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ANALYSIS OF AIRBORNE POLLEN FALL IN CANAKKALE, TURKEY A. GUVENSEN, I. UYSAL1, A. CELIK2 AND M. OZTURK*
Abstract:
Airborne pollen in the State of Canakkale was determined during 2000-2001
using two Durham samplers. The samplers were placed 15 m above the ground
on the rooftops of the city hospital and of the meteorological station
situated alongside the straits of Dardanelle. By the end of the year
averages of pollen counts from the 2 samplers were calculated. In total
4095 pollen belonging to 39 taxa were counted. Out of these, 3548 belonged
to the arboreal species (86.65%), 483 to non-arboreal taxa (11.78%)
and 64 to the unidentified group (1.57%). The highest number of pollen
of the arboreal taxa were in the following order: Pinaceae, Quercus
sp., Cupressaceae/ Taxodiaceae and Olea europaea. In the non-arboreal
group the order was Chenopodiaceae/ Amaranthaceae, Poaceae, Xanthium
strumarium and Plantago sp. Maximum pollen was recorded during
the spring season and minimum during winter. During our study period
the number of allergic patients who were treated in the hospital was
534. There was an apparent increase in the number of patients during
May-June that decreased in July. However, in August the number went
up again. Such an increase in patients probably is the result from an
increase in the airborne content of pollen of Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceae,
Poaceae and Xanthium. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
Department of Botany, Science & Arts Faculty, Onsekiz
Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey |
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