production of
macrophytes: terminology, approaches and a comparison of methods. Aquat. Bot. 26: 129-142
25. Beer, S. and Shragge, B. 1987. Photosynthetic carbon metabolism in Enteromorpha
compressa . J. Phycol. 23: 580-584
26. Holbrook, G.P., Beer, S., Spencer, W.E., Reiskind, J., Davis, J.S. and Bowes, G. 1988.
Photosynthesis in marine macroalgae: Evidence for Carbon Limitation. Can. J. Bot. 66: 577-582
27. Beer, S. 1989. Photosynthesis and photorespiration in marine angiosperms (Review Article).
Aquat. Bot. 34: 153-166
28. Reiskind, J., Beer, S. and Bowes, G. 1989. Photosynthesis and photorespiration in marine
macroalgae. (Review Article). Aquat. Bot. 34: 131-152
29. Beer, S. and Israel, A. 1990. Photosynthesis of Ulva fasciata . IV. pH, carbonic anhydrase
and inorganic carbon conversions in the unstirred layer. Plant Cell and Environ. 13: 555-560
30. Eilenberg, H., Beer, S., Gepstein, S., Geva, N. and Zilberstein, A. 1990. Red or blue light
induced different Rubisco small subunits in fern gametophytes affecting carboxylation rates. In:
M. Baltscheffsky, ed., Current Research in Photosynthesis, Vol. 3, Kluwer Academic Publ.,
Dordrecht, pp. 11.411-414
31. Beer, S., Spencer, W., Holbrook, G.P. and Bowes, G. 1990. Gas exchange and carbon
fixation properties of the mat-forming cyanophyte Lyngbya birgei . Aquat. Bot. 38: 221-230
32. Levy, I., Beer, S. and Friedlander, M. 1990. Growth, photosynthesis and agar in wild type
strains ofGracilaria verrucosa and Gracilaria conferta (Rhodophyta), as a strain selection
experiment. Hydrobiologia 204/205: 381-387
33. Beer, S., Israel, A., Drechsler, Z. and Cohen, Y. 1990. Photosynthesis in Ulva fasciata . V.
Evidence for an inorganic carbon concentrating system, and Rubisco CO 2 kinetics. Plant
Physiol. 94: 1542-1546
34. Levy, I., Beer, S. and Friedlander, M. 1990. Strain selection in Gracilaria spp. 2. Selection
for high and low temperature resistance in G. verrucosa sporelings. J. Appl. Phycol. 2: 163-171
35. Beer, S., Madsen, T. and Sand-Jensen, K. 1990. Rubisco in aquatic plants. Proc. European
Weed Research Society, Uppsala, Sweden, pp. 33-34
36. Bowes, G., Spencer, W.E. and Beer, S. 1990. Ecophysiological considerations on the weed
potential ofLyngbya . Proc. European Weed Society, Uppsala, Sweden, pp. 49-54
37. Eilenberg, H., Beer, S., Gepstein, S., Geva, N., Tadmor, O. and Zilberstein, A. 1991.
Variability in Rubisco small subunits and carboxylation activity in fern gametophytes grown
under different light spectra. Plant Physiol. 95: 298-304
38. Beer, S., Sand-Jensen, K., Vindbaek Madsen, T. and Nielsen, S.L. 1991. The carboxylase
activity of Rubisco and the photosynthetic performance in aquatic plants. Oecologia 87: 429-434
39. Bowes, G. and Beer, S. 1991. Photosynthetic carbon acquisition in Gracilaria conferta . I.
Gas exchange properties and the fixation pathway. Mar. Biol. 110: 195-198
40. Drechsler, Z. and Beer, S. 1991. The utilization of inorganic carbon by Ulva lactuca . Plant
Physiol. 97: 1439-1444
41. Israel, A. and Beer, S. 1992. Photosynthetic carbon acquisition in Gracilaria conferta . II.
HCO 3 - uptake, carbonic anhydrase and Rubisco carboxylase kinetics. Mar. Biol. 112: 697-700
42. Beer, S., Spencer, W. and Bowes, G. 1992. HCO 3 - use and evidence for a carbon
concentrating process in the mat-forming cyanophyte Lyngbya birgei . Aquat. Bot. 42: 159-171
43. Beer, S. and Kautsky, L. 1992. The recovery of net photosynthesis during rehydration of
three Fucusspecies from the Swedish west coast following exposure to air. Bot. Mar. 35: 487491
44. Einav, R. and Beer, S. 1993. Photosynthesis in air and in water of Acanthophora
najadiformis growing within a narrow zone of the intertidal. Mar. Biol. 117: 133-139
45. Drechsler, Z., Sharkia, R., Cabantchik, Z.I. and Beer, S. 1993. Bicarbonate uptake in the
marine macroalga Ulva sp. is inhibited by classical probes of anion exchange by red blood cells.
