Table 5.
Cyano-neurotoxin concentrations (µg/g) measured using HPLC/FL in aquatic plant samples from 12 reservoirs in Nebraska in 2009 and 2010.
| Reservoir | BMAA (µg/g) 2009 | BMAA (µg/g) 2010 | DABA (µg/g) 2009 | DABA (µg/g) 2010 | Anatoxin-a (µg/g) 2009 | Anatoxin-a (µg/g) 2010 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Bound | Free | Bound | Free | Bound | Free | Bound | Free | Bound | Free | Bound | |
| Bluestem | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Branched Oak | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Conestoga | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| East Twin | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Holmes | ND | ND | ND | 4.5 | ND | ND | ND | 1.61 | ND | ND | 0.61 | 4.44 |
| Kirkman’s Cove | 6.68 | 12.7 | ND | 4.68 | ND | 2.59 | ND | 3.37 | 0.24 | 8.05 | ND | 4.61 |
| Pawnee | ND | 0.48 | 3.51 | 6.56 | ND | 1.9 | ND | 2.11 | ND | 0.18 | 0.36 | 2.47 |
| Rockford | 13.4 | 7.53 | 1.86 | 6.7 | ND | 2.06 | ND | 2.16 | 0.22 | 2.36 | 0.26 | 1.47 |
| Stagecoach | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Swan Creek | ND | 3.61 | 2.61 | 6.37 | ND | 7.29 | 1.96 | 3.26 | 0.36 | 2.71 | 0.38 | 8.01 |
| Wagon Train | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Willow Creek | 4.53 | 7.07 | ND | ND | 2.19 | 8.31 | ND | ND | 0.42 | 3.25 | ND | ND |