Publications

76. Heidi L. Burdett, Rebecca Albright,Gavin L. Foster, Tali Mass,Tessa M. Page, Buki Rinkevich, Verena Schoepf, Jacob Silverman, Nicholas A. Kamenos. (2024) Including environmental and climatic considerations for sustainable coral reef restoration. PLoS Biology 22(3): e3002542. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002542 

75. Goodbody-Gringley, Gretchen, Martinez, Stephane, Bellworthy, Jessica, Chequer Alex, Hagai Nativ & Tali Mass. (2024) Irradiance driven trophic plasticity in the coral Madracis pharensis from the Eastern Mediterranean. Scientific Reports 14, 3646. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54217-3

74. Federica Scucchia , Kevin Wong , Paul Zaslansky , Hollie M. Putnam, Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley  & Tali Mass. (2023) Morphological and genetic mechanisms underlying the plasticity of the coral Porites astreoides across depths in Bermuda.  Journal of Structural Biology 215 (4), 108036. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2023.108036 

73. Hagai Nativ ,Ori Galili ,Ricardo Almuly ,Shai Einbinder ,Dan Tchernov & Tali Mass. (2023) New Record of Dendronephthya sp. (Family: Nephtheidae) from Mediterranean Israel: Evidence for Tropicalization? Biology  12 (9), 1220. 

https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12091220 

72. Federica Scucchia, Paul Zaslansky, Chloë Boote, Annabelle Doheny, Tali Mass & Emma F. Camp. (2023) The role and risks of selective adaptation in extreme coral habitats. Nature Communications 14, 4475. 

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39651-7 

71. Silvia Milita, Tal Zaquin, Simona Fermani, Devis Montroni, Iddo Pinkas, Luisa Barba, Giuseppe Falini, and Tali Mass. (2023) Assembly of the Intraskeletal Coral Organic Matrix during Calcium Carbonate Formation. Crystal Growth and Design 

 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00401

70. Yao Li, Kailey M. Slavik, Hunter C. Toyoda, Benjamin R. Morehouse, Carina C. de Oliveira Mann, Anamaria Elek, Shani Levy, Zhenwei Wang, Kepler S. Mears, Jingjing Liu, Dmitry Kashin, Ximing Guo, Tali Mass, Arnau Sebé-Pedrós, Frank Schwede, Philip J. Kranzusch. (2023) cGLRs are a diverse family of pattern recognition receptors in innate immunity. Cell 186, 12963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.05.038 

69. Jessica Bellworthy, Rachel Pardo, Federica Scucchia, Paul Zaslansky, Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, and Tali Mass. (2023) Physiological and morphological plasticity in Stylophora pistillata larvae from Eilat, Israel, to shallow and mesophotic light conditions. iScience 26, 106969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106969 

68. Prada Fiorella, Silvia Franzellitti, Erik Caroselli, Itay Cohen, Mauro Marini, Alessandra Campanelli, Lorenzo Sana, Arianna Mancuso, Chiara Marchini, Alessia Puglisi, Marco Candela, Tali Mass, Franco Tassi, Todd C. LaJeunesse, Zvy Dubinksy, Giuseppe Falini, and Stefano Goffredo. (2023) Acclimatization of a coral-dinoflagellate mutualism at a CO2 vent. Communications Biology 6(1), 66. 

https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04327-3

67. Kvitt Hagit, Assaf Malik, Smadar Ben-Tabou De-Leon, Eli Shemesh, Maya Lalzar, David F. Gruber, Hanna Rosenfeld, Tuo Shi, Tali Mass, and Dan Tchernov. (2022) Transcriptional responses indicate acclimation to prolonged deoxygenation in the coral Stylophora pistillata. Frontiers in Marine Science: 2451.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.999558 

66. Erin Chille, Emma Strand, Federica Scucchia, Maayan Neder, Valeria Schmidt, Madelein Sherman, Tali Mass, Hollie. M. Putnam. (2022) Energetics, but not development, is impacted in coral embryos exposed to ocean acidification. Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (19): jeb243187. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243187

65. Tal Zaquin, Anna Paola Di Bisceglie, Iddo Pinkas, Giuseppe Falini and Tali Mass. (2022) Different skeletal protein toolkits achieve similar structure and performance in the tropical coral Stylophora pistillata and the temperate Oculina patagonica. Scientific Reports 12, 16575 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20744-0 

64. Gaby E. Carpenter, Alex D. Chequer, Sabrina Weber, Tali Mass, and Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley. (2022) Light and photoacclimatization drive distinct differences between shallow and mesophotic coral communities. Ecosphere 13( 8): e4200. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4200 