Planta 191: 34-40
46. Madsen, T.V., Sand-Jensen, K. and Beer, S. 1993. Comparison of photosynthetic
performance and carboxylation capacity in a range of aquatic macrophytes of different growth
forms. Aquat. Bot. 44: 373-384
47. Svirski, E., Beer, S. and Friedlander, M. 1993. Gracilaria conferta and its epiphytes. II.
Interrelationships between the red seaweed and Ulva cf. lactuca . Hydrobiologia 260/261: 391396
48. Lipkin, Y., Beer, S. and Eshel, A. 1993. The ability of Porphyra linearis (Rhodophyta) to
tolerate prolonged periods of desiccation. Bot. Mar. 36: 517-523
49. Solomon, A., Beer, S., Waisel, Y., Jones, G.P. and Paleg, L.G. 1994. Effects of NaCl on the
carboxylating activity of Rubisco: Amelioration by N-methyl-L-proline. Physiol. Plant. 90: 198204
50. Sharkia, R., Cabantchik, Z.I. and Beer, S. 1994. A membrane-located polypeptide which
may be involved in the HCO 3 - transport of Ulva sp. is recognized by antibodies raised against
the red blood cell anion exchange protein. Planta 194: 247-249
51. Drechsler, Z., Sharkia, R., Cabantchik, Z.I. and Beer, S. 1994. The relationship of arginine
groups to photosynthetic HCO 3 - uptake in Ulva sp. mediated by a putative anion exchanger.
Planta 194: 250- 255
52. Beer, S. and Björk, M. 1994. Photosynthetic properties of protoplasts, as compared with
thalli, of Ulva fasciata (Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 30: 633-637
53. Singer, A., Eshel, A., Agami, M. and Beer, S. 1994. The contribution of aerenchymal CO 2
to the photosynthesis of emergent and submerged stems of Scirpus lacustris and Cyperus
papyrus . Aquat. Bot. 49: 107-116
54. Beer, S. 1994. The function of a putative HCO 3 - transporter in the marine macroalga Ulva .
Bielefelder Okologishce Beitrage 8: 51-56
55. Axelsson, L., Ryberg, H. and Beer, S. 1995. Two modes of bicarbonate acquisition in Ulva
lactuca . Plant Cell and Environ. 18: 439-445
56. Einav, R., Breckle, S. and Beer, S. 1995. Ecophysiological adaptation strategies of some
intertidal macroalgae of the Israeli Mediterranean coast. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 125: 219-228
57. Beer, S. 1995. Photosynthetic utilization of inorganic carbon in Ulva . Sci. Mar. 60: 125-128
58. Jones, G.P., Paleg, L, Waisel, Y, Solomon, A and Beer, S. 1995. Trans-3-hydroxy-N-methyll-proline hydrochloride. Acta Chrystallographica C51: 287-289
59. Friedlander, M., Gonen, Y., Kashman, Y. and Beer, S. 1996. Gracilaria conferta and its
epiphytes. 3. Allelopathic inhibition of the red seaweed by Ulva cf . lactuca . J. Appl. Phycol. 8:
21-25
60. Koch, E. and Beer, S. 1996. Tides, light and the distribution of the seagrass Zostera
marina in Long Island Sound. Aquat. Bot. 53: 97-107
61. Beer, S. and Koch, E. 1996. Photosynthesis of seagrasses vs. marine macroalgae in
globally changing CO 2 environments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 141: 199-204
62. Larsson, C., Axelsson, L., Ryberg, H. and Beer, S. 1997. Photosynthetic carbon utilization
inEnteromorpha intestinalis from a rockpool. Eur. J. Phycol. 32: 49-54
63. Beer, S. and Rehnberg, J. 1997. The acquisition of inorganic carbon by the
seagrass Zostera marina . Aquat. Bot. 56: 277-283
64. Björk, M., Weil, A., Semesi, S. and Beer, S. 1997. Photosynthetic utilisation of inorganic
carbon by seagrasses from Zanzibar, East Africa. Mar. Biol.129: 363-366
65. Beardall, J., Beer, S. and Raven, J. 1997. Biodiversity of marine plants in an era of climate
change: Some predictions based on physiological performance. Bot. Mar. 41: 113-123
66. Beer, S. 1998. The acquisition of inorganic carbon in marine macrophytes (Commissioned).
Isr. J. Plant Sci. 46: 83-87
67. Beer, S., Ilan, M., Eshel, A., Weil, A. and Brickner, I. 1998. The use of pulse amplitude
modulated (PAM) fluorometry for in situ measurements of photosynthesis in two Red Sea Faviid
corals. Mar. Biol. 131: 607-612
68. Beer, S. and Ilan, M. 1998. In situ measurements of photosynthetic irradiance responses in
two marine Red Sea sponges growing under dim light condition. Mar. Biol. 131: 613-617
69. Beer, S., Vilenkin, B., Weil, A., Veste, M., Susel, L. and Eshel, A. 1998. Measuring
photosynthetic rates in seagrasses by pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry. Mar. Ecol.
