Professional / Research Diver & Technician 1990 - 2005

Professional / Technical Diver - "Optim Soluciones en Fibra Optica", DF, Mexico, 2005.

Participation on proyect for "Union Fenosa, España" called: "Fiber Optic Instalation on the Rio Escondido bottom between the cities of Rama and Bluefields, Nicaragua.

1st stage: Survey Rio Escondido, May 2005. Risponsible for underwater survey of the river, underwater and surface video reccording and logistical analisis.

2nd stage: Starting on August 2005. Risponsible of underwater and surface video reccording, general producction of a Documentary of the project, Underwater safety and ops. manager and logistics.

 

Senior Research Technician, Skipper, National Center for Mariculture, Israel Oceanographic and Limnologic Research, Eilat, Israel, 1990-1996.

Responsible for experimental design and execution; design, construction, optimisation and use of underwater sampling devices; underwater photography and videography; research and nitrox diving instruction; operation and maintenance of small marine craft. 

Projects included:

"The impact of marine fish cages on the benthic environment in the Red Sea". Assisted in the use of underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROV's) and REMOTS (special diver- operated sediment profiling camera) system to monitor and study sediment ecology, in collaboration with the University of Connecticut and the Institute für Meereskunde an der Universitat Kiel, Germany. Assisted in development of a  model to describe the impact of  fishcages on the seafloor, in collaboration with German, Israeli and Cypriot scientists.

"Cultivation of marine macrophytes." Developed aeration and harvesting system for integrated culture of Sparus aurata (gilthead seabream) and Ulva lactuca (sea lettuce). Helped develop a system for cultivation of the seagrass Halophila stipulacea in aquaria.

"Bioremediation of fish farm effluents". Helped study the use of: a) Mugil cephalus (gray mullet) for bioremediation of sediments beneath sea cages and b) Ulva lactuca for filtration of land-based fishpond effluents.

Environmental monitoring in the Gulf of Aqaba. Seasonal monitoring of microorganisms and water quality parameters.

Consultant, Coastal Research and Management Consulting Company, Mielkendorf, Germany, 1995-1997
Provided scientific, technical and logistical consulting services.

Consultant, Fisheries Department and Port Authority, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1995-1996
Provided scientific, technical and logistical consulting services.

 

Publications:

Angel, D.L., Verghese, D., Lee, J.J., Saleh,A.M., Zuber. D., Lindell, D. and A. Symons. 2000. Impact of a net cage fish farm on the distribution benthic foraminifera in the Northern Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba, Red Sea). Journal of Foraminiferal Research 30: 54-65.

Neori, A., Krom, M.D., Ellner, S.P., Boyd, C.E., Popper, D., Rabinobich, R., Davidson, P.J., Dvir, O., Zuber, D., Ucko, M., Angel, D.L. and H. Gordin. 1996. Biofilters dependably maintain quality of recirculated water in integrated fish-seaweed culture units. Aquaculture 141: 183-199

Angel, D.L., Krost, P., Zuber. D. and A. Neori. 1992. Microbial mats mediate the Benthic turnover of organic matter in polluted sediments in the Gulf of Aqaba. Proceedings of US-Israel Workshop on Mariculture & the Environment, Eilat, Israel, June 1992. 66-73.

Angel, D.L., Krost, P., Zuber, D., Moses, N. and A. Neori. 1992. The turnover of organic matter in hypertrophic sediments below a floating fish farm in the oligotrophic Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba) The Israel Journal of Aquaculture 44(4): 143-144

Zuber, D. 1992 "Avances en piscicultura" Revista Subacuática 3 (25). 

Angel, D., Zuber, D. and A. Neori. 1991. Seacage-Fish- bottom interaction. Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research. Biennial Report.
 

 

References:

USA: Risa N. Schulman, Ph.D. Research Manager
American Home Products - Solgar Vitamin and Herb Company
Teaneck, NJ USA. e-mail: RNSchulman@aol.com

Germany: Dr. Peter Krost, Director Marine Ecology Department, Coastal Research and Management, e-mail: Peter.Krost@-online.de

Israel: Dror Angel, PhD Civil & Environmental Engineering, MIT 48-336 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
tel. 617-258-6835; fax 617-253-7475 e-mail: dror@mit.edu

 

Pre dive preparation during Survey of Rio Escondido for OPTIM, Nicaragua

Using Full Face with an OTS comunication system during Survey in Nicaragua.

Sediment Sampling under Ardag Fish Farm, Gulf of Eilat - Israel

During a pollution survey under Quimagro Fish Farm, Port of Limasol, Cyprus

During a survey of an artificial reef in the Red Sea, Eilat

Preparations of an experimental switch board, for pollution monitoring of the sea floor under fish farms.