Toxins from cyanobacteria and their potential impact on water quality of lake kinneret, Israel

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-115

  Sukenik, Assaf ^a   Rosin, Claudia ^a   Porat, Ram ^b   Teltsch, Benjamin ^b   Banker, Roni ^c   Carmeli, Shmuel ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b Mekorot Israel National Water COLTD   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; TOXIN;

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; TOXIC ORGANISM; WATER QUALITY;

ISRAEL; LAKE KINNERET;

APHANIZOMENON OVALISPORUM;

EID: 0031718674     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1998.10676717     Document Type: Article

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