Fungal spores as a source of sodium salt particles in the Amazon basin

Salt particles in the Amazon basin are typically attributed to marine aerosols transported from the Atlantic Ocean. Here the authors show the potential importance of fungal spores as a source of sodium-salt particles in the Amazon rainforest.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Swarup China, Susannah M. Burrows, Bingbing Wang, Tristan H. Harder, Johannes Weis, Meryem Tanarhte, Luciana V. Rizzo, Joel Brito, Glauber G. Cirino, Po-Lun Ma, John Cliff, Paulo Artaxo, Mary K. Gilles, Alexander Laskin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07066-4