Alternative states in the phytoplankton of Lake Kinneret, Israel (Sea of Galilee)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-411

  Roelke, Daniel L ^a   Zohary, Tamar ^b   Hambright, K David ^c   Montoya, José V ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c University of Oklahoma Biological Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate states; Distinct; Hysteresis; Persistent; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; DINOFLAGELLATE; HYSTERESIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATION RISK;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

ACANTHOBRAMA TERRAESANCTAE; CHYDORUS SPHAERICUS; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; MESOCYCLOPS OGUNNUS; PERIDINIUM GATUNENSE;

EID: 33846901135     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01703.x     Document Type: Article

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