Fungal spore content of the atmosphere of the Cave of Nerja (southern Spain): Diversity and origin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 835-843

  Docampo, Silvia ^a   Trigo, M Mar ^a   Recio, Marta ^a   Melgar, Marta ^a   García Sánchez, José ^a   Cabezudo, Baltasar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Cave; Fungal spores; Indoors

Indexed keywords

AEROBIOLOGY; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGAL SPORES; HIGH INCIDENCE; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR/OUTDOOR; INDOORS; KARSTIC CAVITIES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MEAN PERCENTAGE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SOUTHERN SPAIN; TOURIST ATTRACTIONS;

CAVES; PATHOLOGY;

FUNGI;

AEROBIOLOGY; AIR QUALITY; ALLERGY; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; KARST; SPORE; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BASIDIOMYCETES; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS SPORE; MYXOGASTRIA; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASONS; SPAIN; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ANDALUCIA; MALAGA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; OOMYCETES;

EID: 78650992602     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.048     Document Type: Article

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