Ergosterol, arabitol and mannitol as tracers for biogenic aerosols in the eastern Mediterranean

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 829-839

  Burshtein, N ^a   Lang Yona, N ^a   Rudich, Y ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AEROSOL; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ERGOSTEROL; FUNGUS; SEASONALITY; TRACER; VEGETATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

FUNGI;

EID: 79551553053     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-829-2011     Document Type: Article

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