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Examples of recent environmental and health problems with toxic cyanobacteria |
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| Toxin/Organism |
Problem |
Reference |
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| Microcystins (organism unknown) |
Associated with deaths of Eared Grebes-Salton Sea, Calif. |
[28] |
| Anatoxin-a(s) (Anabaena sp) |
Death of Crested Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Coot, domestic ducks and geese Denmark and USA |
[29] [30] |
| Microcystin (organism unknown) |
Net-Pen liver disease of Mari-cultured Atlantic Salmon: British Columbia, Canada and Washington, USA |
[14] Carmichael (unpubl. data) |
| Microcystin (organism unknown) |
Intestinal lesions of mari-cultured penniped shrimp: Hawaii, USA and Columbia, South America |
Carmichael (unpublished) |
| Microcystin (organism unknown) |
Acute lethal liver disease of aqua-cultured stripped bass: California, USA |
Carmichael (unpublished) |
| Microcystin (organism unknown) |
Acute lethal liver disease of aqua-cultured pond-raised catfish: Mississippi USA |
[31] |
| Microcystins (Microcystis aeruginosa) |
Acute non-lethal toxicity in natural populations of trout and carp: England and Australia. |
[32] [33] |
| Microcystins |
At least 52 human fatalities from use of contaminated municipal water in a hemodialysis clinic: Pernambuco, Brazil |
[6] [34] |
| Microcystins |
Great Blue Heron mortalities |
[12] |
Carmichael and Li Saline Systems 2006 2:5 doi:10.1186/1746-1448-2-5 |
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