Effects of a bloom of Planktothrix rubescens on the fish community of a Spanish reservoir

Limnetica

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 167-178

  Almodóvar, Ana ^a,b   Nicola, G G ^a   Nuevo, M ^a  

^a Inst Madrileno Invest Agraria A   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial bloom; Freshwater fish; Histopathology; Microcystins; Pigmented macrophage aggregates; Planktothrix rubescens

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; FISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; RESERVOIR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM (GENUS); PLANKTOTHRIX RUBESCENS;

EID: 21044433017     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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