Exploitation and destabilization of a warm, freshwater ecosystem through engineered hydrological change

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1591-1603

  Hambright, K David ^a,b   Zohary, Tamar ^b   Eckert, Werner ^b   Schwartz, Steven S ^b,c,g   Schelske, Claire L ^d   Laird, Kathleen R ^e   Leavitt, Peter R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid region lake; Ecosystem stability; Eutrophication; Israel; Lake Kinneret; Lake management; Paleolimnology; Water quality degradation; Water resource exploitation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA;

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ISRAEL; SEASON; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ISRAEL; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 55949118101     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0931.1     Document Type: Article

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