Contribution of fungal spores to particulate matter in a tropical rainforest

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Ting ^a   Engling, Guenter ^b,c   Chan, Chuen Yu ^a   Zhang, Yi Nan ^a   Zhang, Zhi Sheng ^a   Lin, Mang ^a   Sang, Xue Fang ^a   Li, Y D ^d   Li, Yok Sheung ^e  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^d Guangdong Forestry Bureau   (China)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

HPAEC; Molecular tracers; Polyols; Primary biogenic aerosol particles; Source contribution

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DRUG PRODUCTS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYOLS;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; BIOGENIC AEROSOLS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE ANION-EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; HPAEC; MOLECULAR TRACER; PULSED AMPEROMETRIC DETECTION; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS;

FUNGI;

EID: 78149338631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/2/024010     Document Type: Article

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