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Microcystin concentrations and genetic diversity of Microcystis in the lower Great Lakes.
Environmental toxicology - 1 Aug 2008
Dyble Julianne, Fahnenstiel Gary L, Litaker R Wayne, Millie David F, Tester Patricia A
Abstract excerpt
The resurgence of Microcystis blooms in the lower Great Lakes region is of great concern to public and ecosystem health due to the potential for these colonial cyanobacteria to produce hepatotoxic microcystins. A survey of Microcystis cell densities and microcystin concentrations during August 2004 showed particularly high concentrations of both cells and toxin in the nearshore regions of Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron)...
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