Harmful algal blooms in Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario: A comparison of nutrients, marina presence, and cyanobacterial toxins

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 326-337

  Perri, Katherine A ^a   Sullivan, Jeremy M ^a   Boyer, Gregory L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatoxin a; Cyanobacterial blooms; Microcystins; Nutrients; Total nitrogen; Total phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; LAKES; MARINAS; PHOSPHORUS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANATOXIN; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; MICROCYSTINS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

NUTRIENTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; HYPOXIA; LAKE POLLUTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; SENESCENCE; TOXIN;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

ALGAE; ANABAENA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 84930278459     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2015.03.022     Document Type: Article

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