Harmful phytoplankton blooms and fish mortality in a eutrophicated reservoir of Northeast Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 833-841

  Chellappa, Naithirithi Tiruvenkatachary ^a   Chellappa, Sarah Laxhmi ^a   Chellappa, Sathyabama ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activity; Fish mortality; Harmful algal blooms; Public health; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CICHLA MONOCULUS; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; HOPLIAS MALABARICUS; LEPORINUS FRIDERICI; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES; PLAGIOSCION SQUAMOSISSIMUS; PROCHILODUS;

EID: 55249090148     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132008000400022     Document Type: Article

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