Personal profile
Research interests
Early life hisotry of coral-reef fish
Community & behavioral ecology of reef fish
Education/Academic qualification
BSF post-doctoral fellow. , University of Haifa
1999 → 2002
PhD, Ecological and life-history correlates of developmental instability, University of New Mexico
1994 → 1999
Master, Flow speed and the feeding rates of reef-dwelling planktivorous fish., Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1991 → 1994
Bachelor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1987 → 1990
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Dynamic color change in the grouper Variola louti during interspecific interactions and swimming
Marom, S., Kiflawi, M., Akkaynak, D. & Holzman, R., 1 Mar 2025, In: Behavioral Ecology. 36, 2, araf005.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Post-Larval Processes Reduce the Diversity of Coral Reef Fish Communities
Lazarus, M., Kimmerling, N., Gurevich, T., Kiflawi, M., Connolly, S. R., Holzman, R. & Belmaker, J., 1 Feb 2025, In: Ecology Letters. 28, 2, e70058.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Regionalisation of Red Sea coral reefs based on remotely sensed environmental data identifies two distinct regions that align with large-scale climatic forcings
Cerutti, J. M. B., Holzman, R., Kiflawi, M. & Fine, M., 1 Aug 2025, In: Coral Reefs. 44, 4, p. 1127-1142 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Acoustic tracking of moving marine targets using a single autonomous surface receiver
Git, I., Samina, M., Givon, S., Segev, R., Kiflawi, M. & Ben-Shahar, O., 1 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Field Robotics. 41, 5, p. 1498-1520 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of flow speed and prey density on the rate and efficiency of prey capture in zooplanktivorous coral-reef fishes
Genin, A., Rickel, S., Zarubin, M. & Kiflawi, M., 1 Jan 2024, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 11, 1330477.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating models for estimating introduction rates of alien species from discovery records
Buba, Y., Kiflawi, M., McGeoch, M. A. & Belmaker, J., 1 Aug 2024, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 33, 8, e13859.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Confronting the ‘nocturnal problem’ in coral reefs: sleeping site selection and cocoon formation in parrotfishes
Pickholtz, R., Kiflawi, M., Buba, Y., Chaikin, S., Gavriel, T., Lapid, G., Lazarus, M., Malamud, S., Marom, N., Marom, S., Nieger-Rachmilevitz, M., Olsson, K., Perevolotsky, T., Rothman, S. B. S., Salingrè, S., Shapira, N., Sternbach, B., Wandel, H. & Belmaker, J., 1 Aug 2023, In: Coral Reefs. 42, 4, p. 811-825 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Schooling of light reflecting fish
Pertzelan, A., Ariel, G. & Kiflawi, M., 1 Jul 2023, In: PLOS ONE. 18, 7 July, e0289026.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A new theoretical performance landscape for suction feeding reveals adaptive kinematics in a natural population of reef damselfish
Holzman, R., Keren, T., Kiflawi, M., Martin, C. H., China, V., Mann, O. & Olsson, K. H., 1 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 225, 13, jeb243273.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access9 Scopus citations -
Correction to: Highly repetitive space-use dynamics in parrotfishes (Coral Reefs, (2022), 41, 4, (1059-1073), 10.1007/s00338-022-02258-3)
Pickholtz, R., Kiflawi, M., Crossin, G. T., Pickholtz, E., Zamsky, R., Kahan, I., Gavriel, T. & Belmaker, J., 1 Aug 2022, In: Coral Reefs. 41, 4, p. 1309 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Open Access1 Scopus citations
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Partner-choice and the stabilization of a volatile biological market
Kiflawi, M. (PI)
1/01/23 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Integrative system for ocean water column research
Genin, A. (PI), Post, A. (CoPI) & Kiflawi, M. (CoPI)
1/01/07 → …
Project: Research
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The neural basis of fish navigation: moving from the lab to the wild coral reef
Segev, R. (PI), Kiflawi, M. (CoPI) & Ben-Shahar, O. (CoPI)
1/01/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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The neural basis of fish navigation: moving from the lab to the wild coral reef
Segev, R. (PI), Kiflawi, M. (CoPI) & Ben-Shahar, O. (CoPI)
1/01/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Resource utilization when patches have a mind of their own - animal decision making with multiple sources of uncertainty.
Kiflawi, M. (PI)
1/01/12 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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Inter-specific differences in larval trajectories in coral reef fish: causes and consequences
Kiflawi, M. (PI)
1/01/06 → 31/12/09
Project: Research
Datasets
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Sdot Yam, Haifa District: The Spatial Ecology of an Invasive Herbivorous Fish (Siganus rivulatus) in its Native and Invaded Range
Centre, O. T. N. D. (Creator), Centre, O. T. N. D. (Contributor), Pye, J. (Contributor), Pickholtz, R. (Contributor), Belmaker, J. (Contributor), Kiflawi, M. (Contributor) & Nicolas, J.-M. (Contributor), Ocean Tracking Network, 2018
DOI: 10.14286/xzwyvl, https://members.oceantrack.org/ipt/resource?r=otntausdotyamhaifadistri
Dataset
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Marine invasive species: Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea
Centre, O. T. N. D. (Creator), Centre, O. T. N. D. (Contributor), Pye, J. (Contributor), Pickholtz, R. (Contributor), Belmaker, J. (Contributor) & Kiflawi, M. (Contributor), Ocean Tracking Network, 2018
DOI: 10.14286/fc3a21, https://members.oceantrack.org/ipt/resource?r=otntaumarineinvasivespeci
Dataset