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Optical Sensors for Detection of Cyanobacteria

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Synonyms

Cyanobacterial detection; CyanoHAB detection

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Anthropogenic eutrophication:

An increased input of nutrients (namely, nitrogen and phosphorous) into the ecosystem caused by human activities, stimulating proliferation of photoautotrophic organisms.

Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae):

A group of photosynthesizing prokaryotic organisms inhabiting a wide range of biotopes, including both planktonic and benthic species in freshwater, brackish and coastal marine ecosystems, and also living in soil, on glaciers, in volcanic hot springs or deserts, or symbiotically with fungi (in lichens), ferns (in Azolla), or molluscs.

Cyanobacterial water bloom:

Massive proliferation and accumulation of planktonic cyanobacteria, sometimes defined as cyanobacterial cell densities above 20,000 cells/mL (chlorophyll a 10 μg/L).

Cyanotoxins (cyanobacterial toxins):

Toxic chemicals produced by cyanobacteria. The cyanotoxins implicated in or associated with human or animal poisoning incidents and...

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We would like to acknowledge the support by the project HYDAP CZ.1.07/2.4.00/31.0213.

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  1. Department of Experimental Phycology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Lidicka 25/27, Brno, 60200, Czech Republic

    Blahoslav Marsalek & Pavel Babica

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Correspondence to Blahoslav Marsalek .

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  1. Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Université de Lorraine, Metz, France

    Jean-François Férard

  2. Aquatic Ecosystem Protection Research Division, Water Science and Technology Directorate, Environment Canada, Montréal, QC, Canada

    Christian Blaise

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Marsalek, B., Babica, P. (2013). Optical Sensors for Detection of Cyanobacteria. In: Férard, JF., Blaise, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Aquatic Ecotoxicology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5704-2_73

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