Prog. Ser. 174: 293-300
70. Ilan, M. and Beer, S. 1999. A new technique for non-intrusive in situ measurements of
symbiotic photosynthesis under water. Coral Reefs 18: 74
71. Björk, M., Uku, J., Weil, A. and Beer, S. 1999. Photosynthetic tolerances to desiccation of
tropical intertidal seagrasses. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 191: 121-126
72. Beer, S. and Björk, M. 2000. A comparison of photosynthetic rates measured by pulse
amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry and O 2 evolution in two tropical seagrasses. Aquat.
Bot. 66: 69-76
73. Beer, S., Larsson, C., Poryan, O. and Axelsson, L. 2000. Measuring Photosynthetic Rates of
the Marine Macroalga Ulva by Pulse Amplitude Modulated (PAM) Fluorometry. Eur . J. Phycol.
35: 69-74
74. Schwarz, A.-M., Björk , M., Buluda, T., Mtolera, M. and Beer, S. 2000. Photosynthetic
utilisation of carbon and light by two tropical seagrass species as measured in situ . Mar. Biol.
137: 755-761
75. Garty, J., Weissman, L., Tamir, O., Beer, S., Cohen, Y., Karnieli, A. and Orlovsky, L. 2000.
Comparison of five physiological parameters to assess the vitality of the lichen Ramalina lacera
exposed to air pollution. Physiol. Plant. 109: 410-418.
76. Steindler, L., Beer, S., Peretzman-Shemer, A., Nyberg, C. and Ilan, M. 2001.
Photoadaptation of zooxanthellae in the sponge Cliona vastifica from the Red Sea as
measured in situ . Mar. Biol. 138: 511-515
77. Hellblom, F., Beer, S., Björk, M. and Axelsson, L. 2001. A buffer sensitive inorganic carbon
utilization system in Zostera marina . Aquat. Bot. 69: 55-62
78. Beer, S. 2001. Marine Photosynthetic Research in Zanzibar: A Mini-Review. S. Afr. J. Bot.
67: 390-392
79. Beer, S., Björk , M., Hellblom, F. and Axelsson, L. 2002. Inorganic Carbon Utilisation in
Marine Angiosperms (Seagrasses) . Funct. Plant Biol. (former Australian J. Plant Physiol.) 29:
349-354
80. Steindler, L., Beer, S. and Ilan, M. 2002. Photosymbiosis in intertidal and subtidal tropical
sponges. Symbiosis 33: 263-273
81. Winters, G., Loya, Y., Rottgers, R. and Beer, S. 2003. Photoinhibition in shallow water
colonies of the coral Stylophora pistillata as measured in situ . Limnol. Oceanogr. 48: 1388-1393
82. Beer, S. and Axelsson, L. 2004. Limitations in the use of PAM fluorometry for measuring
photosynthetic rates of macroalgae at high irradiances. Eur. J. Phycol. 39: 1-7
83. Björk, M., Axelsson, L. and Beer, S. 2004. Why is Ulva intestinalis the only macroalga
inhabiting isolated rockpools along the Swedish Atlantic coast? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 284: 109116
84. Uku, J., Beer, S. and Björk, M. 2005. Buffer sensitivity of photosynthetic carbon utilisation in
eight tropical seagrasses. Mar. Biol. 147: 1085-1090
85. Bloch, K., Papismedov, E., Yavriyants, K., Vorobeychik, M., Beer, S. and Vardi, P. 2006.
Photosynthetic oxygen generator for bio-artificial pancreas. Tissue Engineering 12: 337-344
86. Beer, S., Mtolera, M., Lyimo, T. and Björk , M. 2006. The photosynthetic performance of the
tropical seagrass Halophila ovalis in the upper intertidal. Aquat. Bot. 84: 367-371
87. Bloch, K., Papismedov, E., Yavriyants, K., Vorobeychik, M., Beer, S. and Vardi, P. 2006.
Immobilised microalgal cells as an oxygen supply system for encapsulated pancreatic islets: A
feasibility study. Artificial Organs 30: 715-718
88. Winters, G. Loya , Y. and Beer, S. 2006. In situ measured seasonal fluctuations in F v /F m
of two common Red Sea corals. Coral Reefs 25: 593-598
89. Beer, S., Axelsson, L. and Björk, M. 2006. Modes of photosynthetic bicarbonate utilisation in
seagrasses, and their possible roles in adaptations to specific habitats. Biologia Marina
Mediterranea 13: 3-7
90. Kuguru, B., Winters, G., Beer, S., Santos, S.R. and Chadwick, N.E. 2007. Adaptation
strategies of the corallimorpharian Rhodactis rhodostoma to irradiance and temperature. Mar.
