Seasonal distribution of microbial activity in bioaerosols in the outdoor environment of the Qingdao coastal region

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 140, Issue , 2016, Pages 506-513

  Zhong, Xi ^a   Qi, Jianhua ^a   Li, Hongtao ^a   Dong, Lijie ^a   Gao, Dongmei ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Meteorological factors; Microbial activity; Seasonal distribution; Total microbe

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COASTAL ZONES; CORRELATION METHODS; LINEAR REGRESSION; METEOROLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND;

BIOAEROSOLS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TOTAL MICROBE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; SODIUM;

AEROSOL; COASTAL ZONE; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; METEOROLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOAEROSOL; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMIDITY; HYDROLYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WEATHER; WIND; WINTER;

CHINA; QINGDAO; SHANDONG;

EID: 84975512637     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.034     Document Type: Article

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