Citizen monitoring: Testing hypotheses about the interactive influences of eutrophication and mussel invasion on a cyanobacterial toxin in lakes

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-150

  Sarnelle, Orlando ^a   Morrison, Jamie ^a   Kaul, Rajreni ^a   Horst, Geoffrey ^a   Wandell, Howard ^a   Bednarz, Ralph ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental Quality ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Dreissena bugensis; Dreissena polymorpha; Microcystin; Microcystis; Recreational exposure; Total phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; MOLLUSCS; RIVER POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; RECREATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

LAKES;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHLOROPHYLL A; MICROCYSTIN; PHOSPHORUS;

CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FORECASTING; HUMAN; LAKE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER; WATER SAMPLING;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 71549121017     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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