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Periodicity and Seasonality of Airborne Algae and Protozoa

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Phenology and Seasonality Modeling

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 8))

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Only a few studies in the history of science have been concerned with airborne algae and protozoa. Those pioneers studying protozoa from the atmosphere were Spallanzani (1777), Miquel (1883), and Puschkarew (1913). Those initiating studies of airborne algae were Ehrenberg (1844), Salisbury (1866), van Overeem (1937), and Pettersson (1940). More recently, Brown et al. (1964, 1971) conducted long-term studies on airborne algae in Texas and Hawaii, while long-term studies on both airborne algae and protozoa were conducted by Schlichting in Michigan, Texas, and North Carolina (1961, 1964, 1969) and by Smith in North Carolina (1973). Short-term studies of algae in the atmosphere have been con ducted by Gregory et al. in Great Britain (1955), Hamilton in Great Britain (1959), Stevenson and Collier in Texas (1962), Chang in Taiwan (1967), Luty and Hoshaw in Arizona (1967), and Maynard in Florida (1968a). Mahoney (1968) studied both airborne algae and protozoa in Texas. Additional studies of airborne algae are in progress in Brazil, Florida, and Ohio.

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    Helmut Lieth Ph.D. (Professor of Botany and Ecology) (Professor of Botany and Ecology)

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Schlichting, H.E. (1974). Periodicity and Seasonality of Airborne Algae and Protozoa. In: Lieth, H. (eds) Phenology and Seasonality Modeling. Ecological Studies, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51863-8_35

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