63. Tal Zaquin, Iddo Pinkas, Anna Paola Di Bisceglie, Angelica Mucaria, Silvia Milita, Simona Fermani, Stefano Goffredo, Tali Mass, and Giuseppe Falini. (2022) Exploring Coral Calcification by Calcium Carbonate Overgrowth Experiments. Crystal Growth & Design. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00552 

62. Drake Jeana L., and Tali Mass. (2022) Proteomic profiling of black coral (Antipatharia) skeleton reveals hundreds of skeleton-associated proteins across two taxa. Frontiers in Marine Science: 1081. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.904835 

61. Shavit Uri, Tali Mass, and Amatzia Genin. (2022) The small-scale flow field around Dipsastraea favus corals. Frontiers in Marine Science: 661. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.857109 

60. Morgulis Miri, Martinez Stephan, Almuly Ricardo, Einbinder Shai, Zaslansky Paul, Mass Tali. (2022) Black corals (Antipatharia) of the northern Red Sea: ancient predators of the mesophotic reef. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 688:33-47. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14022 

59. Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert, Kristin D. Bergmann, Nicholas Boekelheide, Sylvie Tambutté, Tali Mass, Frédéric Marin, Jess F. Adkins, Jonathan Erez, Benjamin Gilbert, Vanessa Knutson, Marjorie Cantine, Javier Ortega Hernández, Andrew H. Knoll. (2022) Biomineralization: Integrating mechanism and evolutionary history. Science Advances 8(10). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl9653 

58. Scucchia Federica, Katrein Sauer, Paul Zaslansky, and Tali Mass. (2022) Artificial Intelligence as a Tool to Study the 3D Skeletal Architecture in Newly Settled Coral Recruits: Insights into the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Coral Biomineralization. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 10, no. 3: 391. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030391 

57. Levy Shani, and Tali Mass. (2022) The Skeleton and Biomineralization Mechanism as part of the Innate Immune System of Stony Corals. Frontiers in Immunology: 593. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.850338 

56. Connor A. Schmidt, Cayla A. Stifler, Emily L. Luffey, Benjamin I. Fordyce, Asiya Ahmed, Gabriela Barreiro Pujol, Carolyn P. Breit, Sydney S. Davison, Connor N. Klaus, Isaac J. Koehler, Isabelle M. LeClouxIsabelle M. LeCloux, Celeo Matute Diaz, Catherine M. Nguyen, Virginia Quach, Jaden S. Sengkhammee, Evan J. Walch, Max M. Xiong, Eric Tambutté, Sylvie Tambutté, Tali Mass, and Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert. (2022) Faster Crystallization during Coral Skeleton Formation Correlates with Resilience to Ocean Acidification. Journal of the American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c11434 

55. Neder Maayan, Raoul Saar, Assaf Malik, Gilad Antler, and Tali Mass. (2022) New insights on the diurnal mechanism of calcification in the stony coral, Stylophora pistillata. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:745171. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.745171 

52. Chille E, Strand E, Neder M, Schmidt V, Sherman M, Mass T, Putnam H. (2021) Developmental series of Montipora capitata gene expression clarifies maternal mRNA provisioning and maternal to zygotic transition BMC genomics 22:815. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-08114-y

51. Hagai Nativ, Federica Scucchia, Stephane Martinez,, Shai Einbinder, Alex Chequer, Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, Tali Mass (2021) In situ estimation of coral recruitment patterns from shallow to mesophotic reefs using an optimized fluorescence imaging system. Frontiers of Marine Science, 1047. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.709175 

50. Federica Scucchia, Assaf Malik, Hollie M. Putnam, Tali Mass (2021) Genetic and physiological traits conferring tolerance to ocean acidification in mesophotic corals. Global Change Biology, 27(20), 5276-5294. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15812 

49. Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, Federica Scucchia, Rebecca Ju, Alex Chequer, Shai Einbinder, Stephane Martinez, Hagai Nativ, Tali Mass (2021). Plasticity of Porites astreoides early life history stages suggests mesophotic coral ecosystems act as refugia in Bermuda. Frontiers of Marine Science, 8, 702672. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.702672

48. Jeana L. Drake, Yehuda Benayahu, Iryna Polishchuk, Boaz Pokroy, Iddo Pinkas, Tali Mass (2021) Sclerites of the soft coral Ovabunda macrospiculata (Xeniidae) are predominantly the metastable CaCO3 polymorph vaterite. Acta Biomaterilia, 135, 663-670. doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2021.08.051

