Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-l-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 457-463

  Jiao, Yiying ^a   Chen, Qiankun ^a   Chen, Xu ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Liao, Xuewei ^b   Jiang, Lijuan ^a   Wu, Jun ^a   Yang, Liuyan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic animals; Cyanobacteria; Gonghu Bay; Lake Taihu; Transfer; methylamino l alanine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH RISKS; LAKES; MOLLUSCS;

AQUATIC ANIMALS; CYANOBACTERIA; GONGHU BAY; LAKE TAIHU; TRANSFER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; FRESH WATER;

AMINO ACID; BIOACCUMULATION; CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; MOLLUSC; TOXIN; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALGAL BLOOM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC FOOD WEB; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD WEB; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROCYSTIS; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHINA; GONGHU BAY; JIANGSU; TAIHU LAKE;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MOLLUSCA;

AQUATIC ANIMALS; CYANOBACTERIA; GONGHU BAY; LAKE TAIHU; TRANSFER; Β-METHYLAMINO-L-ALANINE;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; LAKES; MICROCYSTIS; NEUROTOXINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84884319297     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.064     Document Type: Article

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