Identification of a microcystin in benthic cyanobacteria linked to cattle deaths on alpine pastures in Switzerland

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-117

  Mez, Konstanze ^a   Beattie, Kenneth A ^b   Codd, Geoffrey A ^b   Hanselmann, Kurt ^a   Hauser, Beat ^c   Naegeli, Hanspeter ^d   Preisig, Hans R ^e  

^a Institute of Plant Biology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Veterinary Pathology   (Switzerland)

^d Inst Vet Pharmacol and Toxicol   (Switzerland)

^e Institute of Systematic Botany   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine; Benthic; Cyanobacteria; Microcystin; Oligotrophic; Toxic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031461142     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967026297001224     Document Type: Article

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