African Dust Incursions at the Caribbean Region: Dust Concentration, Chemical Characterization and Their Impact to Fungal Spore Concentrations

Gilmarie Santos-Figueroa1,2, Gabriela M. Avilés-Piñeiro2, Benjamín Bolaños-Rosero3 and Olga L Mayol-Bracero2, (1)University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, Department of Chemistry, San Juan, PR, United States, (2)University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, Department of Environmental Science, San Juan, PR, United States, (3)University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus, Microbiology, School of Medicine, San Juan, PR, United States