Юрий Каменир (Yury Kamenir)

Professional address
Marine Ecology Laboratory
Faculty of Life Sciences
Bar-Ilan University 52900 Ramat Gan
Israel
kamenir@mail.biu.ac.il

Research
General research interests concern Systems Ecology, General Systems Theory, Ideal Minimal Ecosystem model, Living Matter size structure, Red Sea and Lake Kinneret.

Education
Ph.D. 1996, Biology, Higher Qualification Council of Israel.
K.B.Sci. Hydrobiology, 1991, Institute of Biology of the South Seas, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Sevastopol, Ukraine.
M.S. 1972, Electronics of Space Flight Control, Moscow Aviation Institute, Moscow, Russia

Professional Experience
1999-present Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, Research Fellow
1996-1998 Golan Research Institute, Haifa University, Kazrin, Israel, Research Fellow
1994-1996 Institute of Biology of Southern Seas of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Sevastopol, Ukraine, Senior Research Fellow
1992-1994 Institute of Biology of Southern Seas of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Sevastopol, Ukraine, Research Fellow
1981-1991 Dept. of Mathematical Modeling and Automation of Hydrobiological Studies, Academy of Science of Ukraine, Sevastopol, Ukraine, Senior Engineer
1976-1981 Management Automation Department, Tool-making Factory “Parus”, Sevastopol, Ukraine, Senior Engineer to Vice-Head of department
1973-1976 Management Software Development Laboratory, State Institute of Management Control Systems Development, Volgograd, Russia, Senior Engineer to Head of Management Software Development Laboratory

Teaching
Biometrics (Mathematics and statistical models in Biomedical research) 2001-2005

