Stability of toxigenic Microcystis blooms

Harmful Algae

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-384

  Prakash, Satya ^a   Lawton, Linda A ^b   Edwards, Christine ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Microcystins; Perennial blooms

Indexed keywords

BOS; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 58249106933     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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