
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Johnston, NAL 
A1  - Campagna, VS 
A1  - Hawkins, PR 
A1  - Banens, RJ 
T1  - Response of the eastern rainbowfish (<I>Melanotaenia duboulayi</I>) to toxic <I>Microcystis aeruginosa</I>
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 1994
VL  - 45
IS  - 5
SP  - 917
EP  - 923
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9940917 
N2  - 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. 
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