Occurrence of toxic blue-green algae in the Kucukcekmece Lagoon (Istanbul, Turkey)

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-284

  Albay, Meric ^a   Matthiensen, Alexandre ^b   Codd, Geoffrey A ^c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanotoxins; Kucukcekmece Lagoon; Microcystin; Microcystis aeruginosa; Nutrients; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; NITROGEN; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SURFACE WATERS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

CYANOTOXIN; CYNANOBACTERIAL TOXINS; MICROSYSTINS; SALINITY;

ALGAE;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYANOGINOSIN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

WATER QUALITY;

BIOMASS; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FISH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAGOON; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; MORTALITY; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY; WORLD;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 20444503380     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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