First observation of microcystin-LR in pelagic cyanobacterial blooms in the northern Baltic Sea

Krister M. Karlsson; Harri Kankaanpää; Maija Huttunen; Jussi Meriluoto

doi:10.1016/j.hal.2004.02.002

First observation of microcystin-LR in pelagic cyanobacterial blooms in the northern Baltic Sea

Krister M. Karlsson^*, Harri Kankaanpää, Maija Huttunen, Jussi Meriluoto

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Abstract

Cyanobacterial bloom samples from the Gulf of Finland (northern Baltic Sea) were collected in July 2003 and analyzed for microcystins and nodularins, cyanobacterial peptide hepatotoxins, by ELISA, HPLC-UV and LC-MS. The blooms consisted mainly of the genera Nodularia, Anabaena and Aphanizomenon. The main hepatotoxin in the samples was nodularin-R (Nod-R), all the samples also contained demethylnodularin-R. The presence of microcystin-LR was confirmed in three locations out of nine by multiple reactant monitoring on the triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. This is the first reported finding of microcystins in the Baltic Sea from the open sea area. Anabaena was the likely producer of microcystin-LR in the samples.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	163-166
Number of pages	4
Journal	Harmful Algae
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2004.02.002
Publication status	Published - Jan 2005
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Baltic Sea
Cyanobacteria
Hepatotoxins
LC-MS
Microcystin-LR
Nodularins

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First observation of microcystin-LR in pelagic cyanobacterial blooms in the northern Baltic Sea

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