Application of the WHO alert level framework to cyanobacterial monitoring of Lake Champlain, Vermont

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 278-288

  Watzin, Mary C ^a   Miller, Emily Brines ^a   Shambaugh, Angela D ^a,b   Kreider, Meghan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Alert framework; Cell density; Cyanobacteria; Cyanotoxins; Lake Champlain; Microcystin; Monitoring; Public health

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH CARE; LAKE POLLUTION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ALERT FRAMEWORK; CELL DENSITY; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTOXINS; LAKE CHAMPLAIN; MICROCYSTIN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

MICROORGANISMS;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOGINOSIN; CYANOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; HEALTH RISK; LAKE POLLUTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DENSITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUMMER; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL COUNT; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; VERMONT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

LAKE CHAMPLAIN; NORTH AMERICA;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33646788003     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20181     Document Type: Article

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