Cyanobacteria and Algae in Clouds and Rain in the Area of puy de Dôme, Central France
Kevin P. Dillon, Florence Correa, C. Judon, Martine Sancelme, Donna E. Fennell, Anne-Marie Delort, Pierre Amato
Abstract
Information regarding the diversity and abundance of oxygenic photoautotrophs in the atmosphere is limited. More information from diverse locations is needed. These airborne organisms could have important impacts upon atmospheric processes and on the ecosystems they enter after deposition. Oxygenic photoautotrophic microbes are integral to ecosystem functioning, and some have the potential to affect human health. A better understanding of the diversity and the movements of these aeolian dispersed organisms is needed to understand their ecology, as well as how they could affect ecosystems and human health.
Topics & Concepts
EcosystemCyanobacteriaEcologyAlgaeAbundance (ecology)BiologyBacteriaGeneticsAeolian processes and effectsPlant responses to elevated CO2Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology