Trophic transfer of microcystins through the lake pelagic food web: Evidence for the role of zooplankton as a vector in fish contamination

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 152-163

  Sotton, Benoît ^a   Guillard, Jean ^a   Anneville, Orlane ^a   Maréchal, Marjorie ^a   Savichtcheva, Olga ^a   Domaizon, Isabelle ^a  

^a UMR CARRTEL   (France)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Cyanotoxins; Diet; Peri alpine lakes; Planktothrix rubescens; Whitefish

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIAL CELLS; CYANOTOXINS; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATIONS; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; PLANKTOTHRIX RUBESCENS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; WHITEFISH;

CONTAMINATION; FISH; LAKES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUTRITION;

VECTORS;

BACTERIAL DNA; MICROCYSTIN; RNA 16S; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DIET; DNA; FISH; LAKE POLLUTION; TAXONOMY; TOXICITY; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STATUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BOSMINA; CHAOBORUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYANOBACTERIUM; DAPHNIA; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; FILTER FEEDER; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; PLANKTOTHRIX RUBESCENS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; EVALUATION STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; LAKE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SALMONID; SWITZERLAND; WATER POLLUTANT;

AARGAU; HALLWILERSEE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD CHAIN; LAKES; MICROCYSTINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALMONIDAE; SWITZERLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84881231990     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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