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Environmental Geochemistry K 2010 Workshops Assaf Sukenik The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory Monitoring the wellbeing of Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel Israel Oceanographic & Limnological research, Israel

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Page 1: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

Environmental

Geochemistry

K2010

Workshops

Assaf Sukenik

The Y

igalAllo

n

Kin

nere

tLim

nolo

gic

alLabora

tory

Monitoring the wellbeing

of Lake Kinneret

(Sea of Galilee), Israel

Isra

el O

ceanogra

phic

&

Lim

nolo

gic

alre

searc

h, Is

rael

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Tiberius Jo

rdan

Riv

er

ou

tflo

w

Golan Heights

Jo

rdan

Riv

er i

nfl

ow

La

ke

Kin

ner

et (

Sea

of

Ga

lile

e) -

ph

ysi

cal

fea

ture

s

Physical

•Tota

l are

a (at -2

09m

)168.7

km

2

•C

ircum

fere

nce

56 k

m

•Length

21 k

m

•D

epth

25 m

(42 m

ax)

•V

olu

me

4.3

10

9m

3

•E

levation

-211+2 m

AS

L

•A

nnual w

ate

r in

flow

400 -

600 1

06

m3

•A

nnual w

ate

r outflo

w300 -

500 1

06

m3

•W

ate

r re

tention tim

e8 y

rs

•w

ate

r sourc

es

Jord

an 6

6%

Oth

er 3

4%

Morphological

•A

rea to C

ircum

fere

nce ratio -

Low

•D

rain

age b

asin

to lake v

olu

me -

Low

(0.6

)

NW

C

Page 3: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

Kin

ner

et L

imn

olo

gic

al

La

bora

tory

Photo

gra

ph b

y A

lbat

rosLtd

.

Inte

r-dis

cip

linary

monitoring p

rogra

m

pro

vid

es a

clo

se

surv

eillance a

fter

changes in the lake

ecosyste

m

The researc

h is a

imed a

t

unders

tandin

g m

ain

limnolo

gic

alpro

cesses in

Lake K

innere

t

Res

earc

hR

esea

rch

Mn

oto

rin

gM

noto

rin

g

Eco

logic

al

mod

els

Eco

logic

al

mod

els

Man

agem

ent

reco

mm

end

ati

on

sM

an

agem

ent

reco

mm

end

ati

on

s

Sce

nari

o e

valu

ati

on

& R

isk

ass

essm

ent

Sce

nari

o e

valu

ati

on

& R

isk

ass

essm

ent

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Mo

nit

ori

ng

goa

ls

•C

oll

ecti

on

of

lim

nolo

gic

al

data

•E

stab

lish

men

t an

d m

ain

ten

an

ce o

f m

ult

i-an

nu

al

data

base

•Id

enti

fica

tion

qu

an

tifi

cati

on

an

d e

luci

dati

on

of

lim

nolo

gic

al

pro

cess

es a

nd

th

eir

effe

ct o

n w

ate

r q

uali

ty

•A

ware

nes

s a

nd

ale

rts

of

wate

r au

thori

ties

on

sh

ort

an

d l

on

g

term

ch

an

ges

in

wate

r q

uali

ty

•A

naly

sis

of

lon

g t

erm

rec

ord

s to

su

pp

ort

sci

enti

fica

lly b

ase

d

man

agem

ent

dec

isio

ns

•P

erio

dic

rep

ort

on

Lak

e K

inn

eret

con

dit

ion

s

La

ke

Kin

ner

et m

on

ito

rin

g p

rog

ram

Page 5: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

Monitoring sta

tion in L

ake

Kin

ner

etan

d its

Cat

chm

ent Bas

in

Fecal indicators

N

Ari

k B

rid

ge

Dan

Wes

tern

Can

al

Yose

f B

rid

ge

Hu

riB

rid

ge

Dali

ot

Yah

ud

ia

Mes

hu

shim

Am

ud

Ban

ias

Hazb

an

i

Sh

ear

Yes

hu

v

Jarm

uk

Lak

e

Kin

ner

et

Page 6: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

Lake Kinneret monitoring 1969-present

•M

ete

oro

logic

al

• Physic

al

•C

hem

ical (c

oncentration &

rate

s)

•Bio

logic

al (c

oncentration &

rate

s)

