Detection, Control and Removal of Harmful Algal Toxins
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine and Freshwater Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 3507
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA
Interests: cyanobacteria; toxins; analysis; toxicology; toxin discovery
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Harmful algal and cyanobacterial blooms have the potential to produce a wide range of toxic compounds and to contaminate marine and freshwaters. In waters that are used for recreation, the harvesting of seafood and the preparation of drinking water, including desalination, such toxins have the potential to cause adverse human, animal and environmental health effects. To protect human and animal health, analytical methods are required to monitor their presence and to determine whether control, depuration or removal systems are working adequately. This Special Issue calls for manuscripts that deal with a range of cyanobacterial and harmful algal toxins, their detection in marine and freshwater environments, and ways to monitor their removal and deleterious effects. Manuscripts are required in all areas of the detection of algal and cyanobacterial toxins, and their removal and control in a range of matrices and environments.
Dr. James Metcalf
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- harmful algae
- cyanobacteria
- detection
- toxin
- depuration
- persistence
- presence
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