Anatoxin-a occurrence and potential cyanobacterial anatoxin-a producers in Spanish reservoirs

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1120-1125

  Carrasco, David ^a   Moreno, Enrique ^a   Paniagua, Thamar ^a   Hoyos, Caridad De ^b   Wormer, Lars ^a   Sanchis, Daniel ^a   Cirés, Samuel ^a   Martín Del Pozo, Delia ^b   Codd, Geoffrey A ^c   Quesada, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Anatoxin a; Aphanizomenon; Planktothrix; Reservoirs; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; APHANIZOMENON; CYANOBACTERIA; PLANKTOTHRIX;

EID: 36849093350     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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