Biol. 151: 1287-1298
91. Saroussi, S. and Beer, S. 2007. Alpha and quantum yield of aquatic plants as derived from
PAM fluorometry. Aquat. Bot. 86: 89-92
92. Pawlik, J., Steindler, L., Henkel, T., Beer, S. and Ilan, M. 2007. Chemical warfare on coral
reefs: Sponge metabolites differentially affect coral symbiosis in situ. Limnol. Oceanogr. 52:
907-911
93. Saroussi, S. and Beer, S. 2007. Acclimations of macroalgae as reflected in photosynthetic
parameters derived from PAM fluorometry. Mar. Ecol. 28: 377-383
94. Steindler, L., Schuster, S., Ilan. M., Avni, A., Cerrano, C. and Beer, S. 2007. Differential
gene expression in a marine sponge in relation to its symbiotic status. Mar. Biotechnol. 9: 543549
95. Sharon, Y. and Beer, S. 2008. Diurnal movements of chloroplasts in Halophila
stipulacea and their effect on PAM fluorometric measurements of photosynthetic rates. Aquat.
Bot. 88: 273-276
96. Semesi, S., Beer, S. and Björk, M. 2009. Seagrass photosynthesis controls rates of
calcification and photosynthesis of calcareous macroalgae in a tropical seagrass meadow. Mar.
Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 41-47
97. Winter, G., Beer, S., Ben Zvi, B., Brickner, I. and Loya, Y. 2009. Spatial and temporal
photoacclimation of Stylophora pistillata : Zooxanthella size, pigmentation, location and clade.
Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. (in press)
98.Runcie, J., Paulo, D., Santos, R., Sharon, Y., Beer, S. and Silva, J. 2009. Photosynthetic
responses ofHalophila stipulacea to a light gradient: 1 – In situ energy partitioning of nonphotochemical quenching. Aquat. Biol. (in press)
99. Sharon, Y., Silva, J., Santos, R., Runcie, J., Chernihovsky, M. and Beer, S. 2009.
Photosynthetic responses of Halophila stipulacea to a light gradient: II – Plastic acclimations
following transplantations. Aquat. Biol. (in press)
100. Silva, J., Sharon, Y., Santos, R. and Beer, S. 2009. Measuring seagrass photosynthesis:
Methods and applications. Aquat. Biol. (in press)
101. Kurzbaum, E., Beer, S. and Eckert, W. 2009. Alterations in delayed and direct
phytoplankton fluorescence in response to the diurnal light cycle. Hydrobiologia (in press)
102. Winters, G., Holzman, R., Bleikhman, A. and Loya, Y. 2009. Photographic assessment of
coral chlorophyll contents: Implications for ecophysiological studies and coral monitoring. J.
Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. (in press)
103. Sharon, Y., Levitan, O., Spungin, D., Berman-Frank, I. and Beer, S. 2011.
Photoacclimations of the seagrass Halophila stipulacea to the dim irradiance at its 48-m depth
limit. Limnol. Oceanogr. 56: 357-362
104. Sharon, Y., Dishon, G. and Beer, S. 2011. The effect of UV radiation on chloroplast
clumping and photosynthesis in the seagrass Halophila stipulacea grown under high-PAR
conditions. J. Mar. Biol. 2011 Article ID 483428 (6 pp)
105. Procaccini, G., Beer, S., Bjork, M., Olsen, J., Mazzuca, S. and Santos, R. 2012. Seagrass
ecophysiology meets ecological genomics: Are we ready? Mar. Ecol. 1-6
106 . Mazzuca, S., Björk, M., Beer, S., Felisberto, P., Gobert, S., Procaccini, G., Runcie, J.,
Silva, J., Borges, A.V., Brunet, C., Buapet, P., Champenois, W., Costa, M.M., D’Esposito, D.,
Gullström, M., Lejeune, P., Lepoint, G., Olivé, I;, Rasmusson, L.M., Richir, J., Ruocco, M.,
Serra, I.A., Spadafora, A. and Santos, R. 2013. Establishing research strategies, methodologies
and technologies to link genomics and proteomics to seagrass productivity, community
metabolism, and ecosystem carbon fluxes. Frontiers in Plant Science (in press).
