Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins: The influence of nitrogen versus phosphorus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Dolman, Andrew M ^a   Rücker, Jacqueline ^a   Pick, Frances R ^b   Fastner, Jutta ^c   Rohrlack, Thomas ^d   Mischke, Ute ^e   Wiedner, Claudia ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYANOTOXIN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON GRACILE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; INVASIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LOADING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHELLFISH POISONING; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84862502854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038757     Document Type: Article

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