47. Stephane Martinez, Jessica Bellworthy#, Christine Ferrier-Pagès, Tali Mass (2021). Selection of mesophotic habitats by Oculina patagonica in the Eastern  Mediterranean Sea following global warming. Scientific reports, 1(1), 1-15. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97447-5

46. Jeana L. Drake, Assaf Malik, Yotam Popovits, Oshra Yosef, Eli Shemesh, Dikla Aharonovich, Jarslaw Stołarski, Dan Tchernov, Daniel Sher and Tali Mass. (2021) Physiological and Transcriptomic Variability Indicative of Differences in Key Functions Within a Single Coral Colony. Frontiers in Marine Science 8(768). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.685876

45. Federica Scucchia, Assaf Malik, Paul Zaslansky, Hollie M. Putnam, Tali Mass. (2021) Combined responses of primary coral polyps and their algal endosymbionts to decreasing seawater pH. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1953): p. 20210328. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0328

43. Tal Zaquin, Assaf Malik, Jeana L. Drake, Hollie M. Putnam, Tali Mass (2021). Evolution of Protein-mediated Biomineralization in Scleractinian Corals. Frontiers in Genetics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.618517

42. Rosner Amalia, Armengaud Jean, Ballarin Loriano, Barnay-Verdier Stéphanie, Cima Francesca, Coelho Ana Varela, Domart-Coulon Isabelle, Drobne Damjana, Genevière Anne-Marie, Kokalj Anita Jemec, Kotlarska Ewa, Lyons Daniel, Mass Tali, Pazdro Ksenia, Peric Lorena, Ramšak Andreja, Rakers Sebastian, Rinkevich Baruch, Spagnuolo Antonietta, Sugni Michela, Cambier Sébastien (2021). Aquatic/Marine invertebrate cell cultures as emerging tools in ecotoxicology. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144565

41. Stephane Martinez, Yuval Kolodny, Eli Shemesh, Federica Scucchia, Reinat Nevo, Smadar Zaidman, Ziv reich, Yossi Paltiel, Nir Keren, Dan Tchernov, Tali Mass. (2020) Energy sources of the depth-generalist mixotrophic coral Stylophora Pistillata. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:566663. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.566663

40. Chang-Yu Sun, Cayla A. Stifler, Rajesh V. Chopdekar, Ganesh Parida, Vanessa Schoeppler, Benjamin I. Fordyce, Jack H. Brau, Tali Mass, Sylvie Tambutté, Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert. (2020) From Nanoparticles and Ions to Reefs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U. S. A. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2012025117

39. Julia Van Etten, Alexander K. Shumaker, Tali Mass, Hollie M. Putnam, Debashish Bhattacharya (2020). Transcriptome analysis provides a blueprint of coral egg and sperm functions. Peer J 8:e9739. http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.973

38. Chang-Yu Sun, László Gránásy, Cayla A. Stifler, Tal Zaquin, Rajesh V. Chopdekar, Nobumichi Tamura, James C. Weaver, Jun A. Y. Zhang, Stefano Goffredo, Giuseppe Falini, Matthew A. Marcus, Tamás Pusztai, Vanessa Schoeppler, Tali Mass, Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert. (2020) Crystal nucleation and growth of spherulites demonstrated by coral skeletons and phase-field simulations. Acta Biomaterila. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2020.06.027

37. Y. Peled, J.L. Drake, A. Malik, R. Almuly, M. Lalzar, D. Morgenstern, T. Mass (2020). Optimization of skeletal protein preparation for LC–MS/MS sequencing yields additional coral skeletal proteins in Stylophora pistillata. BMC Materials 2(1) 8. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.16.991273

36. O. Yosef, Y. Popovits, A. Malik, M. Ofek-Lalzer, T. Mass, D. Sher (2020). A tentacle for every occasion: comparing the hunting tentacles and sweeper tentacles, used for territorial competition, in the coral Galaxea fascicularis, BMC Genomics 21(1) 548. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.05.936005

35. Assaf Malik, Shai Einbinder, Stephane Martinez, Dan Tchernov, Sivan Haviv, Ricardo Almuly, Paul Zaslansky, Iryna Polishchuk, Boaz Pokroy, Jarosław Stolarski, Tali Mass. (2020) Molecular and skeletal fingerprints of scleractinian coral biomineralization: From the sea surface to mesophotic depths. Acta Biomaterialia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2020.01.010

34. Federica Scucchia, Hagai Nativ, Maayan Neder, Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, Tali Mass. (2020) Physiological adaptation of Stylophora pistillata larvae across a depth gradient. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7(13). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00013

