An overview of cyanobacterial bloom occurrences and research in Africa over the last decade

LL Ndlela, PJ Oberholster, JH Van Wyk, PH Cheng - Harmful Algae, 2016 - Elsevier
Cyanobacterial blooms are a current cause for concern globally, with vital water sources
experiencing frequent and increasingly toxic blooms in the past decade. These increases …

A review of the socioecological causes and consequences of cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Victoria

M Olokotum, V Mitroi, M Troussellier, R Semyalo… - Harmful algae, 2020 - Elsevier
Africa is experiencing high annual population growth in its major river basins. This growth
has resulted in significant land use change and pollution pressures on the freshwater …

A trophic state index for tropical/subtropical reservoirs (TSItsr)

DGF Cunha, M do Carmo Calijuri, MC Lamparelli - Ecological Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
Trophic state is an important property of the aquatic ecosystems as it reflects the
anthropogenic influence on water quality and the ecological functioning of rivers, lakes and …

Long-term changes of nutrients and biocenoses indicating the anthropogenic influences on ecosystem in Jiaozhou Bay and Daya Bay, China

L Zhang, L Xiong, J Li, X Huang - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Long-term changes of nutrients, plankton and macrobenthos were studied to research the
transformation of ecosystem in Jiaozhou Bay and Daya Bay in the past 30 years …

In search of floating algae and other organisms in global oceans and lakes

L Qi, C Hu, K Mikelsons, M Wang, V Lance… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Surface floating macroalgae, microalgae, and other marine and freshwater organisms have
been reported in many specific regions around the globe. However, it is technically …

Spatial variation of phytoplankton composition, biovolume, and resulting microcystin concentrations in the Nyanza Gulf (Lake Victoria, Kenya)

L Sitoki, R Kurmayer, E Rott - Hydrobiologia, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The Nyanza Gulf is a large shallow bay of Lake Victoria suffering from
eutrophication by human activities. In order to characterize the harmful algal bloom …

Is the future blue-green or brown? The effects of extreme events on phytoplankton dynamics in a semi-arid man-made lake

LC Medeiros, A Mattos, M Lürling, V Becker - Aquatic Ecology, 2015 - Springer
In arid and semi-arid regions, a hydrological regime characterized by an annual cycle of
drought and rainy seasons changes the volume and retention time of reservoirs. Such …

Potential use of cyanobacterial species in bioremediation of industrial effluents

SK Dubey, J Dubey, S Mehra, P Tiwari… - African journal of …, 2011 - ajol.info
This study investigated the potential degradation of industrial effluents by environmental
species of cyanobacteria. Cyanobacterial species isolated from the Pharmaceutical and …

[HTML][HTML] Application of SWAT to assess the effects of land use change in the Murchison Bay catchment in Uganda

LA Anaba, N Banadda, N Kiggundu… - … Water, Energy, and …, 2017 - scirp.org
The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a versatile model presently used worldwide
to evaluate water quality and hydrological concerns under varying land use and …

An overview on cyanobacterial blooms and toxins production: their occurrence and influencing factors

IY Massey, M Al Osman, F Yang - Toxin Reviews, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic bacteria inhabiting water surface. They can increase to
form a mass large enough, termed as cyanobacterial bloom. Cyanobacterial blooms can …