•Sanitation

•C

ontinuous, re

al tim

e m

easure

ments

Parameters

Page 7: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

Periodic

/ M

onth

ly / w

eekly

/ d

aily

check up

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CWQI[100] 1992-2007, semiannual:

winter-spring (WS) and summer-autumn (SA)

R2= 0.47

R2= 0.001

20

60

100 19

92199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007

CWQI

WS

SA

A. Parparov

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Eco

raft

Mo

nit

ori

ng

an

d r

esea

rch

in

-la

ke

pla

tfo

rm

htt

p://

www.o

cean.

org.

il/

4 profiles/day:

•Temperature

•Conductivity

•pH

•Dissolved oxygen

•Chlorophyll

•Turbidity

---------------

•Met station

•Dust samplers

•Current meter

Page 11: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

Lak

e K

inner

et E

cora

ft-Rea

l-tim

e on lin

e m

onitoring p

latform

Page 12: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

Phyto

pla

nkto

n b

loom

dynam

ics, Jan-A

pr 2003

Febru

ary

Janu

ary

Apr

ilM

arc

h

Peridinium bloom

Aulacoseira (=M

elosira ) bloom

Com

mon s

cale

: 0 (blu

e) to

50 (re

d) ug C

hl L

-1

Sourc

e: T

. Zohar

y

Page 13: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

Flu

ore

scen

ce s

ign

al

of

ph

oto

syn

thet

ic b

act

eria

in

th

e m

eta

lim

nio

n-

Sep

200

4

Page 14: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

Auto

Reel-The n

ew

genera

tion

Page 15: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

T(1

5-2

0)

C(1

17

0-1

23

0)

DO

(sa

t)T

urb

(0-2

0)

Ch

l(0

-20

)

OR

P( -

35

0-2

00

)p

H(7

-9)

0 5

10

15

20

25

30

35

25/12/09

0 510

15

20

25

30

35

27/12/09

0 5

10

15

20

25

30

35

28/12/09

Auto

Reelpro

file

s -

Decem

ber 2009

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T(1

5-2

0)

C(1

17

0-1

23

0)

DO

(sa

t)T

urb

(0-2

0)

Ch

l(0

-20

)

OR

P( -

35

0-2

00

)p

H(7

-9)

0 5

10

15

20

25

30

35

25/12/09

0 510

15

20

25

30

35

27/12/09

0 5

10

15

20

25

30

35

28/12/09

Data

: W

. Eckert , K

LL

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3/13/2010 1:57:18 PM

-40

-35

-30

-25

-20

-15

-10-50

Chl

Conductivity

Dosat

Temperature

3/13/2010 7:57:18 PM

-40

-35

-30

-25

-20

-15

-10-50

Chl

Conductivity

Dosat

Temperature

21.7

316.2

3Tem

per

ature

192

21.7

Dosa

t

1170

1106

Conduct

ivity

27.1

12.9

1Chl

max

min

para

met

er

20.9

416.2

4Tem

per

ature

204.9

17.4

Dosa

t

1170

1128

Conduct

ivity

30.4

2.8

7Chl

max

min

para

met

er

Marc

h 2

010, dom

inant popula

tion o

f Ceratiumhirundinella

Data

: W

. Eckert , K

LL

Page 18: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

Mar

ch 2

9, 2007

Mar

ch 4

, 2007

Feb

ruar

y 4

, 2007

Chlo

rophyll

dis

trib

ution in w

inte

r spring 2

007 c

alc

ula

ted fro

m s

pectral im

ages c

olle

cte

d b

y M

ER

IS

sate

llite

and p

rocessed b

y S

ISC

AL s

yste

m.

Lateral distribution of Peridinium(dinoflagellate) in Lake Kinneret

(Sourc

e: D

r. G

. Tib

or)

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The vision –automated un-manned monitoring aircraft

Develo

p r

eal tim

e m

onitoring

capabili

ties

base

d o

n a

uto

mate

d

un-m

anned a

ircr

aft

(AU

A)

and

spect

ral data

analy

sis

ass

iste

d b

y

SIS

CAL t

ech

nolo

gy.