CHAPTERS / REVIEWS IN BOOKS (peer reviewed)
(107) Shomer-Ilan, A., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1979. Biochemical basis of ecological
adaptation. In: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology (new series), Vol. II. Eds. M. Gibbs and E.
Latzko. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 190-201
(108) Beer, S. 1986. The fixation of inorganic carbon in plant cells. In: H.Z. Enoch and B.A.
Kimball (eds) Carbon dioxide enrichment in greenhouse crops. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.,
pp. 3-11
(109) Bowes, G. and Beer, S. 1987. Physiological processes: photosynthesis. In: Aquatic plants
for water treatment and resource recovery, Magnolia Publ. Inc., pp. 311-335
(110) Beer, S.1994. Mechanism of inorganic carbon acquisition in marine macroalgae (with
special reference to the chlorophyta). In: Progress in Phycological Research. Biopress Ltd.,
Bristol, England, pp. 179-207
(111) Beer, S. 1996. Inorganic carbon transport in seagrasses. In: J. Kuo, D. I. Walker and H.
Kirkman (eds.) Seagrass Biology, Vol. 2: Scientific discussions from an international workshop.
Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia, pp. 43-47
(112) Axelsson, L. and Beer, S. 2001. Carbon Limitations. In: L.C. Rai and J.P. Gaur (eds) Algal
adaptation to environmental stresses. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 21-43
(113) Beer, S., Björk, M., Gademann, R. and Ralph, P. 2001. Measurements of photosynthetic
rates in seagrasses. In: F.T. Short and R. Coles (eds.) Global Seagrass Research Methods.
Elsevier Publishing, The Netherlands, pp. 183-198
(114) Lipkin, Y., Beer, S. and Zakai, D. 2003. The seagrasses of the Eastern Mediterranean and
the Red Sea. In: E.P. Green and F.T. Short (eds) World Atlas of Seagrasses. University of
California Press, Los Angeles, pp. 65-73
(115) Bj ö rk, M., Short, F., Mcleod, E. and Beer, S. 2008. Managing seagrasses for resilience to
climate change. Book, The Nature Conservancy – International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland, 55 pp.
(116) Kangwe, J., Semesi, S., Beer, S., Mtolera, M. and Björk, M. 2012. Carbonate production
by calcareous algae in a seagrass-dominated system: The example of Chwaka Bay. In: M. de la
Torre-Castro and T.J. Lyimo (eds) People, Nature and Research in Chwaka Bay, Zanzibar,
Tanzania. ISBN: 978-9987-9559-1-6. Zanzibar Town - WIOMSA, pp 143-156
(117) Björk, M. and Beer, S. “Could Dense Seagrass Meadows Resist Ocean Acidification?”,
Debate article in SeagrassWatch Magazine no. 37, 2009
C. PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS PRESENTED AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
Presenter (for lectures / oral presentations) underlined . Partial list.
1. Waisel , Y ., Beer, S. and Shomer-Ilan, A. 1974. The effect of sodium chloride on carbon
fixation pathways and productivity of some halophytes (Abstr. p. 114). Deut. Bot. Ges. Tagung,
