Microbial and size characterization of airborne particulate matter collected on sticky tapes along US–Mexico border
Autor: | Evangelina Olivas, Manoj K. Shukla, Joel Adrián Hernández Escamilla, Amir M. González-Delgado, Juan Pedro Flores-Margez, David Dubois |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Environmental Engineering
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Soil test Dust particles Air Microbiology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Environmental Chemistry Mexico Water content 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Bacteria biology Ecology Fungi General Medicine Particulates biology.organism_classification Alternaria United States Spore Agronomy Loam Penicillium Environmental science Particulate Matter Environmental Monitoring |
Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Sciences. 53:207-216 |
ISSN: | 1001-0742 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jes.2015.10.037 |
Popis: | Particulate matter (PM) emissions from various sources can affect significantly human health and environmental quality especially in the Chihuahuan Desert region along US-Mexico border. The objective of this study was to use the low-cost sticky tape method to collect airborne PM for size characterization and identification of fungal spores. Sticky tape samplers were placed at 1.0 and 2.0m above the ground surface at experimental sites in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and at 0.6, 1.2 and 1.8m at New Mexico sites, USA. Soil samples were collected in both countries to determine fungal diversity, texture and moisture content. Dust particles collected from all of the experimental sites had a dominant texture of clay ( |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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