
%0 Journal Article
%A Johnston, NAL 
%A Campagna, VS 
%A Hawkins, PR 
%A Banens, RJ 
%T Response of the eastern rainbowfish (<I>Melanotaenia duboulayi</I>) to toxic <I>Microcystis aeruginosa</I>
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1994/07/01
%V 45
%N 5
%P 917-923
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9940917
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9940917 
%X Eastern rainbowfish (Melanotaenia duboulayi) were exposed to lysed cell suspensions of toxic Microcystis aeruginosa. Fish ventilatory behaviour was monitored with a computerized biomonitoring system. At its operational settings, the biomonitor did not detect a significant ventilatory response in the test fish when they were exposed to microcystin concentrations between 1.6 &#215; 10-3 and 2.6µg mL-1 microcystin-LR equivalent. These results suggested that the fish respiratory system is unaffected by short-term exposure to microcystin or other biologically active compounds produced by M. aeruginosa. 
