Concentration and species diversity of airborne fungi near busy streets in Lithuanian urban areas

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-239

  Lugauskas, Albinas ^a   Šveistyte, Laima ^a   Ulevičius, Vidmantas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Lithuania)

^b CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Diversity; Fungi; Species; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM HERBARUM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS SPORE; LITHUANIA; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREPTOMYCES; URBAN AREA; ZYGOMYCETES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; POPULATION DENSITY; URBAN HEALTH;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AUREOBASIDIUM; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CLADOSPORIUM; DAVIDIELLA TASSIANA; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; OOMYCETES; STREPTOMYCES; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 0347761369     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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