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Laboratory analyses of cyanobacteria and water chemistry

PADISÁK, J., I. CHORUS, M. WELKER, Blahoslav MARŠÁLEK, R. KURMAYER et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Laboratory analyses of cyanobacteria and water chemistry

Authors

PADISÁK, J., I. CHORUS, M. WELKER, Blahoslav MARŠÁLEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and R. KURMAYER

Edition

London, Toxic Cyanobacteria in Water, p. 689-743, 55 pp. 2nd Edition, 2021

Publisher

CRC Press

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/21:00124401

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

ISBN

978-1-003-08144-9

Keywords in English

cyanobacteria; water resources; cyanotoxin; analyses;

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 16/5/2022 12:44, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Abstract

V originále

Identification and quantification of cyanobacteria in water resources is a basic component of cyanotoxin monitoring programmes to effectively allow early alerts of the type of toxins to expect as well as of bloom development. Decisions on the type of analyses required should be made prior to sample collection. On-site analyses are generally less accurate and less sensitive compared to laboratory analyses but are, on the other hand, less expensive and faster with respect to time to result. Samples may therefore require immediate evaluation on arrival in the laboratory to determine if pretreatment is needed prior to appropriate sample storage. For establishing cyanobacterial identification in a laboratory, consultation with experts on cyanobacterial identification is helpful. As cyanobacterial biomass and community composition is highly inconstant in space and time, a quantification approach that is able to follow this variability is valuable. Microscopic counting of cyanobacterial cells, filaments or colonies has the advantage of directly assessing the abundance of potentially toxic taxa.