Luiz L Mafra1, Inés Sunesen2, Estela Pires1

  • 1Centro de Estudos do Mar, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Av. Anibal Khury, 2033 - P.O. Box 61, Pontal do Paraná, PR, 83255-976, Brazil.

Harmful algae
|August 6, 2023
PubMed
概括

在南美洲,主要是在海洋环境中,越来越多地报道了本土有害藻类繁殖 (BHABs). 研究突出了关键的有毒物种及其影响,但资金和监测差距阻碍了有效的管理.

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