Cyanobacteria toxins: Diversity and ecological effects

Limnetica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-58

  Vasconcelos, V ^a,b  

^a Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cianobacteria; Cyanotoxins; Fishes; Microcystin; Moluscs; Toxin vectors; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 21044450157     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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