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The effects of temperature and nutrients on the growth and dynamics of toxic and non-toxic strains of Microcystis during cyanobacteria blooms

T. Davis,Dianna L. Berry,G. Boyer,C. Gobler

2009 · DOI: 10.1016/J.HAL.2009.02.004
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TLDR

Molecular quantification of toxic (mcyD-possessing) Microcystis was a better predictor of in situ microcystin levels than total cyanobacteria, total Micro Cystis, chlorophyll a, or other factors, being significantly correlated with the toxin in every lake studied.