Health Effects of Toxin-Producing Cyanobacteria: “The CyanoHABs”

By W. Carmichael. 2001

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Subfields: Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography

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In Environmental Chemistry

1. Hans W. Paerl
2. J. Huisman
3. Timothy G. Otten
4. P. Visser
5. C. Gobler
6. Boqiang Qin
7. Ronghua Ma
8. J. Sharples

In Oceanography

1. Hans W. Paerl
2. J. Huisman
3. P. Visser
4. Timothy G. Otten
5. C. Gobler
6. J. Sharples
7. Ben P. Sommeijer
8. Boqiang Qin

Citations in the corpus

• Contamination of water resources by pathogenic bacteria (2014, background): “human and animal health, aquatic habitats, and aquaculture industries (Kaloudis et al. 2013; Carmichael 2001; Falconer 2005; Codd et al. 1999).”
• Seamless retrievals of chlorophyll-a from Sentinel-2 (MSI) and Sentinel-3 (OLCI) in inland and coastal waters: A machine-learning approach (2020, background): “, 2016) and wildlife (Carmichael, 2001), and potentially detrimental to ecosystem function and health (Carvalho et al.”
• The Genetic Basis of Toxin Production in Cyanobacteria (2009, background): “The increasing incidence of mass developments of Cyanobacteria is a matter of growing concern, however, due to the production of toxins (so-called ‘cyanotoxins’) that threaten humans and livestock (Chorus & Bartram, 1999; Chorus et al., 2000; Carmichael, 2001).”
• Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms: Causes, Consequences, and Controls (2013, background): “Similarly, Leonard and Paerl [72] found that Cylindrospermopsis blooms discouraged copepod grazing, while rotifer grazing remained undeterred.”
• Still challenging: the ecological function of the cyanobacterial toxin microcystin – What we know so far (2018, background): “…that elicit irritation and allergic responses in human and animal tissues and also cause gastroenteritis and inflammation (Bláha et al., 2009; Carmichael, 2001; Codd, 1994; Codd et al., 2005; Falconer, 2008; Leflaive & TenHage, 2007; Pearson et al., 2010; Smith et al., 2008; Wiegand &…”
• A Drinking Water Crisis in Lake Taihu, China: Linkage to Climatic Variability and Lake Management (2010, background): “These species are known producers of the potent cyclic peptide liver toxins microcystins (MCs) ( Carmichael 2001 ).”
• Harmful algal blooms: causes, impacts and detection (2003, background): “Several recent reviews provide a detailed treatment of the range of algal toxins and their effects [29,75,179].”
• Climate-induced shifts in an experimental phytoplankton community: a mechanistic approach (2007, background): “Moreover, several cyanobacterial species can produce toxins, providing a serious threat for water quality, other aquatic organisms and human health (Carmichael, 2001; Huisman et al., 2005).”
• Summer heatwaves promote blooms of harmful cyanobacteria (2008, background): “Hence, Microcystis blooms provide a serious threat for water quality (Chorus & Bartram, 1999; Codd et al., 1999; Carmichael, 2001; Huisman et al., 2005).”
• Climate change: a catalyst for global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms. (2009, background): “Ingestion of these cyanotoxins causes widespread and serious animal and human health problems, including liver, digestive and skin diseases, neurological impairment, and death (Carmichael, 2001; Cox et al., 2003; Huisman et al., 2005).”