Wadeable streams as widespread sources of benthic cyanotoxins in California, USA

Harmful Algae

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-116

  Fetscher, A Elizabeth ^a   Howard, Meredith D A ^a   Stancheva, Rosalina ^b   Kudela, Raphael M ^c   Stein, Eric D ^a   Sutula, Martha A ^a   Busse, Lilian B ^d,e   Sheath, Robert G ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board   (United States)

^e UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic cyanobacteria; Cyanotoxin; Microcystin; Nostoc; Phormidium; Wadeable stream

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947446448     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: 18781470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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