Nodularin concentrations in lakes Alexandrina and Albert, South Australia, during a bloom of the cyanobacterium (Blue-Green alga) Nodularia spumigena and degradation of the toxin

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 273-282

  Heresztyn, T ^a   Nicholson, B C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue green alga; Copper sulfate; Cyanobacterium; Degradation; Nodularia spumigena; Nodularin; Toxic bloom; Toxin; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COPPER ION; COPPER SULFATE; LAKE WATER; NODULARIN; TOXIN;

ALGAE; ALGAL BLOOM; BLOOM; BLUE-GREEN ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; LAKE WATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODEGRADATION; CELL COUNT; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOLYSIS; ECOTOXICITY; HALF LIFE TIME; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, LAKE ALBERT; AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, LAKE ALEXANDRINA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0030663863     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1997)12:4<273::AID-TOX1>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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