Spatial isolation favours the divergence in microcystin net production by Microcystis in Ugandan freshwater lakes

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2803-2814

  Okello, William ^a,b   Ostermaier, Veronika ^a   Portmann, Cyril ^c   Gademann, Karl ^c   Kurmayer, Rainer ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b National Fisheries Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Geographical isolation; mcy genotype; Population genetics; Real time PCR; Water monitoring

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER;

GEOGRAPHICAL ISOLATION; MCY GENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; REAL-TIME PCR; WATER MONITORING;

LAKES;

FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTIN;

CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; GENOTYPE; LAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOXIN; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL COUNT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LAKE; MICROCYSTIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UGANDA;

LAKE SAKA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 77951090623     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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