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Culture and purification

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Cyanobacteria and toxins

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Cryopreservation

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Identification of algae and cyanobacteria

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  • Siver, P. A. & Shayler, H. A. 2004. Key to common freshwater algae. Connecticut College, Environmental Studies Program, Freshwater Ecology Laboratory. Available at https://fmp.conncoll.edu/Silicasecchidisk/CarolinaKey_Information.html

  • Tomas, C. (Ed.). 1997. Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. Academic Press. 858 pp. ISBN 0-12-693018-X. Available at: http://www.amazon.com/Identifying-Marine-Phytoplankton-Carmelo-Tomas/dp/012693018X (EXCELLENT AND UP TO DATE)

  • Wehr, J. D. & Sheath, R. G. (Eds.). 2003. Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification. 917 pages. Academic Press. San Diego, CA. 

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  • Whitton, B. A. and Potts, M. (eds.) 1999. Ecology of Cyanobacteria: Their Diversity in Time and Space. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston.

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