Blooms of toxin-producing Cyanobacteria - A real threat in small dam reservoirs at the beginning of their operation

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 30-37

  Pawlik Skowrońska, Barbara ^a,b   Toporowska, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Anatoxin a; Dam reservoir; Microcystins; Microcystis; Planktothrix

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DAM; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; TAXONOMY; TOXIN;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; MICROCYSTIS; PLANKTOLYNGBYA LIMNETICA; PLANKTOTHRIX; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII;

EID: 84860165056     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13545-011-0038-z     Document Type: Article

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