Factors Shaping the Pattern of Seasonal Variations of Microcystins in Lake Xingyun, a Subtropical Plateau Lake in China

Factors Affecting Temporal and Spatial Variations of Microcystins in Gonghu Bay of Lake Taihu, with Potential Risk of Microcystin Contamination to Human Health

“…In the present study, higher water temperatures in summer and autumn, therefore, explain why there were higher MC concentrations in Gonghu Bay, and the maximum value of intra-and extracellular MCs occurred at 24°C (in October). The optimal temperature for MC production by M. aeruginosa was between 20 and 25°C in previous laboratory [36,37] and field studies [24]. Our results are in agreement with these studies.…”

“…Such studies provide valuable information on which environmental conditions most tend to be associated with high MC concentrations; however, empirical relationships between MCs and environmental factors have seldom been developed. Studies on the interactions between MCs and physicochemical variables are still lacking in Chinese lakes in spite of the abundant presence of cyanobacterial blooms in many eutrophic lakes in China [23,24,25].…”

Isolation and characterization of microcystin producing Microcystis from a Central Indian water bloom

“…Microcystis, Anabaena and Planktothrix (Oscillatoria) are the common MC producing cyanobacterial genera (Carmichael, 1992;Chorus and Bartram, 1999). However, the majority of the MCs producing blooms are dominated by Microcystis (Codd, 1999;Kaebernick et al, 2000;Lehman et al, 2005;Li et al, 2007;Dai et al, 2008;Xu et al, 2008).…”

Destruction of microcystin-RR by Fenton oxidation

“…It is worth to note that sometimes the content of MC-RR is higher than that of MC-LR in source water [13][14][15]. Hence, it is important to promote the removal of MC-RR in source water.…”