Atmospheric concentrations of Alternaria, Cladosporium, Ganoderma and Didymella spores monitored in Cork (Ireland) and Worcester (England) during the summer of 2010

Aerobiologia

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 397-411

  O’Connor, David J ^a   Sadyś, Magdalena ^b   Skjøth, Carsten A ^b   Healy, David A ^a   Kennedy, Roy ^b   Sodeau, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Air monitoring; Fungal spores; Meteorological parameters; Multivariate regression tree; Outdoor environment

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLADOSPORIUM; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIDYMELLA; DIURNAL SPECIES; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GANODERMA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); IRELAND; MICROSCOPE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRECIPITATION; SAMPLER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUMETRY; WINTER;

ALTERNARIA; CLADOSPORIUM; DIDYMELLA; GANODERMA;

EID: 84911960563     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-014-9337-3     Document Type: Article

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