Production and sedimentation of peptide toxins nodularin-R and microcystin-LR in the northern Baltic Sea

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1301-1309

  Kankaanpää, Harri T ^a   Sjövall, Olli ^b   Huttunen, Maija ^a   Olin, Miikka ^a   Karlsson, Krister ^b   Hyvärinen, Kirsi ^a   Sneitz, Laura ^a   Härkönen, Janne ^a   Sipiä, Vesa O ^a   Meriluoto, Jussi A O ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Microcystin LR; Nodularin R; Production; Sedimentation; The Baltic Sea

Indexed keywords

CELL NUMBERS; HEPATOTOXIN; HEPTAPEPTIDE; LOW INTENSITIES; MICROCYSTIN-LR; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA; NODULARIN-R; PEPTIDE TOXINS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS; SEDIMENT STORAGES; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SOFT SEDIMENTS; SPACE AND TIME; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; THE BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE CONTROL; AMINES; BIOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC REACTORS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

SEDIMENTATION;

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; PEPTIDE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SESTON; TOXIN; XENOBIOTICS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE TOXINS; MICROCYSTINS; NODULARIA; NORTH SEA; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA;

EID: 60949086628     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.11.044     Document Type: Article

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