Artificially-born "killer" lake: Phytoplankton based water quality and microcystin affected fish in a reconstructed lake

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-124

  Papadimitriou, Th ^a,b   Katsiapi, M ^c   Kormas, K Ar ^a   Moustaka Gouni, M ^c   Kagalou, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Management Body of Ecodevelopment Area of Karla ^*  (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Fish; Mediterranean; Microcystin; Shallow lake

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; CYANOBACTERIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUTROPHICATION CONTROL; MEDITERRANEAN; MICROCYSTINS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; SHALLOW LAKES;

CONSERVATION; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; HISTOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TISSUE; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

LAKE WATER; MICROCYSTIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; LIMNOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PEPTIDE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTECTED AREA; SHALLOW WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ANABAENOPSIS ELENKINII; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRAIN; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LAKE; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPHAEROSPERMOPSIS; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ALGAL BLOOM; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREECE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

GREECE; KARLA LAKE; MAGNESIA; THESSALY;

ANIMALS; CARPS; CYANOBACTERIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREECE; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM; LAKES; MICROCYSTINS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84875076008     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.035     Document Type: Article

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