Spatial and temporal patterns in the seasonal distribution of toxic cyanobacteria in western lake erie from 2002–2014

Toxins

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1649-1663

  Wynne, Timothy T ^a   Stumpf, Richard P ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue green algae; Cyanobacteria; Ecological forecasting; Harmful algae; Lake Erie; MERIS; MODIS; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH HAZARD; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; MICHIGAN; MICROBIOLOGY; OHIO; ONTARIO; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKES; MICHIGAN; OHIO; ONTARIO; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84929304065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins7051649     Document Type: Article

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