Response of natural phytoplankton communities from Green Bay (Lake Michigan) and Maumee Bay (Lake Erie) to laboratory manipulations of nutrient and trace metal availability during late summer 2018
Microcystins (MC) are a class of cyanotoxins produced by many cyanobacteria taxa.  Although toxic to metazoans, the evolution of microcystin pre-dates the appearance of metazoans, and so MC did not originate as a toxin to potential metazoan grazers.  One hypothesized functional role of microcystin is the management …