Spatial and temporal variability in the relationship between cyanobacterial biomass and microcystins

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6379-6395

  Sinang, Som Cit ^a,b   Reichwaldt, Elke S ^a   Ghadouani, Anas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial biomass microcystin relationship; Cyanobacterial variability; Microcystin content; Microcystin variability; Total phosphorus

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIAL BIOMASS-MICROCYSTIN RELATIONSHIP; CYANOBACTERIAL VARIABILITY; MICROCYSTINS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TOXIC CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS;

BIOMASS; HEALTH RISKS; LINEAR REGRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

MICROCYSTIN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LAKE WATER; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; MICROCYSTINS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84879845254     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-3031-0     Document Type: Article

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