Extensive Contamination of Water with Saxitoxin Near the Dam of the Irkutsk Hydropower Station Reservoir (East Siberia, Russia)

Extensive Contamination of Water with Saxitoxin Near the Dam of the Irkutsk Hydropower Station Reservoir (East Siberia, Russia)

An area of discolored water 50 m wide and 30 m long was found in September 2017 close to the dam of the Irkutsk hydroelectric power station. Water from this spot was sampled for investigation in the present study. Microscopic analysis revealed that the suspended matter in the sample was composed of...

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Main Authors: Mikhail Grachev, Ilya Zubkov, Irina Tikhonova, Maria Ivacheva, Anton Kuzmin, Elena Sukhanova, Ekaterina Sorokovikova, Galina Fedorova, Aleksandr Galkin, Maria Suslova, Olga Netsvetayeva, Elena Eletskaya, Tatyana Pogadaeva, Vladimir Smirnov, Andrey Ivanov, Vladimir Shagun, Viktor Minaev, Olga Belykh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
Series:Toxins
Subjects:
cyanobacteria
Dolichospermum lemmermannii
saxitoxin
Lake Baikal
Irkutsk reservoir
HPLC-MS
ELISA
hydrochemical analysis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/10/10/402

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