Cyanobacteria and cyanobacterial toxins in three alkaline Rift Valley lakes of Kenya—Lakes Bogoria, Nakuru and Elmenteita
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ANDREAS BALLOT*, LOTHAR KRIENITZ, KIPLAGAT KOTUT, CLAUDIA WIEGAND, JAMES S. METCALF, GEOFFREY A. CODD AND STEPHAN PFLUGMACHER LEIBNIZ-INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES, DEPARTMENT OF LIMNOLOGY OF STRATIFIED LAKES, ALTE FISCHERHÜTTE 2, D-16775 STECHLIN, GERMANY, KENYATTA UNIVERSITY, BOTANY DEPARTMENT, PO BOX 43844, NAIROBI, KENYA, 2 LEIBNIZ-INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES, AG BIOGEOCHEMICAL REGULATION, MÜGGELSEEDAMM 301, D-12587 BERLIN, GERMANY AND DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND APPLIED BIOLOGY, SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE, DUNDEE DD1 4HN, UK
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