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Airborne pollen grains in Yalova, Turkey, 2004

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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/m3 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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  1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Uludag University, Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey

    Mustafa Kemal Altunoglu, Adem Bicakci, Sevcan Celenk & Hulusi Malyer

  2. Division of Pediatric Allergy, Faculty of Medicine, Uludag University, Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey

    Yakup Canitez & Nihat Sapan

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Altunoglu, M.K., Bicakci, A., Celenk, S. et al. Airborne pollen grains in Yalova, Turkey, 2004. Biologia 63, 658–663 (2008). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-008-0118-8

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