Occurrence of toxic cyanobacterial blooms for the first time in Lake Karaoun, Lebanon

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-49

  Atoui, Ali ^a   Hafez, Hala ^b   Slim, Kamal ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Aphanizomenon ovalisporum; Cyanobacteria; Lake Karaoun; Microcystis aeruginosa; Physicochemical factors

Indexed keywords

APHANIZOMENON OVALISPORUM; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC; FRESH WATER; HIGH WATER; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; LAKE WATERS; LEBANON; LOW LEVEL; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL FACTORS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SUMMER SEASON; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOXIC CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS;

BACTERIA; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEALTH RISKS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

CHLOROPHYLL; LAKE WATER; PHOSPHATE;

CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUCCESSION; TOXIC ORGANISM; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

APHANIZOMENON OVALISPORUM; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAKE; LEBANON; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SUMMER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

LEBANON;

APHANIZOMENON OVALISPORUM; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84873993153     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2012.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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