Abstract
The introduction presents a short historical background of the region, including an account of research on Lake Kinneret. An account of recent anthropomorphic changes that have impacted the lake ecosystem and data on morphometric, bathymetric, and other basic limnological characteristics of the lake are given. The main features of the annual cycle of key limnological parameters (temperature, stratification, chlorophyll, pH, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, sulfate, and sulfide) are presented.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Annandale TN (1912) The blind prawn of Galilee. Nature 90:25
Annandale TN (1915) A report on the biology of the lake of Tiberias. J Proc Asiatic Soc Bengal 11:435–476
Barrois T (1894) Contribution a l’etude de quelqeus lacs de Syrie. Rev Biol Nord Fr 6:41–46
Burckhardt JL (1822) Travels in Syria and the Holy Land. University of Adelaide, Adelaide. http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/burckhardt/john_lewis//syria/
Dimentman C, Bromley HJ, Por FD (1992) Lake Hula: reconstruction of the fauna and hydrobiology of a lost lake. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
Hambright KD, Zohary T (1998) Lakes Hula and Agmon: destruction and creation of wetland ecosystems in northern Israel. Wetland Ecol Manage 6:83–89
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
Hasselquist F (1766) Voyages and travels in the Levant. Davis and Reymers, London. http://books.google.co.il/books?id=LkIGAAAAQAAJ&redir_esc=y
MacGregor J (1870) The Rob Roy on the Jordan, Nile, Red Sea, and Gennesareth: a canoe cruise in Palestine and Egypt, and the waters of Damascus. John Murray, Edinburgh. http://books.google.co.il/books/about/The_Rob_Roy_on_the_Jordan_Nile_Red_Sea_G.html?id=kp1CAAAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
Nishri A (2011) Long-term impacts of draining a watershed wetland on a downstream lake, Lake Kinneret, Israel. Air Soil Wat Res 4:57–70
Nishri A, Stiller M, Rimmer A, Geifman Y, Krom MD (1999) Lake Kinneret (The Sea of Galilee): the effects of diversion of external salinity sources and the probable chemical composition of the internal salinity sources. Chem Geol 158:37–52
Oren OH (1957) The physical and chemical characteristics of Lake Tiberias. Water planning for Israel, Tahal Ltd. Internal Report No. 1445/58
Serruya C (1978) Lake Kinneret. Junk, The Hague
Tristram HB (1884) The fauna and flora of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, London
Yashouv A, Alhunis H (1961) The dynamics of biological processes in Lake Tiberias. Bull Res Counc Israel 10B:11–35
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Berman, T., Zohary, T., Nishri, A., Sukenik, A. (2014). General Background. 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_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8944-8_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-017-8943-1
Online ISBN: 978-94-017-8944-8
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life SciencesBiomedical and Life Sciences (R0)