Toxic cyanobacteria: a growing threat to water and air quality

HE Plaas, HW Paerl - Environmental science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms (CyanoHABs) poses an increasing
threat to public health. CyanoHABs are characterized by the production of toxic metabolites …

Photocatalytic degradation of microcystin-LR by modified TiO2 photocatalysis: A review

X He, A Wang, P Wu, S Tang, Y Zhang, L Li… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Microcystin-LR (MC-LR), the most toxic and commonly encountered cyanotoxin, is
produced by harmful cyanobacterial blooms and potentially threatens human and …

Cyanobacterial toxins: Modes of actions, fate in aquatic and soil ecosystems, phytotoxicity and bioaccumulation in agricultural crops

S Corbel, C Mougin, N Bouaïcha - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
The occurrence of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in surface waters is often accompanied by
the production of a variety of cyanotoxins. These toxins are designed to target in humans …

Evidence for a novel marine harmful algal bloom: cyanotoxin (microcystin) transfer from land to sea otters

MA Miller, RM Kudela, A Mekebri, D Crane, SC Oates… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
“Super-blooms” of cyanobacteria that produce potent and environmentally persistent
biotoxins (microcystins) are an emerging global health issue in freshwater habitats …

Hepatotoxic cyanobacteria: a review of the biological importance of microcystins in freshwater environments

RW Zurawell, H Chen, JM Burke… - Journal of Toxicology and …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Cyanobacteria possess many adaptations to develop population maxima or “blooms” in
lakes and reservoirs. A potential consequence of freshwater blooms of many cyanobacterial …

[HTML][HTML] Application of hyperspectral remote sensing to cyanobacterial blooms in inland waters

RM Kudela, SL Palacios, DC Austerberry… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cyanobacterial blooms are increasingly posing a severe threat to inland waters, particularly
at the land-sea interface where toxins can be transported downstream with subsequent …

Cyanobacteria toxins and the current state of knowledge on water treatment options: a review

C Svrcek, DW Smith - Journal of Environmental Engineering …, 2004 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Cyanobacteria toxins have quickly risen in infamy as important water contaminants that
threaten human health. This paper provides a broad overview of cyanobacteria toxins and …

Efficient removal of microcystin-LR by UV-C/H2O2 in synthetic and natural water samples

X He, M Pelaez, JA Westrick, KE O'Shea, A Hiskia… - Water research, 2012 - Elsevier
The destruction of the commonly found cyanobacterial toxin, microcystin-LR (MC-LR), in
surface waters by UV-C/H2O2 advanced oxidation process (AOP) was studied. Experiments …

The fate of microcystins in the environment and challenges for monitoring

JR Schmidt, SW Wilhelm, GL Boyer - Toxins, 2014 - mdpi.com
Microcystins are secondary metabolites produced by cyanobacteria that act as hepatotoxins
in higher organisms. These toxins can be altered through abiotic processes, such as …

[图书][B] Ecology of humic substances in freshwaters: determinants from geochemistry to ecological niches

C Steinberg - 2013 - books.google.com
Humic Substances color all waters more or less brown. Their concentrations exceed all
carbon of living organisms by at least one order of magnitude. Opposite to former …