Tropical cyanobacterial blooms: A review of prevalence, problem taxa, toxins and influencing environmental factors

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 205-224

  Mowe, Maxine A D ^a   Mitrovic, Simon M ^b   Lim, Richard P ^b   Furey, Ambrose ^c   Yeo, Darren C J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial blooms; Cylindrospermopsis; Microcystis; N:P; Toxin production; Tropical areas

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; META-ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXIN; TROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL AMERICA;

ANABAENA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 84930015924     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2014.1005     Document Type: Review

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