Airborne Alternaria and Cladosporium species and relationship with meteorological conditions in Eskisehir City, Turkey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 31-41

  Erkara, Ismuhan Potoglu ^a   Asan, Ahmet ^b   Yilmaz, Veysel ^a   Pehlivan, Sevil ^c   Okten, Suzan Sarica ^b  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aeromycology; Airborne fungi; Airspora; Alternaria; Bioaerosol; Cladosporium; Fungal spore concentration

Indexed keywords

AEROMYCOLOGY; AIRBORNE FUNGI; AIRSPORA; ALTERNARIA; BIOAEROSOL; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGAL SPORE CONCENTRATION;

RAIN;

AEROSOL; FUNGUS; METEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPORE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FUNGUS SPORE; GRAVIMETRY; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WIND;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALTERNARIA; CITIES; CLADOSPORIUM; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TURKEY; WEATHER;

ESKISEHIR [ESKISEHIR (PRV)]; ESKISEHIR [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY;

ALTERNARIA; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI;

EID: 51749109170     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9939-0     Document Type: Article

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