Spatial and temporal distribution of the cyanotoxin microcystin-LR in the Lake Ontario ecosystem: Coastal embayments, rivers, nearshore and offshore, and upland lakes

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 83-89

  Makarewicz, Joseph C ^a   Boyer, Gregory L ^b   Lewis, Theodore W ^a   Guenther, William ^a   Atkinson, Joseph ^c   Arnold, Mary ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal toxins; Cyanobacteria; Hepatotoxin; Lake Ontario; Microcystin LR

Indexed keywords

ALGAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; HEPATOTOXIN; LAKE ONTARIO; MICROCYSTIN-LR;

ANTIGENS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC REACTORS; EUTROPHICATION; HEALTH RISKS; LANDFORMS; METABOLITES; MINES; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOSPHORUS; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATERSHEDS;

LAKES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXIN;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENA; MICROCYSTIS; SPIROGYRA; ZYGNEMA;

EID: 67349089583     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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