Fluorescence methods for investigation of cyanobacterial communities during environmental monitoring of water bodies

The applicability of confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) for environmental monitoring of water bodies is demonstrated on several examples. Such CLSM methods as spectral imaging and microscopic spectroscopy of living cyanobacterial cells are considered. It is shown that fluorescence spectroscopy application can facilitate time-consuming process of taxonomic analysis of field samples and to make monitoring of water bodies during cyanobacterial blooms, on-line.