Wurzburg, Germany
2. Beer , S . 1978. Carbon fixation in seagrasses: Dependence on substrate concentration
(Abstr. p. I: 32). INTECOL Meeting, Jerusalem, Israel
3. Levy , I . and Beer, S. 1982. Characterization of mutants of Gracilaria sp. (Abstr. a28). 1 st
Int. Phycol. Congr., St. John`s, Canada
4. Beer , S . and Eshel, A. 1983. Photosynthetic carbon utilization in Ulva sp. (Abstr./J. Phycol.
S19: 12). 34 th Ann. AIBS and PSA Congr., Grand Forks, USA
5. Beer , S . 1983. Pressure effects on photosynthesis and growth in submerged marine
macrophytes (Abstr. p. 34). 22 nd Int. Congr. SIL, Lyon, France
6. Beer , S . and Eshel, A. 1984. Determining phycoerythrin and phycocyanin in crude extracts
of red algae (Abstr. p. 24.) 2 nd Int. GAP Workshop, Haifa, Israel
7. Beer , S . Israel, A. and Shragge, B. 1985. Photosynthetic carbon fixation in Ulva sp.
and Enteromorphasp: HCO 3 - utilization vs. C 4 metabolism (Abstr./J.Phycol. S21: 51). 36 th
Ann. AIBS and PSA Congr. Gainesville, USA
8. Agami , M ., Beer, S. and Waisel, Y. 1985. Turion formation and characteristics in Najas
marina L. Int. Symp. on Aquatic Macrophytes, Silkeborg, Denmark
9. Beer, S . 1985. Photosynthetic carbon fixation characteristics of three submerged
macrophytes differing in exogenous HCO 3 - utilization. Int. Symp. on Aquatic Macrophytes,
Silkeborg, Denmark
10. Beer , S ., Spencer, W. and Bowes, G. 1986. Photosynthetic carbon fixation
in Lyngbya (Abstr./Plant Physiol. S80: 328). Ann. Congr., ASPP, Baton Rouge, USA
11. Beer , S ., Spencer, W. and Bowes, G. 1986. Photosynthetic carbon fixation properties
of Lyngbya as related to its weed potential (Abstr./J. Phycol. S21: 12). ASLO/PSA Congr.,
Kingston, USA
12. Bowes , G . and Beer, S. 1986. Physiological plant processes: Photosynthesis (Abstr. p. 26).
Conf. Aquat. Plants for Water Treatment and Resource Recovery, Orlando, USA
13. Spencer , W ., Holbrook, G., Beer, S., Reiskind, J., Davis, J. and Bowes, G. 1987. Marine
macroalgal photosynthesis is carbon limited in seawater. (Abstr./Plant Physiol. S83: 66). Ann.
Congr. ASPP, St. Louis, USA
14. Beer , S ., Spencer, W., Holbrook, G.P. and Bowes, G. 1987. Photosynthetic carbon fixation
in Lyngbyaas related to its environment (Abstr. 1-03-7, p. 11). 14 th Int. Bot. Congr., Berlin,
Germany
15. Beer , S . 1988. Physiological adaptations of Ulvales to seawater carbon sources. Int.
Congr. on the Ecophysiology of Aquatic Macrophytes, Aarhus, Denmark
16. Beer , S . and Israel, A. 1989. Bicarbonate uptake in Ulva : The significance of surface pH
and carbonic anhydrase (Abstr./ J. Phycol. S25: 18). AIBS/PSA Congr., Toronto, Canada
17. Eilenberg , H., Beer, S., Gepstein, S., Geva, N. and Zilberstein, A. 1989. Red or blue light
induced different Rubisco small subunits in fern gametophytes affecting carboxylation rates. 8 th
Int. Congr. Photosynthesis, Stockholm, Sweden
18. Levy , I . and Beer, S. 1989. Strain selection for growth under low and high temperatures
in Gracilaria verrucosa . 13 th Int. Seaweed Symp., Vancouver, Canada.
19. Beer , S ., Madsen, T. and Sand-Jensen, K. 1990. Rubisco in aquatic plants. Congr.
European Weed Research Society, Uppsala, Sweden
20. Beer , S . 1990. HCO 3 - uptake and the Ci concentrating system in the common marine
macroalga Ulva. 2 nd Int. Symp. Inorg. Carbon Util. by Aquat. Photosynth. Org., Kingston,
Canada
21. Bowes , G ., Spencer, W.E. and Beer, S. 1990. Ecophysiological considerations in the weed
potential ofLyngbya. Congr. European Weed Research Society, Uppsala, Sweden
22. Beer , S , Israel, A. and Drechsler, Z. 1990. Rubisco activity and Ci concentration in a
marine macroalga (Abstr./Plant Physiol. S93: 38). Ann. Congr. ASPP, Indianapolis, USA
23. Eilenberg, H., Beer, S., Gepstein, S. and Zilberstein , A . 1990. Variability in Rubisco SSUs
and correlation with carboxylation activity. 20 th FEBS Congr., Budapest, Hungary
24. Beer , S . and Israel, A. 1991. Seawater pH and algal photosynthesis: Inorganic carbon
conversions in the unstirred layer (Abstr./ Isr. J. Bot. 40: 68. Congr. Isr. Bot. Soc., Tel Aviv,
Israel
25. Israel, A. and Beer, S. 1991. Carbon fixation properties of Gracilaria verrucosa : HCO 3 use and the carbon fixation pathway (Abstr./Isr. J. Bot. 40: 75). Bot. Soc. Congr., Tel Aviv
26. Drechsler, Z. and Beer , S . 1991. Inorganic carbon acquisition in Ulva lactuca : HCO 3 - is
taken up under natural conditions (Abstr./J. Phycol. S27: 19). 4 th Int. Phycol. Congr. (IPC4),
Duke University, Durham, USA
27. Einav , R . and Beer, S. 1992. Acanthophora najadiformis : Photosynthesis and growth
within narrow boundaries of the intertidal (Abstr./Isr. J. Bot. 41: 110). Isr. Bot. Soc. Congr.,
Rehovot, Israel
28. Beer , S . 1992. Inorganic carbon transport and the internal limiting factor for photosynthetic
production in marine macrophytes. 32 nd Ann. Meet. and Int. Symp. Biology and Management
of Aquatic Plants, Daytona Beach, USA
29. Singer, A. and Beer , S . 1992. Internal CO 2 transport and photosynthesis in the emergent
aquatic macrophytes Scirpus lacustris and Cyperus papyrus . 32 nd Ann. Meet. and Int. Symp.
