Cyanotoxin-producing bloom of Anabaena flos-aquae, Anabaena discoidea and Microcystis aeruginosa (Cyanobacteria) in Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, Kenya

Journal of Applied Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 179-183

  Krienitz, Lothar ^a   Ballot, Andreas ^a   Wiegand, Claudia ^a   Kotut, Kiplagat ^b   Codd, Geoffrey A ^c   Pflugmacher, Stephan ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036918766     PISSN: 09495460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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