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Urea in the waters of Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)
Author(s) -
Berman T.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1974.19.6.0977
Subject(s) - pelagic zone , urea , phytoplankton , oceanography , environmental science , nitrogen , period (music) , seawater , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental chemistry , nutrient , chemistry , geology , ecology , biology , physics , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , acoustics
Urea concentrations measured in the pelagic waters of Lake Kinneret over a 12‐month period varied from undetectable to maximum values of 80 and 150 µ g N liter −1 , with a seasonal pattern of fluctuation. Although urea is not a major constituent of the dissolved organic nitrogen, it may provide a significant source of available nitrogen for lake phytoplankton.