AU

A -

Mic

roB

from

Blu

eBird

Mic

ocy

stis

blo

om

, Feb 2

, 2010 w

est

ern

sh

ore

line o

f Lake K

innere

t(P

hoto

: Id

an

Shaked)

Chlo

rophyll

conce

ntr

ation F

eb 2

0,

2010

Tib

or

2010

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Un

der

wa

ter,

To

wed

Un

du

lati

ng

Mon

ito

rin

g S

yst

em (

U-T

UM

S)

Page 21: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

35.5

235.5

435.5

635.5

835.6

35.6

235.6

4

Longitude

E

32.7

2

32.7

4

32.7

6

32.7

8

32.8

0

32.8

2

32.8

4

32.8

6

32.8

8

Latitude N

0.0

00.0

80.1

60

.24

0.3

20.4

0

Chlo

rophyll (m

g/L

)

5

10

15

20 35.5

435.5

635.5

835.6

35.6

2

0.0

6

0.1

0

0.1

4

0.1

8

0.2

2

0.2

6

0.3

0

0.3

4

Chlorophyll (mg/l)

5

10

15

20 35.5

435.5

635.5

835.6

35.6

2

85

101

117

133

149

TurbidityU

nd

erw

ate

r, T

ow

ed U

nd

ula

tin

g M

on

ito

rin

g S

yst

em (

U-T

UM

S)

-A

pri

l 200

3

Page 22: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

35.5

235.5

435.5

635.5

835.6

35.6

235.6

4

Longitude

E

32.7

2

32.7

4

32.7

6

32.7

8

32.8

0

32.8

2

32.8

4

32.8

6

32.8

8

Latitude N

0.0

00.0

80

.16

0.2

40.3

20.4

0

Chlo

rophyll (m

g/L

)

Un

der

wa

ter,

To

wed

Un

du

lati

ng

Mon

ito

rin

g S

yst

em (

U-T

UM

S)

-A

pri

l 200

3

Ch

loro

ph

yll

dis

trib

uti

on

at

a 4

m d

epth

lay

er

Page 23: Monitoring the wellbeing of LK - huji.ac.ilTiberius Jordan River outflow Golan Heights Jordan River inflow Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) - physical features Physical • Total area

Data

sourc

e:A. R

imer-KLL

Hydro

logic

al serv

ice, M

ekoro

t

40

0

60

0

80

0

10

00

12

00

14

00

16

00

18

00

40

0

60

0

80

0

Tota

l flow

Lin

ear correla

tion

Pre

dic

ted flo

w

Qin

=-6

.803 x

year + 1

4249

QinMCM

Pre

dic

tion e

rror

pre

dic

ted

measure

d

1960

2020

1980

2000

2040

170

470

370

270

Salinity mg ClL-1 In lake responses:

Dete

riora

tion o

f W

Q

Changes in b

iolo

gic

al div

ers

ity

Flow

Salinity

Chan

ges

in e

colo

gic

al d

rivin

g forc

es

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Data

sourc

e:M

ekoro

t/ K

LL/ W

ate

r Auth

ority

Chan

ges

in e

colo

gic

al d

rivin

g forc

es –

N &

P load

s

1/1

/70

1/1

/80

1/1

/90

1/1

/00

1/1

/10

Winter TP load (ton)

0

50

100

150

200

250

1/1

/70

1/1

/80

1/1

/90

1/1

/00

1/1

/10

Winter TDP load (ton)

0

10

20

30

40

50

1/1

/70

1/1

/80

1/1

/90

1/1

/00

1/1

/10

Winter NH4 load (ton)0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

1/1

/70 1

/1/7

5 1

/1/8

0 1

/1/8

5 1

/1/9

0 1

/1/9

5 1

/1/0

0 1

/1/0

5 1

/1/1

0

Winter NO3 load (ton)

0

1000

2000

3000

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Jan - June

TN (mg N l-1)

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

80−

89

0

0−

09

80−

89

0

0−

09

80−

89

0

0−

09

80−

89

0

0−

09

Jul - Dec

TN (mg N l-1)

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

80

−89

0

0−

09

80

−89

0

0−

09

80

−89

0

0−

09

80

−89

0

0−

09

Jan - June

TP (mg P l-1)

0.00

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.05

80

−8

9

00

−0

98

0−

89

0

0−

09

80

−8

9

00

−0

98

0−

89

0

0−

09

80

−8

9

00−

09

80

−8

9

00−

09

80

−8

9

00−

09

80

−8

9

00−

09

TP (mg P l-1)

