Table 3.

Nodularin (NOD) concentrations (mg NOD/g dry weight) in laboratory grown Nostoc and Nodularia strains, Nodularia blooms and in cycad and lichens.

Year(s)a	Location, strain	mg/g	References
LABORATORY GROWN STRAINS
2010	Brazil, Lake Salina 67 Mil, Nostoc sp. CENA543	4.3	This study
–	Australia, cycad, Nostoc sp. riedlei 65.1′	0.00035b	Gehringer et al., 2012
–	Australia, cycad, Nostoc sp. serpentine 73.1′	0.00023b	Gehringer et al., 2012
1987	Baltic Sea, N. spumigena AV1	1.9	This study
1966	France, Freshwater, N. sphaerocarpa PCC7804	1.2c	Saito et al., 2001
1966	France, Freshwater, N. sphaerocarpa PCC7804	4.2c	Beattie et al., 2000
1987	Baltic Sea, N. spumigena AV1	2.3	Fujii et al., 1997
1986	Baltic Sea, Arkona Basin, N. spumigena BY1	4–16	Lehtimäki et al., 1997
1985–1987	Baltic Sea, Nodularia spumigena	2.5–8.0	Sivonen et al., 1989
BLOOMS
1994–2005	Baltic Sea, Gulf of Gdansk	0.1–4.0	Mazur-Marzec et al., 2006
1994	Lake Zeekoevlei, South Africa	3.5	Harding et al., 1995
1992–1993	Orielton Lagoon, Tasmania	2.0–3.5	Jones et al., 1994
1990–1991	Baltic Sea, Bothnian Sea	0.3–18.1	Kononen et al., 1993
1985–1987	Baltic Sea	0.1–2.4	Sivonen et al., 1989
CYCADS AND LICHENS		μg/g
–	Australia, cycad Nostoc symbiont	0.0025b	Gehringer et al., 2012
2009	Lichen talli	<10–60	Kaasalainen et al., 2012

^aSample collection year(s).

^bmg NOD/g wet weight.

^c[Har²]NOD.