Lake Erie Microcystis: Relationship between microcystin production, dynamics of genotypes and environmental parameters in a large lake

Harmful Algae

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 665-673

  Rinta Kanto, Johanna M ^a   Konopko, Elisabeth A ^b   DeBruyn, Jennifer M ^a   Bourbonniere, Richard A ^c   Boyer, Gregory L ^b   Wilhelm, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental controls; qPCR; Toxic cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 67349213255     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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