Cladosporium airborne spore incidence in the environmental quality of the Iberian Peninsula

Grana

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 293-304

  Jesús Aira, María ^a   Rodríguez Rajo, Francisco Javier ^b   Fernández González, María ^b   Seijo, Carmen ^b   Elvira Rendueles, Belén ^c   Gutiérrez Bustillo, Montserrat ^d   Abreu, Ilda ^e   Pérez Sánchez, Elena ^d   Oliveira, Manuela ^e   Recio, Marta ^f   Morales, Julia ^g   Muñoz Rodríguez, Adolfo Francisco ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c University of Polit x00E9 cnica de Cartagena   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cladosporium; fungal spore management; Iberian Peninsula; meteorological correlation

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FUNGUS; METEOROLOGY; SPORE;

ANDALUCIA; CARTAGENA [MURCIA]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MURCIA [SPAIN]; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SEVILLA; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI;

EID: 84871126824     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173134.2012.717636     Document Type: Article

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