Using remote sensing to aid the assessment of human health risks from blooms of potentially toxic cyanobacteria

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2627-2633

  Hunter, Peter D ^a   Tyler, Andrew N ^a   Gilvear, David J ^a   Willby, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-PHYCOCYANIN; CHLOROPHYLL-A; COMPACT AIRBORNE SPECTROGRAPHIC IMAGER; CONCENTRATION OF; DECISION TREE CLASSIFICATIONS; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN HEALTHS; IN-SITU; INLAND WATERS; MONITORING APPROACHES; RECREATIONAL WATERS; RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENTS; RISK TO HUMAN HEALTHS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SHALLOW LAKES; WATER BODIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS;

CHLOROPHYLL; DECISION TREES; HEALTH; PORPHYRINS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

HEALTH RISKS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMARKER; CYANOBACTERIUM; HEALTH RISK; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXIC ORGANISM;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; HEALTH HAZARD; LAKE; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; CYANOBACTERIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 64349101100     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802977u     Document Type: Article

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