33. Ra’anan Laipnik, Veronica Bissi, Chang-Yu Sun, Giuseppe Falini, P.U.P.A. Gilbert, Tali Mass. (2019) Coral Acid Rich Protein Selects Vaterite Polymorph in vitro. Journal of Structural Biology p. 107431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2019.107431

32. Jeana Drake, Tali Mass, Jaroslaw Stolarski, Stanislas Von Euw, Bas van de Schootbrugge, Paul G. Falkowski. (2019) How corals rocked through the ages. Global Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14912 

31. Marlene Wall, Fiorella Prada, Jan Fietzke, Erik Caroselli, Zvy Dubinsky, Leonardo Brizi, Paola Fantazzini, Silvia Franzellitti, Tali Mass, Paolo Montagna, Giuseppe Falini, Stefano Goffredo (2019). Linking internal carbonate chemistry regulation and calcification in corals growing at a Mediterranean CO2 vent. Front. Mar. Sci. 6 (699) 10.3389/fmars.2019.00699

30. Zaquin, T., P. Zaslansky, I. Pinkas and T. Mass (2019). Simulating Bleaching: Long-Term Adaptation to the Dark Reveals Phenotypic Plasticity of the Mediterranean Sea Coral Oculina patagonica. Front. Mar. Sci. 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00662

29. Maayan Neder, Pierre Philippe Laissue, Anat Akiva, Derya Akkaynak, Marie Albéric, Oliver Späker, Yael Politi, Iddo Pinkas and Tali Mass (2019). Mineral Formation in the Primary Polyps of Pocilloporoid Corals. Acta Biomaterialia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2019.07.016

28. Akiva, A., M. Neder, K. Kahil, R. Gavriel, I. Pinkas, G. Goobes and T. Mass (2018). Reply to: Characterizing coral skeleton mineralogy with Raman spectroscopy. Nature Communications 9(1): 5324. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07602-2

27. Silvia Franzellitti, Valentina Airi, Diana Calbucci, Erik Caroselli, Fiorella Prada, Christian R. Voolstra, Tali Mass, Giuseppe Falini, Elena Fabbri, Stefano Goffredo (2018). Transcriptional response of the heat shock gene hsp70 aligns with differences in stress susceptibility of shallow-water corals from the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Environmental Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.07.006

26. Anat Akiva , Maayan Neder , Keren Kahil , Rotem Gavriel , Iddo Pinkas, Gill Goobes, Tali Mass (2018). Minerals in the Pre-Settled Coral Stylophora pistillata Crystallize via Protein and Ion Changes. Nature Communications 9, 1880, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04285-7

25. Rotem Gavriel , Merav Nadav-Tsubery, Keren Keinan-Adamsky, Yehonatan Glick, Alina Yarmolenko, Amir Berman, Tali Mass, Gil Goobes (2018). Influence of Coral Protein CARP3 and Its Domains on Biomimetic Formation of Aragonite and Mg-Calcite Phases. Advanced Functional Materials 1707321 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201707321

24. Tali Mass, Jeana L. Drake , John Heddleston, Paul G. Falkowski Nanoscale visualization of biomineral formation in coral proto-polyps (2017). Current Biology, 27, 3191-3196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.012

22. Adi Zweifler, Derya Akkaynak, Tali Mass, Tali Treibitz (2017) In Situ Analysis of Coral Recruits Using Fluorescence Imaging. Frontiers in Marine Science 4, 273. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00273

21. Jeana L. Drake, Morgan F. Schaller, Tali Mass, Linda Godfrey, Athena Fu, Robert M. Sherrell, Yair Rosenthal, Paul G. Falkowski (2017). Molecular and geochemical perspective on the influence of CO2 on calcification in coral cell cultures. Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10617

20. Sun C, Matthew Marcus MA, Frazier M, Giuffre AG, Mass T, Gilbert PUPA (2017) Spherulitic Growth of Coral Skeletons and Synthetic Aragonite: Nature’s 3D-printing. ACS Nano. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b00127

19. Putnam, H.M., Adams, D.K., Zelzion, E., Wagner, N.E., Qiu, H., Mass, T., Falkowski, P.G., Gates, R.D., and Bhattacharya, D. (2017). Divergent evolutionary histories of DNA markers in a Hawaiian population of the coral Montipora capitata. PeerJ 5, e3319. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3319 