0.00

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.05

Jul - Dec

Changes in e

colo

gic

al para

mete

rs

In L

ake K

innere

t(T

N &

TP)

1980-1

989 v

s2000-2

009

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Jan - June

Chlorophyll (mg m-2)

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

80

−8

9

00

−0

98

0−

89

0

0−

09

80

−8

9

00

−0

98

0−

89

0

0−

09

Jul - Dec

Chlorophyll (mg m-2)

0

50

100

150

200

250

80

−8

9

00

−0

98

0−

89

0

0−

09

80

−8

9

00

−0

98

0−

89

0

0−

09

Jan - June

Primary Production (mg C m-2d-1)

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

80

−8

9

00

−0

98

0−

89

0

0−

09

80

−8

9

00

−0

98

0−

89

0

0−

09

Jul - Dec

Primary Production (mg C m-2d-1)

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

80

−8

9

00

−0

98

0−

89

0

0−

09

80

−8

9

00

−0

98

0−

89

0

0−

09

Changes in e

colo

gic

al para

mete

rs

In L

ake K

innere

t(C

hl& P

P)

1980-1

989 v

s2000-2

009

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Peridinium gatunense

Nygaard

–a thecate

din

oflagella

te fro

m L

ake K

innere

t (A

. A

lste

r).

20 µ µµµm

Peridinium gatunense

Nygaard

popula

tion-C

ells

of diffe

rent

siz

es (A

. A

lste

r).

Win

ter spring b

loom

s o

f th

e d

inoflagella

tePeridiniumgatunense

in L

ake K

innere

tbecam

e a

rare

event during the last 15 y

ears

2008

2009

2005

2004

2006

2001

2003

2000

1998

1997

1995

1996

1994

Biomass Below

10

0g/m2

Biomass above

300 g/m2

Fro

m L

ake K

innere

tdata

base –

Dr. T

. Zohary

1968

1970

1972

1974

1976

1978

1980

1982

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

Peridinum biomass [g(ww)/m2]

0

100

200

300

400

500

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

Peridinum biomass [g (ww)/m2]

0

100

200

300

400

500

Non-Peridinium

years

Non-Peridinium

years

Non-Peridinium

years

Non-Peridinium

years

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The

rela

tionsh

ips bet

wee

n w

ater

inflow

or nutrie

nt lo

ads an

d

the

seas

onal

blo

om

of Peridinium

in L

ake

Kin

ner

et

De

cJa

nF

eb

Ma

rA

pr

Ma

yJu

n

Water inflow (MCM/month)

0

30

60

90

12

0

15

0

18

0

21

0

20

04

20

03

De

cJa

nF

eb

Ma

rA

pr

Ma

yJu

n

TP load (Ton/month)

0

20

40

60

80

10

0

12

0

20

04

20

03

De

cJa

nF

eb

Ma

rA

pr

Ma

yJu

n

TN load (Ton/month)

0

20

0

40

0

60

0

80

0

10

00

12

00

20

04

20

03

AB

C

Ja

nF

eb

Ma

rA

pr

Ma

yJu

nJu

l

Peridinium Biomass (g WW/m2)

0

10

0

20

0

30

0

40

0

50

0

20

03

20

04

D

De

cJa

nF

eb

Ma

rA

pr

Ma

yJu

n

Water inflow (MCM/month)

0

30

60

90

12

0

15

0

18

0

21

0

De

cJa

nF

eb

Ma

rA

pr

Ma

yJu

n

TP load (Ton/month)

0

20

40

60

80

10

0

12

0

De

cJa

nF

eb

Ma

rA

pr

Ma

yJu

n

TN load (Ton/month)

0

20

0

40

0

60

0

80

0

10

00

12

00

20

01

20

00

20

00

20

01

20

01

20

00

AB

C

20

01

Ja

nF

eb

Ma

rA

pr

Ma

yJu

nJu

l

Peridinium Biomass (g WW/m2)

0

10

0

20

0

30

0

40

0

50

0

20

00

D

Wat

er inflow

Phosp

hat

e lo

adN

itro

gen

load

Peridinium

bio

mas

s

De

cJa

nF

eb

Ma

rA

pr

Ma

yJu

n

Water inflow (MCM/month)

