Strict coupling between the development of Planktothrix rubescens and microcystin content in two nearby lakes south of the Alps (Lakes Garda and Ledro)

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 309-318

  Salmaso, Nico ^a   Boscaini, Adriano ^a   Shams, Shiva ^a,b   Cerasino, Leonardo ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Cyanobacteria; Microcystins; Planktothrix rubescens; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; FRACTIONATION; GENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY; TOXIN;

ALPS; ITALY; LAKE GARDA; LAKE LEDRO; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

CYANOBACTERIA; PLANKTOTHRIX RUBESCENS;

EID: 84892450332     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: 2100000X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2013064     Document Type: Article

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