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Potential toxicity of the freshwater Chrysochromulina species C. parva (Prymnesiophyceae)

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A mass development of Chrysochromulina parva Lackey — 614 000 cells per ml, associated with fish mortality, is reported from a small Danish lake. None of the analyses performed showed any reason for the fish kill. Even oxygen conditions were favourable. Thus toxins from the Chrysochromulina might be responsible for the fish kill. If true, this would be the first record of toxicity in a freshwater Chrysochromulina.

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  1. Carl Bro A/S, Granskoven 8, 2600, Glostrup, Denmark

    Lone Reersø Hansen

  2. Botanical Institute, Department of Mycology & Phycology, University of Copenhagen, Ø. Farimagsgade 2 D, 1353, Copenhagen K., Denmark

    Jørgen Kristiansen

  3. Roskilde Amtskommune Teknisk Forvaltning, Køgevej 80, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Jørn Vistisen Rasmussen

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Hansen, L.R., Kristiansen, J. & Rasmussen, J.V. Potential toxicity of the freshwater Chrysochromulina species C. parva (Prymnesiophyceae). Hydrobiologia 287, 157–159 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00010731

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