0

30

60

90

12

0

15

0

18

0

21

0

De

cJa

nF

eb

Ma

rA

pr

Ma

yJu

n

TP load (Ton/month)

0

20

40

60

80

10

0

12

0

De

cJa

nF

eb

Ma

rA

pr

Ma

yJu

n

TN load (Ton/month)

0

20

0

40

0

60

0

80

0

10

00

12

00

AB

C

19

90

19

90

19

90

19

91

19

91

19

91

Ja

nF

eb

Ma

rA

pr

Ma

yJu

nJu

l

Peridinium Biomass (g WW/m2)

0

10

0

20

0

30

0

40

0

50

0

19

90

D

19

91

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Rela

tionship

s b

etw

een w

inte

r w

ate

r flow

and m

axim

al

Peridinium

bio

mass in L

ake K

innere

t

Win

ter flow

[M

CM

]

0100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Maximal Peridinum biomass

[g(ww)/m2]

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

1968-1

994

Win

ter flow

[M

CM

]

0100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Maximal Peridinum biomass

[g(ww)/m2]

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

r2=0.806

96

97

06

00

08

01

05

1995-2

008

Fro

m L

ake K

innere

tdata

base

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Does J

ord

an R

iver w

ate

r affect Peridinium

blo

om

events

?

Evid

ence fro

m L

abora

tory

experim

ents

The e

ffect of flood w

ate

r from

Jord

an R

iver and M

eshushim

trib

uta

ry o

n the g

row

th o

f Peridinium–

Lin

dstrom

X1 m

ediu

m c

om

ple

mente

d w

ith 2

5%

wate

r colle

cte

d fro

m e

ither Jord

an R

iver or M

eshushim

river

Rel. Growth rate (normalized to control)

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

Rel. Cell yield(normalized to control)

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

Jorden Meshus. Control

Jorden Meshus. Control

Data

sourc

e : J

essic

a S

imle

r

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Rel. Growth rate (normalized to control)

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

Rel. Cell yield(normalized to control)

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

C

ontrol J

ord

an C

anal Z Agm

on E

x.

C

ontrol J

ord

an C

anal Z Agm

on E

x.

The e

ffect of w

ate

r colle

cte

d fro

m the H

ula

valle

y o

n the g

row

thof Peridinium

Lin

dstrom

X1 m

ediu

m c

om

ple

mente

d w

ith w

ate

r colle

cte

d fro

m A

gam

on

reconstructe

d w

et la

nd: Jord

an (entrance)

Canal Z (entrance o

f pit d

rain

age w

ate

r) A

gam

on

Ex. (w

ate

r outflo

w)

Cont. - MicE

Con.+ MicE

JorA

JorF

CanalZ

Growth rate (day-1)

0.0

0

0.0

2

0.0

4

0.0

6

0.0

8

0.1

0

Culture collapsed

Mic

ro-e

lem

ent deple

ted Peridinium

culture

incubate

d in L

indstrom

X1 m

ediu

m c

om

ple

mente

d w

ith e

ither m

icro

-ele

ment solu

tion

(Cont+

Mic

E) or w

ate

r colle

cte

d fro

m A

gam

on

reconstructe

d w

et la

nd (JorA

) Jord

an flo

ods (JorF

) or C

anal Z (pit d

rain

age w

ate

r)

Data

sourc

e : J

essic

a S

imle

r

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Agmon

East Canal

Z-canal

Jordan R.

LK-epi

LK-hypo

Se [ng l-1]

0

200

400

600

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

Tota

l S

e

Se(IV)

Se(V

I)

Sele

niu

m is p

ostu

late

d a

s a

n e

ssential trace e

lem

ent th

at is

origin

ate

d fro

m the p

it s

oil

of H

ula

Valle

y a

nd required to s

upport the

spring b

loom

of Peridimium

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What happens in the a

bsence o

f Peridinuim

?

•In

the a

bsence o

f Peridinium

the s

ubstitu

ting p

opula

tions n

ever re

ach its

enhanced b

iom

ass

•Short b

loom

s o

f chlo

rophyte

sw

ith tem

pora

ry d

om

ination –

i.e. Mougeotia

(30 g

ww

m-2)

•Enhanced p

opula

tion o

f Microcystis

–A toxic

cyanabacte

rium

Why the Peridinium

blo

om

becam

e a

n irr

egula

r event ?

•C

hanges is w

inte

r floods -

tim

ing a

nd inte

nsity

•C

hanges in the rela

tive c

ontrib

ution o

f diffe

rent re

gio

ns in the

wate

r

shade a

rea o

f nutrie

nts

mic

ro-ele

ments

(Se) and a

gricultura

l pollu

tants

•In

tera

ctions w

ith o

ther phyto

pla

nkto

n p

opula

tions

•O

ther environm

enta

l constrain

s, i.e. te

mp, salin

ity?

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Invad

er s

pec

ies

Invad

er s

pec

ies com

mon

Jan 2

006

Chlo

rophyte

Euastrumsp.

New

N2-fix

er, co

mm

on

ever

y sum

mer

Sum

mer

2000

cyan

obac

teria

Cylindrospermopsis

raciborskii �

Huge

blo

om

, M

ay 2

005

May

1998

Chlo

rophyte

Mougeotiagracillima

chlo

rophyte

des

mid

des

mid

cyan

obac

teria

Gro

up

Was

abundan

t in

win

ter-

spring till ~ 0

31/1

1/1

998

Tetraedron minimum

(new

form

)

Com

mon e

ver

y fal

l5/7

/1998

Staurastrum

contortum

Com

mon e

ver

y fal

l13/5

/1997

Staurastrum

mansfeldti

Blo

om

s ev

ery sum

mer

12/9

/1994

Aphanizomenon

ovalisporum

Cu

rren

t si

tuati

on

Fir

st

occ

urr

edS

pec

ies

Data

: T. Zohary

-K

LL

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Toxic cyanobacteria in Lake Kinneret

Feb 2002

Aphanizom

enon ovalisporum

Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii

Sum

mer –Fall populations

Winter –Spring populations

A-Ala

L-Leu

April 2009

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Toxic

ity o

f cly

ndro

sperm

opsin

and its

derivatives

Sum

mer –Fall toxic bloom

s

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Cylin

dro

sperm

opsin

in L

ake K

innere

t

11/2008

-2.3

10/2008

-1.8-3.0

09/2008

7.8

2.1

07/2005

14-

06/2005

35

-

10/2004

210-780

0.6

11/2001

-1.2

10/2001

-1.8

09/2001

-1.6

07/2001

-2.2

µ µµµg

g-1

(dw)

µ µµµg

L-1

Time

Cylindrospermopsin

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Isr

ael O

ceano

graph

ic &

Lim

nolo

gica

lRese

arc

h L

td

ע

באל

שרלי

ם מי

אג ו

םמי

יקר

ח"

מ

Yig

alAllo

nKin

nere

t Lim

nolo

gica

lLabor

ato

ry

ת נר

הכר

חק ל

הבד

עמ

הע

”ש

וןאל

ל א

יג

1997

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

01

23

45

67

89

10

11

12

13

Month

NO3 or TN (Ton/month)

036912

15

NH4 (Ton/month)

NO

3TN

NH

4

Monthly loads (tons) of DIN species

in 1997 from River Jordan to Lake Kinneret.

This is a typical pattern that describes well other years.

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Isr

ael O

ceano

graph

ic &

Lim

nolo

gica

lRese

arc

h L

td

ע

באל

שרלי

ם מי

אג ו

םמי

יקר

ח"

מ

Yig

alAllo

nKin

nere

t Lim

nolo

gica

lLabor

ato

ry

ת נר

הכר

חק ל

הבד

עמ

הע

”ש

וןאל

ל א

יג

0.0

0

0.0

5

0.1

0

0.1

5

0.2

0

0.2

5

0.3

0

0.3

5

0100

200

300

400

Days

DIN, NH 4 ; NO 2 ; NO 3 (mg/L)

NH

4N

itrite

Nitra

teD

IN

Seasonal variations in the concentrations of DIN species

(Nitrate, Nitrite and Ammonium) and in total DIN in the

upper water layer of Lake Kinneret (1997)

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Isr

ael O

ceano

graph

ic &

Lim

nolo

gica

lRese

arc

h L

td

ע

באל

שרלי

ם מי

אג ו

םמי

יקר

ח"

