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Lake Kinneret is an important drinking water source for Israel. Thermal stratification of Lake Kinneret starts in April–. May. The surface water temperature reaches ...
Knossow et al. Geochem Trans (2015) 16:7 DOI 10.1186/s12932-015-0021-5

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Annual sulfur cycle in a warm monomictic lake with sub‑millimolar sulfate concentrations Nadav Knossow1, Barak Blonder1, Werner Eckert2, Alexandra V Turchyn3, Gilad Antler3 and Alexey Kamyshny Jr.1*

Abstract  Background:  We studied the annual variability of the concentration and isotopic composition of main sulfur species and sulfide oxidation intermediates in the water column of monomictic fresh-water Lake Kinneret. Sulfate concentrations in the lake are