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A review of current knowledge on toxic benthic freshwater cyanobacteria--ecology, toxin production and risk management.
Quiblier Catherine,Wood Susanna,Wood Susanna,Echenique-Subiabre Isidora,Heath Mark,Villeneuve Aurélie,Humbert Jean-François +6 more
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Current knowledge on benthic cyanobacteria: ecology, toxin-producing species, variables that regulate toxin production and bloom formation, their impact on aquatic and terrestrial organisms and current monitoring and management strategies are reviewed.About:
This article is published in Water Research.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 302 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Benthic zone & Algal bloom.read more
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Cyanotoxins: producing organisms, occurrence, toxicity, mechanism of action and human health toxicological risk evaluation
Franca M. Buratti,Maura Manganelli,Susanna Vichi,Mara Stefanelli,Simona Scardala,Emanuela Testai,Enzo Funari +6 more
TL;DR: The properties of the most frequently detected cyanotoxins (namely, microcystins, nodularins, cylindrospermopsin and neurotoxins) are reviewed, describing for each toxin the available information on producing organisms, biosynthesis/genetic and occurrence with a focus on the toxicological profile.
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Harmful Algal Blooms
Susan B. Watson,Brian A. Whitton,Scott N. Higgins,Hans W. Paerl,Bryan W. Brooks,John D. Wehr +5 more
TL;DR: While HABs are as diverse as the water bodies they impact, this chapter focuses on some specific examples of known HAB taxa that affect inland waters in North America and highlight some of the important strategies used by these species to enable their excessive growth.
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An overview of the accumulation of microcystins in aquatic ecosystems
TL;DR: The use of water contaminated with MCs may induce food chain contaminations with considerable health risks, and this review summarizes the present state of knowledge regarding toxic cyanobacteria and MCs, with a specific focus on their distribution in different components of aquatic ecosystems.
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The Phylogeny, Biodiversity, and Ecology of the Chloroflexi in Activated Sludge
TL;DR: A wider look is taken at what the authors now know about Chloroflexi, especially their global distribution in activated sludge plants, and what their functional roles there might be, and why such information might provide clues as to how their population levels may be manipulated.
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Canine Cyanotoxin Poisonings in the United States (1920s–2012): Review of Suspected and Confirmed Cases from Three Data Sources
TL;DR: More than 230 discreet cyanobacteria harmful algal bloom (cyanoHAB) events and 368 cases of cyanotoxin poisoning associated with dogs throughout the U.S. between the late 1920s and 2012 are identified.
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Toxic cyanobacteria in water: a guide to their public health consequences, monitoring and management.
Ingrid Chorus,Jamie Bartram +1 more
TL;DR: The state of knowledge regarding the principal considerations in the design of programmes and studies for monitoring water resources and supplies and describes the approaches and procedures used as mentioned in this paper, and the information needed for protecting drinking water sources and recreational water bodies from the health hazards caused by cyanobacteria and their toxins.
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Controlling Eutrophication: Nitrogen and Phosphorus
Daniel J. Conley,Hans W. Paerl,Robert W. Howarth,Donald F. Boesch,Sybil P. Seitzinger,Karl E. Havens,Christiane Lancelot,Gene E. Likens +7 more
TL;DR: Improvements in the water quality of many freshwater and most coastal marine ecosystems requires reductions in both nitrogen and phosphorus inputs.
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Climate change: A catalyst for global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms
Hans W. Paerl,Jef Huisman +1 more
TL;DR: Recent studies revealing that regional and global climatic change may benefit various species of harmful cyanobacteria by increasing their growth rates, dominance, persistence, geographic distributions and activity are reviewed.
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Harmful cyanobacterial blooms: causes, consequences, and controls.
TL;DR: In this article, the applicability and feasibility of various controls and management approaches for natural waters and drinking water supplies are discussed, and a key underlying approach that should be considered in almost all instances is nutrient (both N and P) input reductions; which have been shown to effectively reduce cyanobacterial biomass, and therefore limit health risks and frequencies of hypoxic events.
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Cyanobacterial toxins: risk management for health protection
TL;DR: Key procedures in the risk management of cyanobacterial toxins and cells are reviewed, including derivations of tolerable daily intakes and guideline values with reference to the toxins in drinking water, and guideline levels for toxigenic cyanobacteria in bathing waters.