Environmental factors related to the occurrence of potentially toxic cyanobacteria in Guarapiranga Reservoir, SP, Brazil

• Published in: Revista ambiente & água Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 819 - 832
• Main Authors: Leila dos Santos Machado, Larissa Gonçalves Santos, Julio Cesar Lopez Doval, Marcelo Luiz Martins Pompêo, Viviane Moschini-Carlos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) 01.11.2016
• Subjects: biomass; eutrophication; nutrients

The objective of this study was to investigate which environmental variables are correlated to the occurrence and dominance of potentially toxic species in Guarapiranga Reservoir, in the metropolitan region of São Paulo/SP - Brazil. Water samples were collected in order to conduct physical, chemical...