Year-long monitoring of phytoplankton community, toxigenic cyanobacteria, and total microcystins in a eutrophic tropical dam supplying the Mexico megacity

Year-long monitoring of phytoplankton community, toxigenic cyanobacteria, and total microcystins in a eutrophic tropical dam supplying the Mexico megacity

The Valle de Bravo dam is an important source of drinking water supply for the Mexico City Conurbation (>26 million inhabitants) and is also a hotspot for nautical sports, recreational fishing, and tourism. However, anthropogenic pressures in the upper reaches of the basin have led to increas...

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Main Authors: Fernando Martínez-Jerónimo, Paloma del Carmen Antuna-González, Miriam Hernández-Zamora, Laura Martínez-Jerónimo, Gabriel Munoz, Dana F. Simon, Sébastien Sauvé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
eutrophication
tropical dams
harmful cyanobacterial blooms (HCBs)
cyanotoxins
phytoplanktonic community index (PhyCOI)
Microcystis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.984365/full

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