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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Volume 37, Issue 5, Pages 1817-1824Publisher
AMER SOC AGRONOMY
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0368
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The presence and levels of the cyanobacterial toxins microcystin-LR, anatoxin-a, and cylindrospermopsin were measured in various Wisconsin waters where algal nuisance or bloom conditions were noted. Out of 741 samples analyzed, 36 had detectable levels of microcystin-LR (49%), and four had detectable levels of anatoxin-a (5%). Cylindrospermopsin, the toxin produced by Cylindrospermopsis (a warm water species that has been moving its range northward, including to Wisconsin), was not detected in the field samples tested. Concentrations of microcystin-LR ranged from 1.2 to 7600 mu g L(-1). Anatoxin-a ranged from 0.68 to 1750 mu g L(-1), which is the highest concentration reported from around the world. Cyanobacterial toxins, because of their high potency deserve continued scrutiny by resource managers and public health officials responsible for recreational waters.
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