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Title

A review of current knowledge on toxic benthic freshwater cyanobacteria – Ecology, toxin production and risk management

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University of Waikato

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Description

Benthic cyanobacteria are found globally in plethora of environments. Although they have received less attention than their planktonic freshwater counterparts, it is now well established that they produce toxins and reports of their involvement in animal poisonings have increased markedly during the last decade. Most of the known cyanotoxins have been identified from benthic cyanobacteria including: the hepatotoxic microcystins, nodularins and cylindrospermopsins, the neurotoxic saxitoxins, a...

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Research paper

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Journal article

Date created

2013

Creator

Quiblier, Catherine / Wood, Susanna A. / Echenique-Subiabre, Isidora / Heath, Mark / Villeneuve, Aurélie / Humbert, Jean-Françoisf

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8375

Related subjects

toxic benthic cyanobacteria / ecology / toxin production / monitoring / risk assessment

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