Initial studies on the occurrence of cyanobacteria and microcystins in Irish lakes

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 566-570

  Mooney, Karen M ^a   Hamilton, John T G ^b   Floyd, Stewart D ^b   Foy, Robert H ^b   Elliott, Christopher T ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Dreissena polymorpha; Gomphosphaeria; HPLC MS MS; Microcystins; Microcystis

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GOMPHOSPHAERIA; HPLC-MS/MS; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS;

METABOLITES;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANATOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; MICROCYSTIN LR; MICROCYSTIN RR;

BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PEPTIDE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOXIN;

ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; APHANIZOMENON; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; IRELAND; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CYANOBACTERIA; IRELAND; LAKES; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS;

IRELAND;

APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GOMPHOSPHAERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 80052582621     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20577     Document Type: Article

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