Toxicity in benthic freshwater cyanobacteria (blue-green algae): First observations in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1057-1059

  Hamill, Keith D ^a  

^a Environment Southland   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anatoxin a; Benthos; Cyanobacteria; New Zealand; Oscillatoria; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; OSCILLATORIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035716280     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2001.9517062     Document Type: Article

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