Biology and Management of Aquatic Plants, Daytona Beach, USA
30. Svirski, E., Beer, S. and Friedlander , M . 1992. Gracilaria conferta and its epiphytes. II.
Interrelationships between the red seaweed and Ulva cf . lactuca . 14 th Int. Seaweed Symp.,
Brest, France
31. Sharkia , R . and Beer, S. 1993. HCO 3 - uptake in Ulva is mediated by an anion exchange
protein in the plasmalemma (Abstr./Isr. J. Bot.). Isr. Bot. Soc. Congr., Jerusalem, Israel
32. Beer , S ., Drechsler, Z., Sharkia, R. and Cabantchik, Z.I. 1993. HCO 3 - uptake in Ulva is
mediated by a mammalian-like anion exchange protein in the plasmalemma. Ann. Congr.,
ASPP, Minneapolis, USA
33. Beer , S . 1993. Mechanisms for inorganic carbon acquisition in marine macroalgae
(Keynote for Seminar). COST-48 Workshop on the Physiology of Light and Carbon Utilization in
Green Macroalgae, with Special Emphasis to the Ulva Genus, Kristineberg, Sweden
34. Beer , S . 1994. Functional and structural aspects of HCO 3 - uptake in green marine
macroalgae. Tel Aviv and Bielefeld Universities Congress on "Function and Structure at all
Levels", Tel Aviv, Israel
35. Sharkia , R ., Gurevitz, M., Cabantchik, I. and Beer, S. 1994. Photosynthetic bicarbonate
acquisition in the cyanobacterium Synechocycstis PCC6803 features resemblances with anion
transport of red blood cells. Isr. Biochem. Soc., Ramat Gan, Israel
36. Beer, S. and Sharkia, R. 1994. The utilization of inorganic carbon by marine green
macroalgae. 5 th Int. Phycol. Congr. (IPC5), Qingdao, China
37. Singer , A . and Beer, S. 1994. The importance of aerenchymal CO 2 for photosynthesis
in Scirpus lacustris and Cyperus papyrus . Congr. European Weed Research Society, Dublin,
Ireland
38. Beer, S. 1994. Strategies of bicarbonate utilization in weedy marine macroalgae. Congr.
European Weed Research Society, Dublin, Ireland
39. Sharkia , R . and Beer, S. 1994. Photosynthetic bicarbonate uptake in Ulva fasciata is
mediated by a putative anion exchanger. PSA/ASLO Congr., Miami, USA
40. Beer , S . 1994. Utilization of inorganic carbon by Ulva spp. 2 nd Algal Photobiology / COST48 / Workshop, Malaga, Spain
41. Beer , S . and Koch, E. 1996. Photosynthesis of seagrasses vs. marine macroalgae in a
globally changing CO 2 environment. 2 nd Int. Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Rottnest Island,
Australia
42. Beer , S . 1996. Mechanisms of photosynthetic carbon acquisition in marine macroalgae
(Symposium Lecture, Abstr. 11, p. 6). 1 st Eur. Phycol. Congr. (EPC1), Cologne, Germany
43. Susel, L ., Ben Zvi, B. and Beer, S. 1996. Mechanisms of bicarbonate utilisation in intertidal
marine macroalgae of the Israeli coast (Abstr. 383, p. 53). 1 st Eur. Phycol. Congr (EPC1).,
Cologne, Germany
44. Susel, L ., Ben Zvi, B. and Beer, S. 1997. Utilisation of inorganic carbon in intertidal marine
macroalgae of the Israeli coast (Abstr. p. 44). Isr. Bot. Soc. Congr., Tel Aviv; Israel
45. Beardall, J ., Beer, S. and Raven, J. 1997. Biodiversity of marine plants in an era of climate
change: Some predictions based on physiological performance. Aust. Soc. Phycol. Aquat. Bot.,
Hobart, Australia
46. Beer , S ., Susel, L., Vilenkin, B., Weil, A., Veste, M. and Eshel, A. 1998. The use of pulse
amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry for in situ measurements of seagrass photosynthesis
(Abstr. p. 31). Isr. Bot. Soc. Congr., Rehovot, Israel
47. Beer , S . 1998. PAM fluorometry in tropical systems. International Workshop on PAM
fluorometry, Sydney , Australia
48. Beer , S ., Weil, A., Semesi, S. and Bj ö rk, M. 1998. Photosynthetic utilization of inorganic
carbon by seagrasses along a depth gradient (Abstr. p. 18). 3 rd Int. Seagrass Biol. Workshop,
Manila. Philippines
49. Bj ö rk , M . and Beer, S. 1998. Effects of desiccation, re-hydration and high-light stress on
the rate of photosynthetic electron transport in intertidal seagrasses (Abstr. p. 20). 3 rd Int.
Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Manila, Philippines
50. Beer , S . 1998. The use of PAM fluorometry for determining photosynthetic rates in marine
macroalgae (Invited speaker), COST-48 Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden
51. Poryan, O . and Beer, S. 1999. Measuring photosynthetic rates in Ulva fasciata by PAM
fluorometry: Correlations with O 2 measurements. Isr. Bot. Soc. Congr., Rehovot, Israel
52. Winters, G . and Beer, S. 1999. Measuring quantum yields in zooxanthellae-containing
corals by PAM fluorometry: Is this a new way of measuring coral stress? Isr. Bot. Soc. Congr.,
Rehovot, Israel
53. Beer, S . 2000. Photosynthesis in seagrasses. 4 th Int. Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Corsica
54. Beer, S . 2000. Marine photosynthesis (Invited Keynote speaker). The Int. Congr. on Marine
Botany in the Western Indian Ocean. Invited keynote speaker. Maputo, Mozambique
55. Beer, S ., Björk , M., Hellblom, F. and Axelsson, L. 2001. Inorganic carbon utilisation in
marine angiosperms (seagrasses). 4 th Int. Symp. Inorganic Carbon Utilisation in Aquatic
Photosynthetic Organisms. Cairns, Australia
56. Malm, T . and Beer, S. 2002. Halophila stipulacea in the Gulf of Aqaba: Seasonal in
situ allometry and photosynthesis. 5 th Int. Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Encenada, Mexico
57. Forster, R.M. and Beer, S . 2003. Measuring photosynthetic rates of soft- and hardsubstrate marine benthic algae (Abstr. p.22). 3 rd Eur. Phycol. Congr. (EPC3), Belfast, UK
58. Beer, S . and Axelsson, L. 2003. Possibilities and restrictions in the use of PAM fluorometry
on marine plants (Abstr. p.104). 3 rd European Phycological Congress, Belfast, UK
59. Beer, S ., Björk , M. and Axelsson, L. 2005. Why is Ulva intestinalis the only alga growing in
rockpools? 8 th Int. Phycol. Congr. (IPC8), Durban, South Africa
60. Beer, S . 2006. Modes of photosynthetic bicarbonate utilisation in seagrasses, and their
possible roles in adaptations to specific habitats. Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop, Malta
61. Beer, S . 2006. Photosynthetic adaptations of East African seagrasses to the intertidal. 7 th
Int. Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Zanzibar, Tanzania
62. Kurzbaum , E ., Eckert, W. and Beer, S. 2006. The relationships between delayed and
prompt fluorescence in monitoring photosynthetic traits in phytoplankton. J. Phycol. 42: 88
63. Saroussi, S. and Beer, S . 2007. Alpha and quantum yields of macroalgae derived from
PAM fluorometry. 4 th European Phycological Congress, Oviedo, Spain
64. Semesi , S ., Kangwe, J., Beer, S. And Björk, M. 2007. Calcification and photosynthetic
responses of a corraline alga to changes in seawater pH and CO 2 . 5 th WIOMSA Conference,
Durban, S.A.
65. Semesi , S ., Beer, S. and Björk, M. 2008. Seagrass photosynthesis controls calcification in
calcareous macroalgae. 8 th Int. Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Vancouver, Canada.
66. Beer , S . 2009. How seagrasses cope with high irradiances: Some case studies. 2 nd
Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop, Split, Croatia.
67. Beer , S . 2009. Seagrass physiological stress: Causes and expressions. CERF
Conference, Portland, OR, USA.
68. Sharon, Y. and Beer , S . 2010. Adaptations of Halophila stipulacea to the twilight zone.
World Seagrass Congress, Phuket, Thailand.
69. Beer , S . and Sharon, Y. 2010. Adaptations to light and UV in Halophila stipulacea . 9 th Int.
Seagrass Biol. Workshop, Trang, Thailand.