Fate and Persistence of Particulate and Dissolved Microcystin-LA from Microcystis Blooms

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1670-1686

  Zastepa, A ^a   Pick, F R ^a   Blais, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

environmental fate; in situ half life; microcystin congeners; persistence; toxic cyanobacterial blooms, microcystin LA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898667243     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2013.854138     Document Type: Article

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