Changes in microcystin content and environmental parameters over the course of a toxic cyanobacteria bloom in a hypertrophic regulated river, South Korea

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-103

  Jung, Jong Mun ^a,b   Lee, You Jung ^b   Park, Hong Gi ^a   Jung, Eun Young ^a   Jang, Min Ho ^b   Ha, Kyong ^b   Shin, Pan Se ^a   Joo, Gea Jae ^b  

^a Busan Water Quality Institute   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic regulated river; Microcystin; Microcystis; TN; TP

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CYANOGINOSIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; HYPERTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYPERTROPHIC REGULATED RIVER; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROCYSTIS; NONHUMAN; PH; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SOUTH KOREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NAKDONG RIVER; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 11244337732     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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