Effects of dissolved microcystins on growth of planktonic photoautotrophs

Phycologia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-142

  Babica, Pavel ^a   Hilscherová, Klára ^a   Bártová, Kateřina ^a   Bláha, Luděk ^a   Maršálek, Blahoslav ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Algae; Allelopathy; Cyanobacteria; Cyanotoxin; Microcystin; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PARACHLORELLA KESSLERI; PEDIASTRUM DUPLEX; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS QUADRICAUDA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 33947241213     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/06-24.1     Document Type: Article

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