Gewing M, Bronstein O, Raijman Nagar L, Granot I, Frid O, Shenkar N* (2016) First record of the non-indigenous ascidian Microcosmus exasperatus, Heller 1878, in Cyprus. Marine Biodiversity, available online doi 10.1007/s12526-015-0442-5
Koplovitz G, Shmuel Y, Shenkar N (2016) Floating docks in tropical environments- a reservoir for the opportunistic ascidian Herdmania momus. Managment of Biological Invasions Special issue Proceedings of the 5th International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference
Shenkar N, Koplovitz G, Dray L, Gissi C, Huchon D (2015) Solving the phylogenetic position of Diazonidae a molecular and developmental approach. Mol Phylo Evol. Under Review.
Raijman-Nagar L, Shenkar N (2015) Temperature and salinity sensitivity of the invasive ascidian Microcosmus exasperatus. Aquat Inv In Press
Raijman-Nagar L, Shenkar N (2015) From tropical to sub-tropical: Prolonged reproductive activity of the invasive ascidian Microcosmus exasperatus in the eastern Mediterranean. Submitted to Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Koplovitz G, Hirose E, Hirose M, Shenkar N (2014) Being Green in the Red Sea - Ecology of the Photosymbiotic Ascidian Diplosoma simile (Ascidiacea: Didemnidae) in the Gulf of Aqaba. Syst Biodivers DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2014.978410
Levitt Y, De Grave S, Shenkar N (2014) First record of an invasive shrimp from the family Processidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) in the Mediterranean Sea. Medit Mar Sci 15: 650-653
Gewing M, Rhotman SBS, Raijman Nagar L, Shenkar N (2014) Early stages of establishment of the non-indigenous ascidian Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816) in shallow and deep water environments on natural substrates in the Mediterranean Sea. BioInv Rec 3: 77-81
Rubinstein N, Feldstein T, Shenkar N, Botero Castro F, Griggio F, Mastrototaro F, Delsuc F, Douzery EJP, Gissi C, Huchon D (2013) Deep sequencing of mixed total DNA without barcodes allows efficient assembly of highly plastic ascidian mitochondrial genomes. Genome Biol Evol 5:1185-1199
Rubinstein N, Feldstein T, Shenkar N, Botero Castro F, Griggio F, Mastrototaro F, Delsuc F, Douzery EJP, Gissi C, Huchon D (2013) Sequencing of five Ascidian mitochondrial genomes using Illumina Technology and mixed total DNA without barcode. PLoS One, In Press
Shenkar N (2013) A new species of the genus Rhopalaea (Ascidiacea) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa,
3599 (1): 051–058
Appeltans et al. (+115 co-authors) (2012) Magnitude of global marine biodiversity: one third of sea creatures discovered. CurrBiol 22:1-14
Shenkar N (2012) Ascidian ( Chordata , Ascidiacea ) diversity in the Red Sea. Mar Biodiv doi 10.1007/s12526-012-0124-5
Shenkar N , Swalla BJS (2011) Global diversity of Ascidiacea. PLoS One, 6(6): e20657
Lambert G, Shenkar N, Swalla BJS (2010) First Pacific record of the north Atlantic ascidian Molgula citrina - bioinvasion or circumpolar distribution? Aquatic Inv 5:369-378
Shenkar N, Lambert G (2010) A new species of the genus Boltenia (Ascidiacea) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 2391: 61–68
Shenkar N , Swalla BJS (2010) Molecular data confirms synonym in Roscovite molgulid ascidians. Cah Biol Mar 51:85-87
Tsagkogeorga G, Turon X, Hopcroft RR, Tilak M, Feldstein T, Shenkar N , Loya Y, Huchon D, Douzery E JP, Delsuc F (2009) An updated 18S rRNA phylogeny of tunicates based on mixture and secondary structure models. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:187
Singh TR, Tsagkogeorga G, Delsuc F, Blanquart S, Shenkar N , Loya Y, Douzery E JP, Huchon D (2009) Tunicate mitogenomics and phylogenetics: peculiarities of the Herdmania momus mitochondrial genome and support for the new chordate phylogeny. BMC Genomics 10:534
Shenkar N, Loya Y (2009) Non-indigenous ascidians along the Mediterranean coast of Israel.
Mar Biodiver Rec 2:1-7
Shenkar N, Loya Y (2008) The solitary ascidian Herdmania momus : native (Red Sea) vs. non-indigenous (Mediterranean) populations. Biol Inv 10:1431-1439
Shenkar N, Bronstein O, Loya Y (2008) Population dynamics of a coral reef ascidian in a deteriorating environment. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 367:163-171
Shenkar N , Zeldman Y, Loya Y (2008) Ascidian recruitment patterns on an artificial reef in Eilat (Red Sea). Biofouling 24:119-128
Shenkar N , Monniot F (2006) A new species of the genus Botryllus (Ascidiacea) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 1256:11-19
Shenkar N, Fine M, Kramarsky-Winter E, Loya Y (2005) Population dynamics of zooxanthellae during a bacterial bleaching event. Coral Reefs 25:223-227
Shenkar N, Fine M, Loya Y (2005) Size matters: bleaching dynamics of the coral Oculina patagonica . Mar Ecol Prog Ser 294:181-188
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Shenkar N, Loya Y (2008) Ecology and systematics of the ascidian fauna in the Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba). In “Aqaba-Eilat, the Improbable Gulf. Environment, Biodiversity and Preservation” Editor FD Por, Magnes, Jerusalem. pp 197-208
