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Lake Kinneret

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

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The routine monitoring program of Lake Kinneret, initiated as early as 1969, revealed the presence of many species of cyanobacteria. However, it was only the first bloom of the nostocalean species Aphanizomenon ovalisporum in 1994 that attracted special attention to this important division. This chapter describes the abundance of the most important cyanobacterial species in Lake Kinneret and discusses their physiological and biochemical characteristics. Special attention is given to their unique features that contribute to their proliferation and their impact on the lake’s water quality.

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Acknowledgments

This chapter is based on monitoring and research activities supported by Israel Water Authority, Israel Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), and German Ministry of Research and Technology (BMBF). A. Sukenik would like to acknowledge knowledge sharing with European experts and researchers via the European Cooperation in Science and Technology, COST Action ES 1105.

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

    Assaf Sukenik & Ora Hadas

  2. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel

    Aaron Kaplan

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

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    Assaf Sukenik

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Sukenik, A., Hadas, O., Kaplan, A. (2014). Cyanobacteria. 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_12

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