Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Lake Kinneret: Current Understanding and Future Perspectives

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Book cover Lake Kinneret

Part of the book series: Aquatic Ecology Series ((AQEC,volume 6))

Abstract

This chapter is an overview of the current state of knowledge on Lake Kinneret and the understanding of how this ecosystem functions, as reflected in the chapters of this book.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 219.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 279.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Berman T, Chava S (1999) Algal growth on organic compounds as nitrogen sources. J Plankton Res 21:1423–1437

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Berman T, Stone L, Yacobi YZ, Kaplan B, Shlichter M, Nishri A, Pollingher U (1995) Primary production and phytoplankton in Lake Kinneret: a long-term record (1972–1993). Limnol Oceanogr 40(6):1064–1076

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gal G, Anderson W (2010) A novel approach to detecting a regime shift in a lake ecosystem. Method Ecol Evol 1:45–52

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hadas O, Pinkas R, Delphine E, Vardi A, Kaplan A, Sukenik A (1999) Limnological and ecophysiological aspects of Aphanizomenon ovalisporum bloom in Lake Kinneret, Israel. J Plankton Res 21(8):1439–1453

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hadas O, Pinkas R, Malinsky-Rushansky N, Nishri A, Kaplan A, Rimmer A, Sukenik A (2012) Appearance and establishment of diazotrophic cyanobacteria in Lake Kinneret, Israel. Freshwater Biol 57(6):1214–1227

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hambright KD, Eckert W, Leavitt PR, Schelske CL (2004) Effects of historical lake level and land use on sediment and phosphorus accumulation rates in Lake Kinneret. Environ Sci Technol 38:6460–6467

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Heller J, Dolev A, Zohary T, Gal G (2014) Invasion dynamics of the snail Pseudoplotia scabra in Lake Kinneret. Biol Invasions 16:7–12

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pollingher U (1978) The phytoplankton of Lake Kinneret. In: Serruya C (ed) Lake Kinneret: Monographiae Biologicae, vol 32. Dr. Junk, The Hague, pp 229–242

    Google Scholar 

  • Pollingher U (1981) The structure and dynamics of the phytoplankton assemblages in Lake Kinneret, Israel. J Plank Res 3 (1):93–105

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Schindler DW (1987) Detecting ecosystem responses to anthropogenic stress. Can J Fish Aquatic Sci 44:6–25

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Serruya, C (ed) (1978) Lake Kinneret: Monographiae Biologicae. Dr. Junk, The Hague, p 501

    Google Scholar 

  • Shaked Y, Erel Y, Sukenik A (2002) Phytoplankton-mediated redox cycle of iron in the epilimnion of Lake Kinneret. Environ Sci Technol 36: 460–467

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sukenik A, Hadas O, Kaplan A, Quesada A (2012) Invasion of Nostocales (cyanobacteria) to subtropical and temperate freshwater lakes? Physiological, regional and global driving forces. Front Microbio 3:86. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2012.00086

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zohary T (2004) Changes to the phytoplankton assemblage of Lake Kinneret after decades of a predictable, repetitive pattern. Freshwat Biol 49:1355–1371

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zohary T, Nishri A, Sukenik A (2012) Present-absent: a chronicle of the dinoflagellate Peridinium gatunense from Lake Kinneret. Hydrobiologia 698: 161–174

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zohary T, Ostrovsky I (2011) Ecological impacts of excessive water level fluctuations in stratified freshwater lake. Inland Waters 1: 47–59

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, P.O. Box 447, 14950, Migdal, Israel

    Tamar Zohary, Assaf Sukenik & Ami Nishri

Authors
  1. Tamar Zohary
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Assaf Sukenik
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Ami Nishri
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Tamar Zohary .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Department, Kinneret Limnological laboratory, Migdal, Israel

    Tamar Zohary

  2. Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Department, Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Migdal, Israel

    Assaf Sukenik

  3. Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Department, Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Migdal, Israel

    Tom Berman

  4. Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Department, Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Migdal, Israel

    Ami Nishri

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Zohary, T., Sukenik, A., Nishri, A. (2014). Lake Kinneret: Current Understanding and Future Perspectives. In: Zohary, T., Sukenik, A., Berman, T., Nishri, A. (eds) Lake Kinneret. Aquatic Ecology Series, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8944-8_37

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation