Despite there are several studies on toxin production by
cyanobacteria, most cyanotoxin research has been conducted
on planktonic cyanobacteria because of the potential
for bloom formation. However, some studies reported
that benthic cyanobacteria can also produce toxins (Aboal
et al., 2005; Mohamed et al., 2006; Izaguirre et al., 2007;