Freshwater neurotoxins and concerns for human, animal, and ecosystem health: A review of anatoxin-a and saxitoxin

VG Christensen, E Khan - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Toxic cyanobacteria are a concern worldwide because they can adversely affect humans,
animals, and ecosystems. However, neurotoxins produced by freshwater cyanobacteria are …

Aquatic invasive species: challenges for the future

JE Havel, KE Kovalenko, SM Thomaz, S Amalfitano… - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
Humans have effectively transported thousands of species around the globe and, with
accelerated trade; the rate of introductions has increased over time. Aquatic ecosystems …

The complexity of urban eco-evolutionary dynamics

M Alberti, EP Palkovacs, SD Roches, LD Meester… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Urbanization is changing Earth's ecosystems by altering the interactions and feedbacks
between the fundamental ecological and evolutionary processes that maintain life. Humans …

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) for assessment of microbial water quality: current progress, challenges, and future opportunities

BF Tan, C Ng, JP Nshimyimana, LL Loh… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Water quality is an emergent property of a complex system comprised of interacting
microbial populations and introduced microbial and chemical contaminants. Studies …

The interaction between cyanobacteria and zooplankton in a more eutrophic world

KA Ger, P Urrutia-Cordero, PC Frost, LA Hansson… - Harmful algae, 2016 - Elsevier
As blooms of cyanobacteria expand and intensify in freshwater systems globally, there is
increasing interest in their ecological effects. In addition to being public health hazards …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on operation and performance of source water control strategies for cyanobacterial blooms: Part II-mechanical and biological control methods

FA Kibuye, A Zamyadi, EC Wert - Harmful Algae, 2021 - Elsevier
This review summarizes current knowledge on mechanical (artificial mixing, hypolimnetic
aeration, dredging, and sonication) and biological (biomanipulation, macrophytes, and …

Microbial communities reflect temporal changes in cyanobacterial composition in a shallow ephemeral freshwater lake

JN Woodhouse, AS Kinsela, RN Collins… - The ISME …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The frequency of freshwater cyanobacterial blooms is at risk of increasing as a consequence
of climate change and eutrophication of waterways. It is increasingly apparent that abiotic …

Global expansion of toxic and non-toxic cyanobacteria: effect on ecosystem functioning

A Sukenik, A Quesada, N Salmaso - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2015 - Springer
The recent invasion and proliferation of toxic cyanobacteria in diverse aquatic habitats is a
well-known worldwide phenomenon. The expansion of cyanobacterial blooms have the …

Response of natural cyanobacteria and algae assemblages to a nutrient pulse and elevated temperature

M Lürling, MME Mello, F Van Oosterhout… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Eutrophication (nutrient over-enrichment) is the primary worldwide water quality issue often
leading to nuisance cyanobacterial blooms. Climate change is predicted to cause further …

Host-genotype dependent gut microbiota drives zooplankton tolerance to toxic cyanobacteria

E Macke, M Callens, L De Meester… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The gut microbiota impacts many aspects of its host's biology, and is increasingly
considered as a key factor mediating performance of host individuals in continuously …