The effect of a mixotrophic chrysophyte on toxic and colony-forming cyanobacteria

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1843-1855

  Van Donk, Ellen ^a   Cerbin, Slawek ^a   Wilken, Susanne ^a   Helmsing, Nico R ^a   Ptacnik, Robert ^b   Verschoor, Antonie M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial blooms; Microcystin degradation; Microcystis aeruginosa; Mixotrophy; Ochromonas

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; OCHROMONAS; PSEUDANABAENA; PSEUDANABAENA SP.;

EID: 68349135172     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02227.x     Document Type: Article

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