Spatiotemporal patterns and ecophysiology of toxigenic microcystis blooms in Lake Taihu, China: Implications for water quality management

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3480-3488

  Otten, T G ^a   Xu, H ^b   Qin, B ^b   Zhu, G ^b   Paerl, H W ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-PHYCOCYANIN; CHLOROPHYLL A; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HYPERTROPHIC LAKES; LAKE TAIHU; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; N:P RATIO; QUALITY MANAGERS; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; SYNTHETASES; TOXIGENIC; TOXIGENIC STRAINS; WATER SAFETY PLANS; WHOLE-LAKE;

CHLOROPHYLL; GENES; LAKES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; PHYCOCYANIN;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOTOXICITY; LAKE; MICROCYSTIS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHINA; GENES, BACTERIAL; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM; LAKES; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHOSPHORUS; PHYCOCYANIN; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 84863346606     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2041288     Document Type: Article

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