Toxin production of cyanobacteria is increased by exposure to zooplankton

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1540-1550

  Jang, Min Ho ^a,b   Ha, Kyong ^a,b   Joo, Gea Jae ^a   Takamura, Noriko ^c  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Info chemicals; Microcystin production; Microcystis aeruginosa; Zooplankton; Zooplankton culture media filtrate

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIUM; TOXIN; ZOOPLANKTON;

CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIA PULEX; INVERTEBRATA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MOINA; MOINA MACROCOPA; PULEX;

EID: 0141649368     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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