Screen LibraryA guide to cyanobacteria : identification and impact /
Blue-green algae (also known as cyanobacteria) and the toxins they can produce pose economic, environmental, and public health problems. Much of the scientific and public interest in these microorganisms arises from their tendency to undergo explosive population growth and form harmful blooms, which...
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University Press of Kentucky,
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| Publisher Address: | Lexington, Kentucky : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Blue-green algae (also known as cyanobacteria) and the toxins they can produce pose economic, environmental, and public health problems. Much of the scientific and public interest in these microorganisms arises from their tendency to undergo explosive population growth and form harmful blooms, which have inflicted damage in industries as diverse as health care, public utilities, agriculture, recreation, real estate, and commercial and sport fishing. This book explains how to identify different kinds of cyanobacteria and understand their impact on waterways. |
| Carrier Form: | 174 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-167) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780813175591 0813175593 |
| Index Number: | QR99 |
| CLC: | Q949.22 |
| Call Number: | Q949.22/N673 |
| Contents: | Collecting cyanobacteria -- Description -- Cyanobacterial toxicity -- Cyanotoxin classification -- Preventive maintenance and control of algal blooms -- The key -- Descriptions of genera. |