A review of current knowledge on toxic benthic freshwater cyanobacteria - Ecology, toxin production and risk management

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5464-5479

  Catherine, Quiblier ^a,b   Susanna, Wood ^c,d   Isidora, Echenique Subiabre ^a,f   Mark, Heath ^e   Aurélie, Villeneuve ^f   Jean François, Humbert ^f  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^f UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Ecology; Monitoring; Risk assessment; Toxic benthic cyanobacteria; Toxin production

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOLOGY; MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; BENTHIC CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PHYSIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS; TOXIN CONCENTRATIONS; TOXIN PRODUCTION;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANATOXIN A; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTIN; SAXITOXIN;

BENTHOS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HABITAT TYPE; NUTRIENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIN;

AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOFILM; CLIMATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HABITAT; LAKE; LITTORAL; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; WASTE WATER; WETLAND;

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA;

ECOLOGY; MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC BENTHIC CYANOBACTERIA; TOXIN PRODUCTION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOLOGY; FRESH WATER; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84884413405     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.042     Document Type: Review

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