The influence of a toxic cyanobacterial bloom and water hydrology on algal populations and macroinvertebrate abundance in the upper littoral zone of Lake Krugersdrift, South Africa

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-46

  Oberholster, Paul J ^a   Botha, Anna Maria ^b   Ashton, Peter J ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial scum; Functional feeding groups; Littoral zone; Macroinvertebrates; Mcy gene cluster

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MICROCYSTIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TOXIC ORGANISM;

ALGA; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHIRONOMIDAE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; HYDROLOGY; LAKE; LITTORAL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MCYB GENE; MCYD GENE; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TOXICITY; ULOTHRIX ZONATA; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE TOXINS; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; FREE STATE; LAKE KRUGERSDRIFT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMA VULGARE; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; TUBIFICIDAE; ULOTHRIX ZONATA;

EID: 58149213909     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-008-0254-5     Document Type: Article

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