Significant influence of fungi on coarse carbonaceous and potassium aerosols in a tropical rainforest

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Zhisheng ^a   Engling, Guenter ^b,c   Zhang, Leiming ^d   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^e   Yang, Yihong ^f   Tao, Jun ^a   Zhang, Renjian ^g   Chan, Chuen Yu ^h   Li, Yide ⁱ  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^h Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

ⁱ Guangdong Forestry Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

fungal spores; molecular tracers; organic carbon; potassium; source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM; TROPICS; WIND;

FUNGAL SPORES; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MOLECULAR TRACER; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRINCIPAL FACTOR ANALYSIS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; WATER SOLUBLE INORGANIC IONS;

FUNGI;

AEROSOL; BIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; METEOROLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TRACER; WIND VELOCITY;

FUNGI;

EID: 84925434847     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/3/034015     Document Type: Article

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