“…In these brackish waters, the most dominant cyanobacteria reported have been Oscillatoria spp., Microsytis aeruginosa, Planktothrix spp., Anabaena spp., as well as some unidentified picocyanobacteria (Rocha et al, 2002;Lehman et al, 2005;Verspagen et al, 2006;. In brackish waters of NW Spain, less frequent cyanobacteria such as Aphanocapsa conferta, Gomphosphaeria salina, Gloeocapsa deusta, Gloeocapsa granosa, Aphanothece stagnina, Gloeothece palea, Xenococcus pyriformis, Phormidium papyraceum, Spirulina labyrinthiformis, Symploca funicularis, Hassalia bouteillei, Tolypothrix tenuis, Nodularia spumigena and Rivularia nitida have also been reported (Calvo & Rbara, 2003).…”