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Cyanotoxin-producing bloom of Anabaena flos-aquae, Anabaena discoidea and Microcystis aeruginosa (Cyanobacteria) in Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, Kenya

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: A bloom of Anabaena flos-aquae, Anabaena discoidea and Microcystis aeruginosa, was characterized in Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, near Kisumu, Kenya. According to classical literature data, A. discoidea was considered to be endemic to the Great Lakes of Africa. Its morphological characteristics are described and discussed in relation to A, flos-aquae. The two samples investigated contained the cyanobacterial toxins, microcystin-LR, -RR, -LA and -LF.

Source: University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark)

Authors: Lothar Krienitz, Andreas Ballot, Claudia Wiegand, Kiplagat Kotut, Geoffrey A. Codd, Stephan Pflugmacher

Institutions: Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, University of Southern Denmark, Kenyatta University, University of Dundee

Language: English

Topic: Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Subfield: Environmental Chemistry

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2506783065

FWCI: 1.174

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