Airborne fungal spores in an industrial area: Seasonal and diurnal periodicity

Aerobiologia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-67

  Nayak, Bijaya Kumar ^a   Nanda, Anima ^a   Behera, Narayan ^a  

^a BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

CFUs; Chloralkali factory; Diurnal variation; Fungal propagules; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHAETOMIUM; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CHAETOMIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; CURVULARIA; DRECHSLERA; EPICOCCUM; FUNGI; LASIODIPLODIA; NIGROSPORA; PENICILLIUM; PESTALOTIA;

EID: 0031858543     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02694596     Document Type: Article

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