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Mass concentration measurements of autumn bioaerosol using low-cost sensors in a mature temperate woodland free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE) experiment: investigating the role of meteorology and carbon dioxide levels
Aileen B. Baird
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Birmingham, Birmingham, B152TT, UK
Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham,
Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Edward J. Bannister
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Birmingham, Birmingham, B152TT, UK
Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham,
Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
A. Robert MacKenzie
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Birmingham, Birmingham, B152TT, UK
Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham,
Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Birmingham, Birmingham, B152TT, UK
Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham,
Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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Forest environments contain a wide variety of airborne biological particles (bioaerosols) important for plant and animal health and biosphere–atmosphere interactions. Using low-cost sensors and a free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE) experiment, we monitor the impact of enhanced CO2 on airborne particles. No effect of the enhanced CO2 treatment on total particle concentrations was observed, but a potential suppression of high concentration bioaerosol events was detected under enhanced CO2.
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