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Table 1.

Data related to the contamination of aquatic ecosystems with BMAA and its isomers.

Type of Sample	Type and Number of Samples	Origins	Concentrations of BMAA and Isomers, Reported in µg g⁻¹ DW of Phytoplankton Biomass or in µg L⁻¹ of Water Sample			LOD	LOQ	Reference	Score
Type of Sample	Type and Number of Samples	Origins	BMAA	AEG	DAB	LOD	LOQ	Reference	Score
Water	Lake water (n = 12)	Canada	Fbmaa ⁽¹⁾ ND-0.3 μg L⁻¹	fAEG ⁽¹⁾ ND-0.08 μg L⁻¹	fDAB ⁽¹⁾ ND-0.04 μg L⁻¹	in µg L⁻¹ BMAA 0.008 AEG 0.009 DAB 0.007	in µg L⁻¹ BMAA 0.02 AEG 0.03 DAB 0.02	[36]	A
	Finjasjön Lake	Sweden	tBMAA ND-6 ng g⁻¹ DW	–	–	BMAA ⁽²⁾ 0.8 µg L⁻¹	BMAA ⁽²⁾ 0.8 µg L⁻¹	[48]	B
	Lake water (n = 3)	China	fBMAA ND pbBMAA ND	–	fDAB 0.4–3.8 ng g⁻¹ WW pbDAB ND	BMAA 2 pg DAB 5 pg	–	[49]	B
Cyanobacteria	Cyanobacteria	NA	fBMAA ND tBMAA ND	–	–	In µg g⁻¹ DW fBMAA 0.2–1 tBMAA 2.5–20	–	[21]	A
	Lagoon periphyton	France	tsBMAA 1.3–4.3 μg g⁻¹ DW	tsAEG ND-0.8 μg g⁻¹	tsDAB 1.3–4.8 μg g⁻¹ DW fDAB: mean 0.49 μg g⁻¹ DW	0.23 µg g⁻¹ DW	–	[24]	A
	Lagoon seston	France	Micro sbBMAA mean 0.49 μg g⁻¹ DW Zoo: sbBMAA mean 0.63 μg g⁻¹ DW	Micro ND Zoo ND	Micro sbDAB mean 0.69 μg g⁻¹ DW Zoo sbDAB mean 0.92 μg g⁻¹ DW	0.23 µg g⁻¹ DW	–	[24]	A
	Baltic sea blooms (n = 4)	Sweden Finland	fBMAA ND pbBMAA ND	–	–	In µg g⁻¹ fBMAA 1 tBMAA 4	–	[25]	A
	Cyanobacterial scums, urban water bodies (n = 21)	Netherlands	fBMAA ND-42 μg g⁻¹ DW (9/21) pbBMAA ND	–	tDAB ND-4 μg g⁻¹ DW (2/21) pbDAB ND	–	–	[34]	B
	Cyanobacteria Baltic Sea, Askö Island	Sweden	tBMAA 2.3–15 ng g⁻¹ DW	–	–	70 fmol	–	[40]	B

⁽¹⁾ No acidic extraction (6 N HCl) is mentioned in the material and method section. ⁽²⁾ Limits of detection/quantification determined for matrices other than water; sb = soluble bound; pb = precipitated bound; f = free; ts = total soluble; t = total; NA = data not available; NQ = not quantified; ND = not detected; DW = dry weight; WW = wet weight; Micro = microalgae-dominated fraction of the seston; Zoo = zooplankton-dominated fraction of the seston.