Transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin within a temperate aquatic ecosystem suggests pathways for human exposure

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 9252-9257

  Jonasson, Sara ^a   Eriksson, Johan ^a   Berntzon, Lotta ^a   Spáčcil, Zdeněk ^a,b   Ilag, Leopold L ^a   Ronnevi, Lars Olof ^c   Rasmussen, Ulla ^a   Bergman, Birgitta ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

methylamino L alanine; Baltic Sea; Bioaccumulation; Cyanobacteria; Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INVERTEBRATE; MUSCLE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PELAGIC FISH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE; ZOOPLANKTON;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE TOXINS; NEUROTOXINS; NORTH SEA; SWEDEN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

CYANOBACTERIA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952691532     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914417107     Document Type: Article

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