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Cyanotoxin Monitoring and Detection Using Passive Sampling Application
Cyanobacterial blooms in water have been extensively studied as they produce bioactive and toxic metabolites, commonly known as cyanotoxins....
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Statistical model applied in the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the relationships between environmental variables and cyanotoxin concentrations in tropical reservoirs
This article presents the use of generalized additive model for location scale and shape (GAMLSS) in the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the...
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Research on Cyanobacterial Blooms and Cyanotoxin Production in Galician Inland Waters
Cyanobacterial blooms are a global environmental concern, with sometimes serious implications for human and animal health. Consequently, they...
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Snapshot of cyanobacterial toxins in Pakistani freshwater bodies
Cyanobacteria are known to produce diverse secondary metabolites that are toxic to aquatic ecosystems and human health. However, data about the...
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Cyanotoxins in African waterbodies: occurrence, adverse effects, and potential risk to animal and human health
Public concerns about cyanotoxins production in water and its detrimental impacts on human and animal health are growing primarily due to the...
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Photo-Fenton oxidation of cylindrospermopsin at neutral pH with LEDs
Cylindrospermopsin (CYN) is a potent cyanobacterial toxin found in freshwaters worldwide. In this work, the feasibility of the photo-Fenton process...
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Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Mats (CyanoHAMs) in tropical rivers of central Mexico and their potential risks through toxin production
Cyanobacteria inhabiting lotic environments have been poorly studied and characterized in Mexico, despite their potential risks from cyanotoxin...
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Evaluation of planktonic cyanobacteria in Peruvian freshwater lentic water bodies: prevalence and regulatory framework to aid policy making
Increasing reports of cyanobacteria or cyanotoxins around the world expose a major threat for the environment, animal, and human health. Current...
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Cyanobacteria Harmful Algae Blooms: Causes, Impacts, and Risk Management
Cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (cHABs) are increasingly becoming an emerging threat to aquatic life, ecotourism, and certain real estate...
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Assessment of cyanotoxins in water and fish in an African freshwater lagoon (Lagoon Aghien, Ivory Coast) and the application of WHO guidelines
In comparison with northern countries, limited data are available on the occurrence and potential toxicity of cyanobacterial blooms in lakes and...
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Risk assessment of cyanobacteria toxic metabolites on freshwater ecosystems applying molecular methods
Cyanobacteria, ancient prokaryotes, interfere with ecosystem water quality through the production of cyanotoxins and bloom formation. Therefore, for...
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Cyanotoxin release from the benthic, mat-forming cyanobacterium Microseira (Lyngbya) wollei in the St. Lawrence River, Canada
Benthic cyanobacterial mats occurring in the St. Lawrence River fluvial lakes Saint-Louis and Saint-Pierre are dominated by Microseira (Lyngbya) wollei ...
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Selective removal of common cyanotoxins: a review
The development of cyanobacterial blooms can have adverse effects on water bodies and may produce cyanotoxins. Several physical and chemical methods...
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The link between pharmaceuticals and cyanobacteria: a review regarding ecotoxicological, ecological, and sanitary aspects
Cyanobacteria are important for ecosystem functioning, but eutrophication may affect the surrounding biome by losing ecosystem services and/or...
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Assessment of microcystins in surface water and irrigated vegetables in Kwaru stream, Hayin Danmani, Kaduna-Nigeria
Microcystins (MCs) are hepatotoxic secondary metabolites produced by several genera of cyanobacteria. Human exposure routes include drinking...
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Impact of pH on the Oxidation of Saxitoxin and Anatoxin-a with Chlorine
AbstractCyanotoxins, produced from cyanobacteria-dominated harmful algal blooms (cHABs), pose a threat to ecosystems, as well as drinking water...
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Predicting water quality variability in a Mediterranean hypereutrophic monomictic reservoir using Sentinel 2 MSI: the importance of considering model functional form
Anthropogenic eutrophication is a global environmental problem threatening the ecological functions of many inland freshwaters and diminishing their...
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Microcystin Production and Oxidative Stress
Cyanobacterial bloom and toxin production are serious environmental and social concerns in freshwater lakes and reservoir all over the world....
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Toxic Cyanobacteria in the Arctic Lakes: New Environmental Challenges. A Case Study
From the beginning of the XXI century, due to eutrophication along with arctic climate warming, algae blooms have become a typical feature in the...
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Removal of Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water Using Advanced Oxidation Processes
The efficiency of ozone treatment on the removal of three cyanotoxins in simulated Qatar tap water was evaluated. The reactivity of cyanotoxins with...