National Center for Mariculture Muki Shpigel mshpigel@ocean.org.il Tel: 08 – 6361441 Senior Scientist Ph.D. 1973, Tel Aviv University, Israel At IOLR since 1985

Research interests:
R&D of environmentally friendly integrated polyculture systems of fish and invertebrates such as abalone, bivalves and sea urchins
Physiology of oysters, clams, abalone and sea urchins
Use of bivalve molluscs, algae and plants (constructed wetland) as biofilters of effluent water from mariculture

Selected publications:
Shpigel, M. and Neori, A. (2007). Microalgae, macroalgae, and bivalves as biofilters in land-based mariculture in Israel. Chapter 24 In: Ecological and Genetic Implications of Aquaculture Activities (Bert, T. M., Ed). Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 433-446.

Shpigel, M., Schlosser, S., Ben-Amotz, A., Lawrence, A.L. and Lawrence, J.M.
(2006). Effect of dietary carotenoid on the gut and the gonad of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Aquaculture 261:1269-1280.

Zmora, O., and Shpigel M. (2006) Intensive mass production of Artemia in a recirculated system. Aquaculture 255:488-494.

Gordon, N, Neori, A., Shpigel, M. Lee, J.J., and Harpaz, S. (2006). Effect of diatom diets on growth and survival of the abalone Haliotis discus hannai postlarvae. Aquaculture 252:225-233.

E. Hadas, D. Marie, M. Shpigel and Ilan, M. (2006). Virus predation by sponges is a new nutrient flow pathway in the coral reef food web. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51:1548-1550

Schlosser, S.C., Lupatsch I., Lawrence, J., Lawrence, A., Shpigel, M. (2005). Protein and energy digestibility and gonad development of the European sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck) fed algal and prepared diets during spring and fall. Aquacult. Res. 36:972-982.

Shpigel, M., McBride, S.C., Marciano, S., Ron, S. and Ben-Amotz, A. (2005). Improving gonad colour and somatic index in the European sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Aquaculture 245:101-109.

Hadas, E., Shpigel, M. , and Ilan, M. (2005). Sea ranching of the marine sponge Negombata magnifica (Demospongiae, Latrunculiidae) as a first step for latrunculin-B mass production. Aquaculture 244:159-169.

Shpigel, M. (2005). Bivalves as biofilters and valuable by-products in land-based aquaculture systems-review. In: The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems.   Dame, R. and Olenin, S. (Eds). Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer, pp. 183-197

Lee, J.J., Rodriguez, D., Neori, A., Zmora, O., Symons, A. and Shpigel, M. (2004). Nutrient study for the transition from earthen sedimentation ponds to ones lined with pvc in integrated mariculture system, what needs to be done. J. Appl. Phycol. 16:341-353.

Gordon, N., Shpigel, M., Harpaz, S., Lee, J.J. and Neori, A. (2004).  The settlement of abalone (Haliotis discus hannai) larvae on culture layers of different diatoms. J. Shellfish Res. 23:561-568.

Shpigel, M., McBride, S.C., Marciano, S. and Lupatsch, I. (2004). The effect of photoperiod and temperature on the reproduction of European sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus. Aquaculture 232:343-355.