Effect of salinity on cyanobacterial community composition along a transect from Fuliya spring into the water of Lake Kinneret, Israel

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-107

  Junier, Pilar ^a,b   Kim, Ok Sun ^b,c   Imhof, Johannes F ^d   Witzel, Karl Paul ^b   Hadas, Ora ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

16 S rRNA; Cyanobacteria; Fuliya; Lake Kinneret; PsbA

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; ELECTROKINESIS; FRESHWATER; GENE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SALINITY; TRANSECT; WATER COLUMN;

ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 84885058558     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2013/0407     Document Type: Article

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