Blooms of Toxic Cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena in Norwegian Fjords During Holocene Warm Periods

• Published in: Toxins
• Main Authors: Robert Konkel, Anna Toruńska-Sitarz, Marta Cegłowska, Žilvinas Ežerinskis, Justina Šapolaitė, Jonas Mažeika, Hanna Mazur-Marzec
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: nodularin; anabaenopeptins; genetic markers; Holocene climate optimum; sediment cores; Norwegian fjords; Medicine; R; Balsfjorden
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12040257; https://doaj.org/article/e0ae7c44ab2f4e8d9a029206d229f691

In paleoecological studies, molecular markers are being used increasingly often to reconstruct community structures, environmental conditions and ecosystem changes. In this work, nodularin, anabaenopeptins and selected DNA sequences were applied as Nodularia spumigena markers to reconstruct the hist...