Airborne pollen grains in Yalova, Turkey, 2004
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2008-10
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In this study, airborne pollen grains of Yalova province were investigated using VPSS 2000 from January to December 2004. During studying period, a total of 22409 pollen grains/m(3) which belonged to 46 taxa and 74 unidentified pollen grains were recorded. From the identified taxa, 26 belong to arboreal and 20 to non-arboreal plants. Total pollen grains consist of 80.50% arboreal, 19.17% non-arboreal plants and 0.33% unidentified pollen grains. In the investigated region, from arboreal plant taxa Platanus spp. (29.08%), Cupressaceae/Taxaceae (21.22%), Pinus spp. (7.34%), Alnus spp. (4.75%), Castanea spp. (3.03%), Quercus spp. (3.07%), Olea spp. (2.50%), Acer spp. (2.21%), Corylus spp. (1.41%) and Fagus spp. (1.15%), and from non-arboreal plant taxa Poaceae (10.01%), Asteraceae (2.86%), Plantago spp. (1.47%) and Artemisia spp. (1.11%) were responsible for the greatest amounts of pollen.
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Life sciences & biomedicine - other topics, Airborne pollen grains, Pollen calendar, Turkey, Yalova, Acer, Alnus, Artemisia, Asteraceae, Castanea, Corylus, Fagus, Plantago, Platanus, Poaceae, Quercus, Fall
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Altunoğlu, M.K. vb. (2008). "Airborne pollen grains in Yalova, Turkey, 2004". Biologia, 63(5), 658-663.