Total bacterial number concentration in free tropospheric air above the Alps

Aerobiologia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-159

  Xia, Y ^a   Conen, F ^a   Alewell, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Free troposphere; Ice nucleator; Radon; Total bacterial number concentration

Indexed keywords

RADON 222;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLOUD; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SWITZERLAND; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84872688337     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-012-9259-x     Document Type: Article

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