מ

Yig

alAllo

nKin

nere

t Lim

nolo

gica

lLabor

ato

ry

ת נר

הכר

חק ל

הבד

עמ

הע

”ש

וןאל

ל א

יג

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

030

60

90

120

150

180

210

240

270

300

Days

Dissolved Inorganic N (mg/L)

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

Dissolved Inorganic N (mg/L)

1990

1991

1993

1994

1992

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

030

60

90

120

150

180

210

240

270

300

Dissolved Inorganic N (mg/L)

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

y =

3.3

287e

-0.0

282x

R2 =

0.9

031

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

030

60

90

120

150

180

210

240

270

300

Days

Dissolved Inorganic N (mg/L)

Multi-annual and seasonal variations in the concentrations of DIN in the upper

water layer of Lake Kinneret for the years 1990-1994 and 2004-2000

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Isr

ael O

ceano

graph

ic &

Lim

nolo

gica

lRese

arc

h L

td

ע

באל

שרלי

ם מי

אג ו

םמי

יקר

ח"

מ

Yig

alAllo

nKin

nere

t Lim

nolo

gica

lLabor

ato

ry

ת נר

הכר

חק ל

הבד

עמ

הע

”ש

וןאל

ל א

יג

•R

ain

y y

ear –m

onth

ly w

ate

r in

flow

exceeded 8

0 M

CM

at le

ast during o

ne w

inte

r m

onth

.

•Avera

ge y

ear -m

onth

ly w

ate

r in

flow

ranged b

etw

een 4

0 a

nd 8

0 M

CM

at le

ast during o

ne m

onth

.

•D

ry y

ear -m

onth

ly w

ate

r in

flow

never exceeded 4

0 M

CM

during the w

inte

r m

onth

s.

Sum

mary

of exponential decay rate

of D

IN c

alc

ula

ted for every

year fo

r th

e

spring-s

um

mer period b

ased o

n s

easonal variations in D

IN c

oncentration in the

upper w

ate

r la

yer in

Lake K

innere

t

Year

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Exponential decay rate (d-1)

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.0

2

0.0

3

0.0

4

Rain

y y

ear

Dry

year

Avera

ge y

ear

Avera

ge =

0.0

14 d

-1

Avera

ge =

0.0

24 d

-1

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While

Peridinium

popula

tion w

as c

hara

cte

rized b

y h

igh b

iom

ass c

oncentrations,

Microcystis

bio

mass is m

uch low

er. It is

org

aniz

ed in rela

tively

larg

e c

olo

nie

s that

float to

the w

ate

r surface d

uring the d

ay w

hen c

alm

and w

arm

conditio

ns p

revail

9

0

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

Microcystis biomass [g (ww) /m2]

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Marc

h 2

009

Febru

ary

2002

Febru

ary

2010

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Fro

m L

ake K

innere

tdata

base –

Dr. W

. Eckert

The d

evelo

pm

ent of

Microcystis

scum

Lake

Kin

nere

t-Febru

ary

2010

Feb 2

010

WIN

D D

IREC

TIO

N

Photo

: Id

an

Shaked

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At early s

tages o

f ecosyste

m d

ete

riora

tion, variable

s reflecting

ecosyste

m

functionin

g s

uch a

s p

rim

ary

pro

duction, nutrie

nt le

vels

, and respiration a

re

not altere

d, and a

re thus p

oor in

dic

ato

rs o

f early s

tress;

Am

ong the e

arlie

st re

sponses to s

tress w

ould

be c

hanges in s

pecie

s

com

positio

n o

f sm

all,

rapid

ly repro

ducin

g o

rganis

ms w

ith w

ide d

ispers

al

pow

ers

, such a

s p

hyto

pla

nkto

n,

There

is a

need for lo

ng-term

record

s in o

rder to

learn

about th

e response o

f

ecosyste

ms to n

atu

ral vers

us a

nth

ropogenic

perturb

ations.

Schin

dle

r D

.W. (1

987) D

ete

cting e

cosyste

m responses to a

nth

ropogenic

stress. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 44, 6–25.

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Than

k

you

Acknow

ledgem

ents

:

The s

cie

ntific a

nd technic

al te

am

of KLL

Kin

nere

tW

ate

r shade u

nit –

Mekoro

t

Isra

el W

ate

r Auth

ority