A checklist of the Cladocera of Israel and Eastern Sinai

Bromley, H. J.

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“…Although the cladoceran Daphnia lumholtzi was recorded in the lake prior to 1956 (Bromley 1993) and the large calanoid copepod Eudiaptomus drieschi appeared briefly between 1992 and 1996 (Azoulay 2002), large species of zooplankton are rare. Until recently, Lake Kinneret supported a commercial fishery based mostly on the endemic zooplanktivore Kinneret bleak (Acanthobrama terraesanctae), two native planktivorous cichlids (Sarotherodon galileaus and Oreochromis aurea), and three exotic planktivores, silver carp (Hypothalmichthyes molitrix), and grey mullets (Liza remada, Mugil cephalus) (Ben-Tuvia et al 1992).…”

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“…Fragments of copepods were also common, but because we could not identify a majority of the fragments to genus, we did not quantify their abundances. Daphnia lumholtzi is reported to have been collected from Lake Kinneret in the 1950s (Bromley 1993); however, no Daphnia remains were recovered from any depth interval within the core. Instead, Bosmina remains (Bosmina longirostris typica and B. l. cornuta) were found throughout the core and exhibited similar patterns in accumulation rates as pigments and Peridinium.…”

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Exploitation and Destabilization of a Warm, Freshwater Ecosystem Through Engineered Hydrological Change

Hambright

Zohary

Eckert

et al. 2008

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Abstract. Exploitation of freshwater resources is having catastrophic effects on the ecological dynamics, stability, and quality of those water resources on a global scale, especially in arid and semiarid regions. Lake Kinneret, Israel (the Biblical Sea of Galilee), the only major natural freshwater lake in the Middle East, has been transformed functionally into a reservoir over the course of ;70 years of hydrological alterations aimed mostly at producing electrical power and increasing domestic and agricultural water supply. Historical changes in lake chemistry and biology were reconstructed using analysis of sedimentary nutrient content, stable and radioisotope composition, biochemical and morphological fossils from algae, remains of aquatic invertebrates, and chemical indices of past light regimes. Together, these paleolimnological analyses of the lake's bottom sediments revealed that this transformation has been accompanied by acceleration in the rate of eutrophication, as indicated by increased accumulation rates of phosphorus, nitrogen, organic matter, phytoplankton and bacterial pigments, and remains of phytoplankton and zooplankton. Substantial increases in these indices of eutrophication coincide with periods of increased water-level fluctuations and drainage of a major upstream wetland in the early to middle 20th century and suggest that management of the lake for increased water supply has degraded water quality to the point that ecosystem stability and sustainability are threatened. Such destabilization may be a model for eutrophication of freshwater lakes in other arid regions of the world in which management emphasizes water quantity over quality.

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Exploitation and Destabilization of a Warm, Freshwater Ecosystem Through Engineered Hydrological Change

Hambright

Zohary

Eckert

et al. 2008

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“…However, generating a mayfly-based index necessitates recognition of relevant species and their ecological requirements (Resh and Unzicker 1975), and such knowledge is lacking for the taxonomically difficult Baetidae in many regions. In Israel, the taxonomic knowledge on aquatic insects as a whole is limited (e.g., Botosaneanu and Gasith 1971, Bromley 1988, Wewalka 1989, Dumont 1991), although it is essential for the implementation of bioassessment tools for the local stream systems.…”

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Taxonomy of Baetis Leach in Israel (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)

Yanai¹,

Gattolliat²,

Dorchin³

2018

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The taxonomy and systematics of the genus Baetis Leach (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in Israel is clarified for the first time as part of an ongoing comprehensive survey of the Israeli mayfly fauna. Six clearly defined species are currently recognized in Israel, four of which are described here as new to science. The validity of all species is supported by a molecular analysis of the mitochondrial COI gene. A key for the identification of the Israeli species based on the nymphal stage is provided, as well as data on their distribution patterns and ecology. The local fauna represents four Palearctic species groups, three of which reach their limit of distribution range in Israel. Baetis species typically inhabit lotic, pristine habitats in northern Israel, with few exceptions for some species that can be found in the Dead Sea area or in ephemeral ponds.

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“…Number of valid species in the genus has risen to seven with the descriptions of E. margalefi and E. epiaphantoii by Alonso (1987) since there are neither available specimens of E. barroisi from original collection nor later collected topotypes. Frey (1982) considered Ephemeroporus barroisi to be a nomen dubium, though it has been reported from some additional worldwide localities (Bromley, 1993;Samraoui et al, 1998;Sinev and Hollwedel, 2002). However, Smirnov (1996), in his review on the Chydorinae, does not agree with Frey and suggests Ephemeroporus barroisi Richard, 1894 to be a valid species because of the presence of figures in the original description.…”

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“…However, the barroisi-group species can be identified only by combination of these two characters. E. barroisi has been reported from different locality world-wide (Smirnov, 1971(Smirnov, , 1996Frey, 1982;Alonso, 1987;Bromley, 1993;Samraoui et al, 1998;Sinev and Hollwedel, 2001), but at present, the taxonomy and range are still not known properly. Although the pattern is more clear for the new world (Frey, 1982;1995), it is too blurry for the rest of the world, where includes the type locality (Eastern Mediterranean-Syria).…”

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Yalim¹,

Çıplak²

2010

Turk. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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Ephemeroporus barroisi, accepted as nomen dubium though there are many reports to date, is redescribed on the basis of parthenogenetic female, ephippial female and male collected from Mediterranean Anatolia, Turkey. It is decided that Anatolian specimens represent the species described by Richard. On the basis of nineteen diagnostic characters that were widely used in the description and diagnosis of the species in the previous studies, Ephemeroporus barroisi is the most similar first to E. epiaphantoii and next to E. margalefi. It is concluded that the E. barroisi group can not be defined by a single outomorphy, but by the character combination of the presence of four labral teeth and that of the denticles on the posterior angle of valves. Finally, an account on the distribution of species from the E. barroisi group is presented and it has been postulated that the species of the E. barroisi group may have been derived from an ancestral stock that was present in the old Mediterranean.

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A checklist of the Cladocera of Israel and Eastern Sinai

Cited by 16 publications

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Exploitation and Destabilization of a Warm, Freshwater Ecosystem Through Engineered Hydrological Change

Exploitation and Destabilization of a Warm, Freshwater Ecosystem Through Engineered Hydrological Change

Taxonomy of Baetis Leach in Israel (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)

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