Airborne pollen fall in Koycegiz specially protected area (SW Turkey)
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2009
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Parlar Scientific Publications (PSP)
Abstract
Airborne pollen fall in the atmosphere of Koycegiz was investigated in 2003 and 2004 using, a Durham sampler. Pollen grains per cm(2) were weekly calculated. During the two years, 17,470 pollen grains/cm(2) (9,061 in 2003 and 8,409 in 2004) belonging to 41 taxa as well as unidentified pollen grains were recorded. Thirteen plant taxa take a place, which encountered up to 1% of the total and it can be reported that pollen season durations and total percentages for the dominaing pollen grains in Fethiye were 8-35(th) week for Pinus spp. (48.01%), 6-41(st) week for Gramineae (8.70%), 10-19(th) week for Morus spp. (5.53%), 48-28(th) week for Cupressaceae/Taxaceae (5.09%), 10-24(th) week for Platanus spp. (4.64%), 48-7(th) week for Alnus spp. (4.49%), 17-29(th) week for Olea europea (3.91%), 48-22(nd) week for Fraxinus spp. (3.36%), 11-25(th) week for Quercus spp. (2.64%), 12-37(th) week for Plantago spp. (1.73%), 4-16(th) week for Liquidambar orientalis (1.21%), 10-30(th) week for Urticaceae (1.19%) and 13-43(rd) week for Amaranthaceae/ Chenopodiaceae (1.17%). 35.36% of total pollen grains were recorded in April. The pollen calendar presented in this paper is mainly characterized by high amounts of Pinus spp., Gramineae, Morus spp. and Cupressaceae/Taxaceae pollen grains. In addition, a tertiary relic, Liquid-ambar orientalis pollen grains, was recorded as predominant pollen type for the first time in this paper.
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Koycegiz, Pollen, Pollen calendar, Pollen fall, Turkey, Allergenic pollen, Grains, Calendar, Croatia, Environmental sciences & ecology, Acer pensylvanicum, Alnus, Amaranthaceae, Fraxinus, Liquidambar, Liquidambar orientalis, Morus (plant), Olea europaea, Plantago, Platanus, Poaceae, Quercus, Taxaceae, Urticaceae, Coniferous tree, Grass, Pollen, Protected area
Citation
Tosunoğlu, A. vd. (2009). "Airborne pollen fall in Koycegiz specially protected area (SW Turkey)". Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 18(10), 1860-1865.