Nitrogen availability increases the toxin quota of a harmful cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa

Water Research

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 188-198

  Horst, Geoffrey P ^a   Sarnelle, Orlando ^a   White, Jeffrey D ^a   Hamilton, Stephen K ^a   Kaul, RajReni B ^a   Bressie, Julianne D ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Dreissena polymorpha; Microcystin; Microcystis; Nitrogen; Toxin quota

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; LAKES; METABOLITES; MOLLUSCS; NITROGEN; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CYANOBACTERIUM; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; FIELD EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LAKE ERIE; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PER UNIT; TOXIN QUOTA;

NUTRIENTS;

MICROCYSTIN;

CYANOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATURATION; STOCHASTICITY;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAZER; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MUSSEL; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

CYANOBACTERIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MICROCYSTIN; MICROCYSTIS; NITROGEN; TOXIN QUOTA;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; GENE DOSAGE; GEOGRAPHY; LAKES; MICHIGAN; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 84894318219     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.01.063     Document Type: Article

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