Algal 'greening' and the conservation of stone heritage structures

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 442, Issue , 2013, Pages 152-164

  Cutler, Nick A ^a,b   Viles, Heather A ^a   Ahmad, Samin ^a   McCabe, Stephen ^c   Smith, Bernard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algal soiling; Biodeterioration; Building stone; Climate change; Green algae; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALGAL GROWTH; ALGAL SOILING; BIODETERIORATION; BUILDING CONSERVATION; BUILDING STONE; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; CONSERVATION OF STONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GREEN ALGA; HERITAGE STRUCTURES; MOISTURE LEVEL; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PHYSICAL INTEGRITY; POINT MEASUREMENT; SUB-SURFACES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE TEXTURES; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

ALGAE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOFILMS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DETERIORATION; HARDNESS; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; MOISTURE; TEXTURES;

WEATHERING;

BIODEGRADATION; BUILDING STONE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREEN ALGA; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; MOISTURE; PERMEABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING; BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SANDSTONE;

ALGA; ALGAL GREENING; ALGAL GROWTH; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PLANT NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE ANALYSIS; STONE COLOR; STONE HERITAGE STRUCTURE; STONE PERMEABILITY; STRUCTURE COLLAPSE; SURFACE HARDNESS; SURFACE TEXTURE; UNITED KINGDOM; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETERIORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREEN ALGA; HARDNESS; PERMEABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BELFAST [NORTHERN IRELAND]; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA;

BIOFILMS; CHLOROPHYTA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MATERIALS TESTING; NORTHERN IRELAND; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84869886028     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.050     Document Type: Article

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