Precautionary Implications of Climate Change Impact on Lake Kinneret Water Quality

Abstract

Critical imperatives are considered with respect to the climate change impact on the Kinneret water quality. A positive correlation was found between nutrient (nitrate excluded) concentrations and the rate of headwater discharges (River Jordan), which creates erosion action that is respectively related to rainfall. The impact of rainfall capacity on underground aquifers and influx of sub-lacustrine salty fluxes into the lake, maintaining the lake's saline load. Enhancement of Bleak fish populations and consequently intensification of zooplankton consumption is positively correlated to climate change features of rainfall regime and capacity. These imperatives are considered as climato-ecological trait. This paper ties them into a spread across the entire ecosystem impact on Kinneret water quality. These factors are respected as uncovered hidden climate change features during the “early period” (1970-2000), whilst enhanced during the “later period” (2001-2018).