Diversity of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in Hartbeespoort Dam, South Africa

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-189

  Ballot, Andreas ^a,b   Sandvik, Morten ^b   Rundberget, Thomas ^a,b   Botha, Christo J ^c   Miles, Christopher O ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cylindrospermopsis; Hartbeespoort Dam; microcystin; Microcystis; Raphidiopsis; Sphaerospermopsis.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893751567     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF13153     Document Type: Article

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