A survey of toxicity of cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Ladoga and adjacent water bodies

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 322, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 149-151

  Gromov, Boris V ^a   Vepritsky, Alexey A ^a   Mamkaeva, Kira A ^a   Voloshko, Lyudmila N ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Algal bloom; cyanobacteria; LD50; lethal dose; maximal tolerable dose (MTD); toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANABAENA CIRCINALIS; ANABAENA LEMMERMANNII; ANABAENA SP.; APHANIZOMENON FLOS AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; GLOEOTRICHIA ECHINULATA; LADOGA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; OSCILLATORIA SP.; PISUM; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; GLOETRICHIA; GLOETRICHIA ECHINULATA; OSCILLATORIA;

ALGAE; BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIA; TOXICITY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, LAKE LADOGA;

EID: 0029660224     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00031820     Document Type: Conference Paper

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