Toxin-producing blooms of the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa in rainwater ponds in Saudi Arabia

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 171-187

  Al Shehri, Abdulrahman M ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blooms; Cyanobacteria; microcystins; Microcystis; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMONITORING; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; NUTRIENT; POND; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAINWATER; TOXIN; WATER RESOURCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SAUDI ARABIA;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 78651106233     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10009-010-0056-y     Document Type: Article

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