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Selected Works (out of >120 peer-reviewed publications)
Beer, S., Eshel, A. and Waisel, Y. 1977. Carbon metabolism in seagrasses. I. The utilization of exogenous inorganic carbon species in photosynthesis. J. Exp. Bot. 106: 1180-1189
Beer, S., Shomer-Ilan, A. and Waisel, Y. 1980. Carbon metabolism in seagrasses. II. Patterns of photosynthetic CO2 incorporation. J. Exp. Bot. 31: 1019-1026
Beer, S. and Eshel, A. 1983. Photosynthesis of Ulva sp. II. Utilization of CO2 and HCO3‑ when submerged. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 70: 99- 106
Beer, S., Israel, A., Drechsler, Z. and Cohen, Y. 1990. Photosynthesis in Ulva fasciata. V. Evidence for an inorganic carbon concentrating system, and Rubisco CO2 kinetics. Plant Physiol. 94: 1542-1546
Sharkia, R., Cabantchik, Z.I. and Beer, S. 1994. A membrane-located polypeptide which may be involved in the HCO3‑ transport of Ulva sp. is recognized by antibodies raised against the red blood cell anion exchange protein. Planta 194: 247-249
Axelsson, L., Ryberg, H. and Beer, S. 1995. Two modes of bicarbonate acquisition in Ulva lactuca. Plant Cell and Environ. 18: 439-445
Beer, S. and Koch, E. 1996. Photosynthesis of seagrasses vs. marine macroalgae in globally changing CO2 environments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 141: 199-204
Beer, S., Vilenkin, B., Weil, A., Veste, M., Susel, L. and Eshel, A. 1998. Measuring photosynthetic rates in seagrasses by pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 174: 293-300
Ilan, M. and Beer, S. 1999. A new technique for non-intrusive in situ measurements of symbiotic photosynthesis under water. Coral Reefs 18: 74
Beer, S., Larsson, C., Poryan, O. and Axelsson, L. 2000. Measuring Photosynthetic Rates of the Marine Macroalga Ulva by Pulse Amplitude Modulated (PAM) Fluorometry. Eur. J. Phycol. 35: 69-74
Beer, S., Björk, M., Hellblom, F. and Axelsson, L. 2002. Inorganic Carbon Utilisation in Marine Angiosperms (Seagrasses). Funct. Plant Biol. (former Australian J. Plant Physiol.) 29: 349-354
Winters, G., Loya, Y., Rottgers, R. and Beer, S. 2003. Photoinhibition in shallow water colonies of the coral Stylophora pistillata as measured in situ. Limnol. Oceanogr. 48: 1388-1393
Björk, M., Axelsson, L. and Beer, S. 2004. Why is Ulva intestinalis the only macroalga inhabiting isolated rockpools along the Swedish Atlantic coast? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 284: 109-116
Saroussi, S. and Beer, S. 2007. Alpha and quantum yield of aquatic plants as derived from PAM fluorometry: Uses and misuses. Aquat. Bot. 86: 89-92
Sharon, Y. and Beer, S. 2008. Diurnal movements of chloroplasts in Halophila stipulacea and their effect on PAM fluorometric measurements of photosynthetic rates. Aquat. Bot. 88: 273-276
Semesi, S., Beer, S. and Björk, M. 2009. Seagrass photosynthesis controls rates of calcification and photosynthesis of calcareous macroalgae in a tropical seagrass meadow. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 41-47
Sharon, Y., Silva, J., Santos, R., Runcie, J., Chernihovsky, M. and Beer, S. 2009. Photosynthetic responses of Halophila stipulacea to a light gradient: II – Plastic acclimations following transplantations. Aquat. Biol. 7: 153-157
Sharon, Y., Levitan, O., Spungin, D., Berman-Frank, I. and Beer, S. 2011. Photoacclimations of the seagrass Halophila stipulacea to the dim irradiance at its 48-m depth limit. Limnol. Oceanogr. 56: 357-362
Beer, S., Björk, M. and Beardall, J. 2014. Photosynthesis in the Marine Environment. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK (ISBN: 978-1-119-97957-9)
Kaewsrikhaw, R., A. Pratheb, A. Darakrai and S. Beer. 2016. Photosynthesis and calcification in two Halimeda species from Phuket, Thailand. Bot. Mar. 59: 187-192.
Winter, G., Beer, S. and others. 2020. The invasive tropical seagrass Halphila ovalis: A review of what we know, and identifying gaps in our knowledge. Front. Mar. Sci. | doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00300/
Beer, S., Björk, M, and Beardall, J. 2020. Chlorophyll Fluorescence: Basic Concepts and Key Parameters of Chlorophyll Fluorescence (Ch. 6:1). In: K. Gao & J. Beardall (Eds.) Research Methods of Environmental Physiology and Aquatic Sciences. Springer and China Science Press.
Beer, S., Björk, M, and Beardall, J. 2020. Fluorescence measurement techniques (Ch. 6:2). In: K. Gao & J. Beardall (Eds.) Research Methods of Environmental Physiology and Aquatic Sciences. Springer and China Science Press.