Changes in cyanoprokaryote populations, Microcystis morphology, and microcystin concentrations in Lake Elphistone (Central Queensland, Australia)

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 403-412

  White, Susan H ^a   Fabbro, Larelle D ^a   Duivenvoorden, Leo J ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cylindrospermopsin; Cylindrospermopsis; Iron; Lyngbya; Nutrients; Periodicity; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

CELLS; LAKES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

SPECIES CHANGE;

TOXICITY;

CYANOGINOSIN; CYCLOPEPTIDE; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE; LIGHT; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS BOTRYS; MICROCYSTIS PANNIFORMIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; IRON; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; MICRONUTRIENTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEENSLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE ELPHISTONE; QUEENSLAND;

CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; LYNGBYA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS BOTRYS;

EID: 0344307608     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.10142     Document Type: Article

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