Fungal spores overwhelm biogenic organic aerosols in a midlatitudinal forest

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 7497-7506

  Zhu, Chunmao ^a,b,d   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^a,e   Fukuda, Yasuro ^a   Mochida, Michihiro ^c   Iwamoto, Yoko ^c,f  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOMARKER; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIURNAL VARIATION; FUNGUS; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SPORE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; WAKAYAMA [KINKI];

EID: 84975459699     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-7497-2016     Document Type: Article

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