A New Chara Locality in the Protected Area of the Galilee Mountains, Israel

doi:10.13189/nrc.2014.020502

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Natural Resources and Conservation Vol. 2(5), pp. 80 - 85
DOI: 10.13189/nrc.2014.020502
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A New Chara Locality in the Protected Area of the Galilee Mountains, Israel

S. Barinova ¹^,*, R. Romanov ²
¹ Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel
² Central Siberian Botanical Garden of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

ABSTRACT

A new locality of Chara is described from the Nevoria pool, Upper Galilee region of Israel. The associated algal diversity is revealed, and ecological assessment aquatic environment is obtained with bio-indication methods. Algal community includes ten species two of which are charophytes Chara gymnophylla A.Braun and Spirogyra sp. The charophytes are found in mass growths in the studied pool. Bio-indication and chemical variables characterize the pool environment as eutrophic, low- to middle organically polluted, belonging to water quality Class II-III. The water is fresh, temperate, low alkaline, and well saturated with oxygen. Seasonality of algal community and water quality show a higher organic pollution in March caused by recreation impact at the end of the rainy season. The water is appreciably clearer in November at the end of the dry season, accompanied with a decrease of algal diversity. We recommend the Nevoria pool as reference site for monitoring of natural aquatic object in the Upper Galilee Mountains, for which Chara gymnophylla can be used as a climatic indicator.

KEYWORDS
Chara, Ecology, Bio-indication, Pool, Upper Galilee Mountains, Israel

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] S. Barinova , R. Romanov , "A New Chara Locality in the Protected Area of the Galilee Mountains, Israel," Natural Resources and Conservation, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 80 - 85, 2014. DOI: 10.13189/nrc.2014.020502.

(b). APA Format:
S. Barinova , R. Romanov (2014). A New Chara Locality in the Protected Area of the Galilee Mountains, Israel. Natural Resources and Conservation, 2(5), 80 - 85. DOI: 10.13189/nrc.2014.020502.