ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-000328-1
Plaut, Itai
Email: plaut@research.haifa.ac.il
URL: http://web.macam98.ac.il/~itai//
Affiliation:
Address: Department of Biology University of Haifa at Oranim Oranim, Tivon, 36006 Israel
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Phone: 972-4-9838894
Fax: 972-4-9832167
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Education

B.Sc. 1983 Oranim, Haifa University. Major: Biology
M.Sc. 1987 Tel Aviv University, Department of Zoology. Major: Marine biology Thesis Title: Growth, reproduction and egg development of the spiny lobster Panulirus penicillatus (Olivier, 1791).
Ph.D. 1993 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Zoology, and The Marine Biology Laboratory, Eilat. Major: Marine Ecophysiology Thesis Title: Ecology and ecophysiology of the sea hare Aplysia oculifera (Adams and Reeve, 1950) in the Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba).
Employment

1983-1985: High School Teacher; Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at Ort Greenberg High School, Tivon, Israel.
1986-1987: Teaching Assistant, Tel Aviv University, Department of Zoology.
1988-1992: Teaching Assistant, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Zoology.
1988, 1990: Lecturer, Course of Human Nutrition, Eilat College.
1992-1994: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles.
1994-1997: Instructor, Department of Biology, University of Haifa - Oranim, Tivon, Israel.
1994-present Adjacent visiting professor. Faculty of Biology, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
1997-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Haifa - Oranim, Tivon, Israel.


PUBLICATIONS
Plaut, I. (2000) Effects of fin size on swimming performance, swimming behaviour and routine activity of zebrafish Danio rerio. The Journal of experimental biology. 203(Pt.4):813-820
Buth, D.G., Gordon, M.S., Plaut, I., Drill, S.L., and Adams, L.G. (1995) Genetic heterogeneity in isogenic homozygous clonal zebrafish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 92:12367-12369
Plaut, I. and Gordon, M.S. (1994) Swimming metabolism of wild-type and cloned zebrafish Brachydanio rerio. The Journal of experimental biology. 194:209-223

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Haim, A., Pelaot, (Plaut), I., and Sela, A., (1985). Comparison of ecophysiological parameters between two Apodemus species coexisting in the same habitat. In: Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability, Vol. III A/B, Bar-Ilan University Press, Ramat-Gan, Israel. Ed. Z. Dubinsky and Y. Steinberger, pp. 33-40.

Plaut, I., and Fishelson, L., (1991). Population structure and growth in captivity of the spiny lobster Panulirus penicillatus from Dahab, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Mar. Biol., 111:467-472.

Plaut, I., (1993). Sexual maturity, reproductive season and fecundity of the spiny lobster Panulirus penicillatus from the Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba), Red Sea. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res., 44(4):527-535.

Rozemeijer, M.J.C. and I. Plaut, (1993). Regulation of nitrogen excretion of the amphibious Blenniidae Alticus kirki (Guenther, 1868) during emersion and immersion. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 104A(1):57-62.


Plaut, I., A. Borut and M.E. Spira (1995). Metamorphosis, growth and survival of Aplysia oculifera larvae in the laboratory. Mar. Biol., 122:425-430.

Plaut, I., A. Borut and M.E. Spira (1996). Life time energy budget and resource allocation in the sea hare Aplysia oculifera (Adams and Reeve, 1850). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 113A(2):205-212.

Gordon, M.S., Plaut, I and Kim, D. (1996). How puffers (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae) swim. J. Fish Biol. 49:319-328.

Haim, A., Plaut, I. and Zobedat, A.A. (1996). Physiological variations within and among wood mice species of the genus Apodemus (Rodentia) in Israel. Submitted to: Isr. J. Zool., 42:347-351.

Plaut, I., A. Borut and M.E. Spira (1996). Influence of various environmental conditions on growth and reproduction in the sea hare Aplysia oculifera. J. Comp. Physiol. B., 166:510-516.

Plaut, I., A. Borut and M.E. Spira (1998). Seasonal cycle and population dynamics of the sea hare Aplysia oculifera in the Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba), Red Sea. J. Mollusc. Stud., 64:239-247.

Plaut, I. (1998). Comparison of salinity tolerance and osmoregulation in two closely related species of blennies from different habitats. Fish Physiol. Biochem., 19:181-188.

Plaut, I. (1999). Effects of salinity on survival, osmoregulation, and oxygen consumption in the intertidal blenny, Parablennius sanguinolentus. Copeia, 1999(3):775-779.

Plaut, I. (1999). Effects of salinity acclimation on oxygen consumption in the freshwater blenny, Salaria fluviatilis, and the marine peacock blenny, S. pavo. Freshwat. Mar. Res., 50:655-659.

Plaut, I. (2000). Nocturnalism in Aplysia oculifera (Adams & Reeve, 1850): an avoidance behavior minimizing exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Veliger, (in press)