Occurrence and toxicity of an Anabaena bloom in a tropical reservoir (Southeast Brazil)

Harmful Algae

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 590-598

  Sotero Santos, Rosana Barbosa ^a,b   Carvalho, Elisa Garcia ^b   Dellamano Oliveira, Maria José ^b   Rocha, Odete ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anabaena circinalis; Anabaena spiroides; Cladoceran bioassays; Cyanobacteria bloom; Cyanobacterial toxins; Mouse bioassays

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; ANABAENA CIRCINALIS; ANABAENA SPIROIDES; CERIODAPHNIA; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CYANOBACTERIA; MUS;

EID: 45849140914     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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