Harmful cyanobacteria / edited by Jef Huisman and Hans C.P. Matthijs and Petra M. Visser

Includes bibliographical references and index

Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Harmful cyanobacteria : from mass mortalities to management measures / G.A. Codd ... [et al.] -- 2. Molecular biology of cyanobacterial toxins: genetic basis of microcystin production / T. Borner & E. Dittmann -- 3. Dynamics of cyanobacterial toxins: sources of variability in microcystin concentrations / W.E.A. Kardinaal & P.M. Visser -- 4. Nutrient limitation of freshwater cyanobacteria: tools to monitor phosphorus limitation at the individual level / M. Dignum ... [et al.] -- 5. Nutrient limitation of marine cyanobacteria: molecular ecology of nitrogen limitation in an oligotrophic sea / A.F. Post -- 6. The ecophysiology of the harmful cyanobacteriam microcystis: features explaining its success and measures for its control / P.M. Visser ... [et al.] -- 7. Population dynamics of harmful cyanobacteria: factors affecting species composition / J. Huisman & F.D. Hulot -- 8. Optical detection of cyanobacterial blooms: shipboard observation and remote sensing / H.J. Gons ... [et al.] -- 9. Water safety plans: a better approach to prevent human exposure to harmful cyanobacteria / I. Chorus -- Index