Main Publications

1. Kamenir Y. 1983. Quantitative analysis of internal fluxes of ecological systems. Inst. Biol. South. Seas, Ac. Sci. Ukrainian SSR, Sevastopol, 27 pp. Paper deposit at VINITI N2796-V83 (in Russian).
2. Kamenir Y.G. 1986. Size Structure of Cyclic Systems: Parameter interplay. Ecologiya Morya (Marine Ecology) 24: 42-51 (in Russian).
3. Kamenir Y.G., Lopukhin A.S. and Sysoev A.A. 1986. Integral values of ATP of microplankton of the Black Sea aquatoria. In: Modern Problems of the Black Sea Oceanology, 1: 83-88. Marine Hydrophysical Inst., Ac. Sci. Ukrainian SSR, Sevastopol. Paper deposit at VINITI N1579-V86 (in Russian).
4. Lopukhin A.S., Kamenir Y.G. and Sysoev A.A. 1986. Adenosine triphosphate and chlorophyll-a: Size spectra and distribution in the off-coast regions of the Black Sea. Ibid., 1: 59-73 (Russian).
5. Kamenir Y.G. 1987. Investigation of the structure of living matter of water bodies on the base of size spectra. Biol. Nauki. (Biol. Sci. ) 1987 (8): 70-77 (in Russian).
6. Kamenir Y.G. 1987. Investigation of living and bioinert matter with help of size spectra. Moscow State University, Moscow, 46 pp. Paper deposit at VINITI N5246-V87 (Russian).
7. Kamenir Y.G. and Khailov K.M. 1987. Metabolic characteristics and total surface area of living matter of the ocean: A comparison of size spectra. Oceanology 27 (4): 492-496.
8. Khailov K.M. and Kamenir Y.G. 1987. Ratio of photosynthesis to dissolved organic matter assimilation in size rows of sea algae. Dokl. Ak. Nauk Ukr. SSR (Repts. Ac. Sci. Ukraine SSR), Biology. 1987 (8): 80-83 (in Ukrainian., Russian).
9. Khailov K.M. and Kamenir Y.G. 1987. Photoassimilation surface of plants and its correlation with the respiratory surface of animals in size rows. J. Obshch. Biol. (J. Gen. Biol.) 1988. 49 (6): 844-853 (in Russian).
10. Krupatkina D.K., Lopukhin A.S. and Kamenir Y.G. 1987. Size distribution of phytoplankton in the tropical Atlantic and its effect on the estimate of primary production and chlorophyll-a in waters at different trophic levels. Oceanology. 27 (3): 348-351.
11. Lopukhin A.S., Kamenir Y.G. and Chepurnova E.A. 1987. Diel dynamics of adenosine triphosphate of size fractions of microplankton. Dokl. Ak. Nauk SSSR. 296 (6): 1512-1516 (Russian). English translation: Repts. Ac. Sci. USSR; Plenum Publ. Trans. 1988, 296: 550-553.
12. Lopukhin A.S., Krupatkina D.K., Kamenir Y.G. and Chepurnova E. A. 1987. Size structure of microplankton: A fractionation method and its analytical capabilities. Oceanology 27 (2): 248-251.
13. Kamenir Y.G. 1989. Stability of integral parameters and of size spectra of the biota description. In: Geosystems Stability Factors and Mechanisms. Inst. Geogr. Ac. Sci. USSR: 243-252 (in Russian).
14. Lopukhin A.S., Shayda V.G., Kamenir Y.G. and Sysoev A.A. 1990. The microplankton of the tropical Pacific: Distribution and comparative characteristics of size categories as indicated by determinations of ATP and chlorophyll-a. Oceanology. 30 (6): 730-739.
15. Kamenir Y.G. 1991. Comparison of size spectra of living matter of three aquatic ecosystems. Syst. Anal. Model. Simul. 8: 72-75.
16. Dolomatov M.Y. and Kamenir Y.G. 1991. Thermodynamic stability identification of characteristic spectra of living matter. Mendeleev Chemistry J. 36(3): 136-138.
17. Kamenir Y.G. 1991. An Interpretation of the XX century crisis. Mendeleev Chemistry J. 36(3): 45-56 (in Russian).
18. Lopukhin A.S., Shaida V.G., Kamenir Y.G. and Klimentova O.V. 1991. Spatial distribution and size spectra of chlorophyll-a and adenosine triphosphate of microplankton of the western part of the Black Sea. Biologia Morya (Marine Biology, Vladivostok) 1991 (1): 21-28.
19. Kamenir Y.G. 1991. Study of Living Matter of aquatic ecosystems on the base of Size Spectra. Synopsis of Ph.D. Thesys, Sevastopol, 21 pp.
20. Kamenir Y.G. 1992. Further evidence of nonnutrient constraints on phytoplankton abundances. Limnol. Oceanogr. 37: 681-683.
21. Kamenir Y.G. 1993. Analysis of distribution of integral parameters of the biosphere living matter based on the model of ideal minimal ecosystem. In: N.V. Krasnogorskaya (Ed.). Modern problems of studies and protection of Biosphere, 2. Living systems under external impact. Hydrometeoizdat, Sankt-Petersburg: 375-380. (Russian).
22. Kamenir Y.G. 1993. Interdisciplinary investigation of aquatic communities using size spectra. In: H. Sterr et al. (eds.). Interdisciplinary discussion of coastal research and coastal management issues and problems: Proc. Intern. Coastal Congress, ICC-Kiel'92. Lang, Frankfurt-am-Main; Wien: 468-476.
23. Lopukhin A.S. and Kamenir Y.G. 1995. Size spectra of heat production of microplankton of Sevastopol Bay. Thermochimica Acta 251: 53-61.
24. Kamenir Y. and Shteinman B. 1998. Application of spectral methods for ecological modeling. Proc. 3rd International Conference on Hydroinformatics, 2: 1251-1258. Copenhagen, Denmark.
25. Kamenir Y. and Shteinman B. 1998. Hydrodynamical approaches for describing the functioning of aquatic ecosystems. Proc. 3rd International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering, Cottbus/Berlin, Germany (CD-ROM). Advances in Hydro-Science and Engineering 3: 301-324.
26. Kamenir Y., Walline P., Shteinman B., Gophen M. and Bergstein Ben-Dan T. 1998. Size structure of aquatic communities: Lake Kinneret case. Hydrobiologia 380: 43-47.
27. Kamenir Y.G. and Shteinman B. 1999. Multidisciplinary approach to scaling of spectral models of integral aquatic communities. Proc. 3rd International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, Salt Lake City: E159-E181.
28. Kamenir Y., Shteinman B. and Walline P. 1999. Influence of basin scale on structure of natural aquatic communities. Hydrobiologia 416: 33-40.
29. Kamenir Y. and Shteinman B. 2001. Aquatic community as a biological coherent dissipative structure. Verhandl. Soc. Intern. Limnol. 27: 800-803.
30. Kamenir, Y., Dubinsky, Z. and Zohary, T. 2004. Size structure stability of phytoplankton in a meso-eutrophic subtropical lake. Hydrobiologia 520, 89-104.