Research Article

Occurrence of Harmful Algal Blooms in Freshwater Sources of Mindu and Nyumba ya Mungu Dams, Tanzania

Table 4

Summary statistics for different types of blue-green algae toxins at Nyumba ya Mungu and Mindu Dam.

ToxinsMindu Dam (N = 38)Nyumba ya Mungu Dam (N = 24)
Mean ± SDMean ± SD

Microcystin-LR1.08 ± 0.749a1.07 ± 0.499a
Microcystin-RR0.120 ± 0.021b0.124 ± 0.022b
Microcystin-YR1.37 ± 0.862a0.961 ± 0.408a

Columns not sharing the same letter in superscript are statistically different (p<0.05).