First reported case of turtle deaths during a toxic Microcystis spp. bloom in Lake Oubeira, Algeria

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 535-544

  Nasri, Hichem ^a,b   El Herry, Soumaya ^b   Bouaïcha, Noureddine ^b  

^a University of El Tarf   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; Cyanobacteria; Freshwater terrapin; Lake Oubeira; Microcystins; Microcystis

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTIN LR; MICROCYSTIN RR;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; INHIBITION; LAKE; MORTALITY; TOXICITY; TOXIN; TURTLE;

ALGERIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEATH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCYSTIS; MORTALITY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

ALGERIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTIS; TURTLES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; ANNABA [ALGERIA]; LAKE OUBEIRA; NORTH AFRICA;

CYANOBACTERIA; EMYS ORBICULARIS; MAUREMYS LEPROSA; MICROCYSTIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 50949086028     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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