Seasonal variations in the concentration of microcystin-LR in two lakes in Western Texas, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 349-355

  Billam, Madhavi ^a   Tang, Lili ^a   Cai, Qingsong ^a   Mukhi, Sandeep ^a   Guan, Hongxia ^a   Wang, Piwen ^a   Wang, Zemin ^a   Theodorakis, Christopher W ^a   Kendall, Ronald J ^a   Wang, Jia Sheng ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanotoxins; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Microcystin LR; Proteinphosphatase inhibition assay; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CLIMATOLOGY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LAKES; OXYGEN;

CYANOTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MICROCYSTIN-LR; PROTEINPHOSPHATASE INHIBITION ASSAY; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

PROTEINS;

CYANOGINOSIN LR; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LAKE WATER;

CYANOBACTERIUM; IMMUNOASSAY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WINTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MICROCYSTINS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; SEASONS; TEXAS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

BUFFALO SPRINGS LAKE; LAKE RANSOM CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31144435132     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-158R.1     Document Type: Article

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