Contamination of some reservoirs and lakes in Republic of Bulgaria by microcystins

• Authors: PAVLOVA Vera; BABICA Pavel; TODOROVA D,; BRATANOVA Z.; MARŠÁLEK Blahoslav
• Year of publication: 2007
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Analytic chemistry
• Keywords: microcystins; Bulgarien; contamination
• Description: This paper presents the results from analyses of water samples from 15 Bulgarian reservoirs and lakes for detection of microcystins presence by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).Microcystis was the dominant cyanobacterial genus. The concentration of total microcystins in the biomasses ranged from 8 to 1070 ug/g (d.w.).Those first results for occurrence of microcystins in some Bulgarian reservoirs and lakes are a contribution to the knowledge on their distribution.

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