Yigal Alon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory Gideon Gal gal@ocean.org.il Tel: 04 – 6721444 ext. 224 Scientist Ph.D. 1999, Cornell University, USA At IOLR since 2001

Research interests:
The study of zooplankton in fresh water lakes and marine ecosystems with special emphasis on the impact of physical factors on the spatial distribution of zooplankton and predator-prey interactions and the use of hydroacoustics. In addition, the utilization and application of ecosystem modeling to freshwater lakes as both a research and management tool.

Selected publications:
Gal, G., Rudstam, L.G. and Johannsson, O. (2004). Archiv fur Hydrobiologie. Biological and physical factors governing Mysis relicta vertical distribution in Lake Ontario, USA. Arch. Hydrobiol. 159:1-23.

Johannsson, O.E., Rudstam, L.G., Gal, G. and Mills, E.L. (2004). Mysis relicta in Lake Ontario: population dynamics, trophic linkages and further questions. In: Munawar, M. (ed.), State of Lake Ontario (SOLO): Past, Present and Future. Ecovision World Monograph Series.

Gal, G., Imberger, J., Zohary, T., Anttenucci, J., Ayal, A. and Rosenberg, T. (2003). Simulating the thermal dynamics of Lake Kinneret. Ecol. Modell. 162:69-86.

Rimmer, A. and Gal, G. (2003). Estimating the saline springs component in the solute and water balance of Lake Kinneret, Israel. J. Hydrol. 284:228-243.

Mills, E.L., Casselman, J.M., Dermott, R., Fitzsimons, J.D., Gal, G., Hoyle, J.A., Johannsson, O., Lantry, B.F., Makarewicz, J.C., Millard, S., Munawar, M., Munawar, I.F., O’Gorman, R., Owens, R.W., Rudstam, L.G., Schaner, T. and Stewart, T.J.
(2003). Lake Ontario: Food web dynamics in a changing ecosystem (1970-2000). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60:471-490.

Johannsson, O.E. Leggett, M.E., Rudstam, L.G., Servos, M.R., Mohammadian, A., Gal, G., Dermott, R.M. and Hesslein, R.H. (2001). Diet of Mysis relicta in Lake Ontario as revealed by stable isotope and gut content analysis. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58:1975-1986.

Gal, G., Loew, E.R., Rudstam, L.G. and Mohammadian, A.M. (1999). Light and diel vertical migration: spectral sensitivity and light avoidance by Mysis relicta. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 56:311 322.

Gal, G., Rudstam, L.G. and Greene, C.H. (1999). Characterizing the acoustic properties of Mysis relicta. Limnol. Oceanogr. 44:371 381.