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Light utilization efficiencies of phytoplankton in Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) 1
Author(s) -
Dubinsky Z.,
Berman Thomas
Publication year - 1976
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.1976.21.2.0226
Subject(s) - epilimnion , phytoplankton , thermocline , irradiance , environmental science , water column , oceanography , geology , ecology , biology , hypolimnion , optics , physics , nutrient , eutrophication
A scanning radiometer was used for in situ determinations of the light utilization efficiencies of phytoplankton in Lake Kinneret. For a profile measured during the near maximum of daily irradiance in July, light utilization efficiencies in the epilimnion ranged from 0.07–2.61%, increasing with depth down to the thermocline where maximum quantum efficiencies of 0.07 moles C einstein ‒1 absorbed were estimated. Light utilization efficiency integrated for the epilimnetic water column was 0.35%.
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