18. Debashish Bhattacharya, Shobhit Agrawal, Manuel Aranda, Sebastian Baumgarten, Mahdi Belcaid, Jeana L. Drake, Douglas Erwin, Sylvain Foret, Ruth D. Gates, David F. Gruber, Bishoy Hanna, Michael P. Lesser, Oren Levy, Yi Jin Liew, Matthew MacManes, Tali Mass, Monica Medina, Shaadi Mehr, Eli Meyer, Dana C. Price, Hollie M. Putnam, Huan Qiu, Chuya Shinzato, Eiichi Shoguchi, Alexander J. Stokes, Sylvie Tambutté, Dan Tchernov, Christian R. Voolstra, Nicole Wagner, Charles W. Walker, Andreas P.M. Weber, Virginia Weiss, Ehud Zelzion, Didier Zoccola and Paul G. Falkowski (2016). Basis for ecological success of reef-forming corals elucidated using comparative genomics. eLife. doi:10.7554/eLife.13288.

17. Mass T, Drake LJ , Putnam HM, Zelzion U, Gates RD, Bhattacharya D, Falkowski PG (2016). Temporal expression pattern of biomineralization proteins during early development in the stony coral Pocillopora damicornis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 283(1829). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0322

16. Mass T, Drake JL, Peters EC, Jiang W and Falkowski PG (2014). Immunolocalization of skeletal matrix proteins in tissue and mineral of the coral Stylophora pistillata. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U. S. A. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1408621111

15. Drake JL, Mass T, & Falkowski PG (2014). The evolution and future of carbonate precipitation in marine invertebrates: Witnessing extinction or documenting resilience in the Anthropocene? Elementa. http://doi.org/10.12952/journal.elementa.000026

14. Drake, J.L., Mass, T., Haramaty, L., Zelzion, E., Bhattacharya, D., and Falkowski, P.G. (2013). Reply to Ramos-Silva et al.: Regarding coral skeletal proteome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U. S. A. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1304591110

13. Chindapol N, Kaandorp JA, Cronemberger C, Mass T and Genin A, (2013). Modelling growth and form of the scleractinian coral Pocillopora verrucosa and the influence of hydrodynamics, PLoS Computational Biology 9(1): e1002849. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002849

12. Drake JL, Mass T, Haramaty L, Zelzion E, Bhattacharya D, and Falkowski PG, (2013). Proteomic analysis of skeletal organic matrix from the stony coral Stylophora pistillata. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U. S. A. 110, 3788-3793. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1301419110

10. Mass T, Drake LJ, Haramaty L, Kim JD, Zelzion U, Bhattacharya D, Falkowski PG (2013). Cloning and characterization of four novel coral acid-rich proteins that precipitate carbonates in vitro. Current Biology 23: 1126-1131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.007

9. Mass T, Drake JL, Haramaty L, Rosenthal Y, Schofield OME, Sherrell RM, Falkowski PG, (2012) Aragonite precipitation by “nano-polyps” in coral cell culture. PLoS ONE: 7(4): e35049. 10.1371/journal.pone.0035049

8. Tchernov D, Mass T, Gruber D. F (2012). Consequences of Parasitic to Symbiotic Transition Triggered by Ancient Climate Event? Trends in Ecology & Evolution: 27(4):194-195. 10.1016/j.tree.2011.11.002

7. Mass T, Brickner I, Hendy E, Genin A (2011). Enduring physiological and reproductive benefits of enhanced flow for a stony coral. Limnology and Oceanography: 56(6): 2176-2188. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2011.56.6.2176

6. Mass T, Kline D I, Roopin M, Veal CJ, Cohen S, Iluz D, Levy O (2010). The spectral quality of light is a key driver of photosynthesis and photoadaptation in Stylophora pistillata colonies from different depths. Journal of Experience Biology: 213: 4084-4091. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.039891 

4. Raz-Bahat M, Faibish H, Mass T, Rinkevich B, (2009). Three-dimensional laser scanning methodology as a novel tool for coral surface area measurements. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 7: 657–663. https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2009.7.657

3. Einbinder S, Mass T, Brokovich E, Dubinsky Z, Erez Y, Tchernov D, (2009). Changes in morphology and diet of the coral Stylophora pistillata along the depth gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series: 381: 167–174. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07908

2. Mass T, Genin A, (2008). Environmental vs. intrinsic determination of colony symmetry in the coral Pocillopora verrucosa. Marine Ecology Progress Series 369, 131-137 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07578

1. Mass T, Einbinder S, Brokovich E, Shashar N, Vago R, Erez J, Dubinsky Z (2007). Photoacclimation of Stylophora pistillata to light extremes: metabolism and calcification. Marine Ecology Progress Series: 334, 93-102. http://doi.org/10.3354/meps334093