Scientific Review
Online ISSN: 2412-2599
Print ISSN: 2413-8835
Print ISSN: 2413-8835
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Volume 8 Number 2 June 2022
Seasonal Phytoplancton Variation and Cyanotoxins in a South American Reservoir
Authors: Carlos H. Prosperi
Pages: 38-41
DOI: doi.org/10.32861/sr.82.38.41
Abstract
Excessive income of nutrients in water bodies is a process known as eutrophication and derives from the proliferation of organisms such as Cyanobacteria and several other microalgae, which are potentially hazardous to human health if they occur in a reservoir for drinking water. In this work, the case of a reservoir in the Argentine Republic, in South America, was studied. This reservoir provides drinking water to Cordoba, a city of about 1.5 million inhabitants. Together with the seasonal variation of phytoplankton diversity, also some Physico-chemical parameters were measured. The results show danger for human health, as far as eutrophication and levels of cyanotoxins are quite high.