Interpreting the Possible Ecological Role(s) of Cyanotoxins: Compounds for Competitive Advantage and/or Physiological Aide?

Marine Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2239-2258

  Holland, Aleicia ^a   Kinnear, Susan ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Anatoxin A; Cyanobacteria; Cyanoprokaryotes; Cylindrospermopsin; Microcystin; Saxitoxin

Indexed keywords

ANATOXIN A; CARBON; CYANOTOXIN; CYCLINDROSPERMOPSIN; DRINKING WATER; IRON; MARINE TOXIN; MICROCYSTIN; NITROGEN; NODULARIN; SAXITOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ALLELOPATHY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOTIC STRESS; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL FUNCTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHICATION; GRAZING DEFENCE; GROWTH RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

CYANOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; MARINE TOXINS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84880868453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md11072239     Document Type: Review

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