Education

Ph.D. - University of California at Berkeley
B.A. - University of California at Santa Barbara

Research & Teaching Interests

•Marine invertebrate behavior, population dynamics and life history evolution.
•Ecology of symbioses, coral reef and sea anemone ecology.
•Sustainability studies on natural resource use.

Selected Publications

Chadwick, N.E., Morrow, K.M. 2011. Competition among sessile organisms on coral reefs. In: Dubinsky, Z., Stambler, N. (eds) Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition. Springer, New York. pp. 324-350. 

Guzner, B., Novoplansky, A., Shalit, O., Chadwick, N.E. 2010. Indirect impacts of recreational scuba diving: Patterns of growth and predation on branching stony corals. Bull. Mar. Sci. 86:727-742.

Godinot, C., Chadwick, N.E. 2009. Phosphate excretion by anemonefish and uptake by giant sea anemones: demand outstrips supply. Bull. Mar. Sci. 85:1-9.

Chomsky, O., Douek, J., Chadwick, N.E., Dubinsky, Z., Rinkevich, B. 2009. Biological and population-genetic aspects of the sea anemone Actinia equina (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 375:16-20.

Roopin, M., Chadwick, N.E. 2009. Benefits to host sea anemones from ammonia contributions of resident anemonefish. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 370:27-34.

Roopin. M., Henry, R.P., Chadwick, N.E. 2008. Nutrient transfer in a marine mutualism: Patterns of ammonia excretion by anemonefish and uptake by giant sea anemones. Mar. Biol. 154:547-556.

Chadwick, N.E., Ďuriš, Z., Horká, I. 2008. Biodiversity and behavior of shrimps and fishes symbiotic with sea anemones in the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea. In: Por, F.D., ed. The Improbable Gulf: History, Biodiversity, and Protection of the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat). Magnes Press, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, pp. 209-223.

Kuguru, B., Chadwick, N.E., Achituv, Y., Zandbank, K., Tchernov, D. 2008. Mechanisms of habitat segregation between corallimorpharians: photosynthetic parameters and Symbiodinium types. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 369:115-129.

Amar, K.O., Chadwick, N.E., Rinkevich, B. 2008. Coral kin aggregations exhibit mixed allogeneic reactions and enhanced fitness during early ontogeny. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:126.

Iluz, D., Vago, R., Chadwick, N.E., Hoffman, R., Dubinsky, Z. 2008. Seychelles lagoon provides corals with a refuge from bleaching. Research Letters in Ecology, Volume 2008, Article ID 281038, 4 pages. DOI:10.1155/2008/281038.

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