Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11452/34759
Title: Aeropalynological spectrum of Hatay, Turkey, the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea
Authors: İlçim, Ahmet
Uludağ Üniversitesi/Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi/Biyoloji Bölümü
0000-0002-6333-3123
Tosunoǧlu, Aycan
Malyer, Hulusi
Bıçakçı, Adem
O-1244-2018
35235434000
6602736554
6701674542
Keywords: Life sciences & biomedicine - other topics
Environmental sciences & ecology
Aerobiology
Pollen calendar
Mediterranean
Anatolia
Airborne pollen fall
Allergenic pollen
Urticaceae pollen
City
Sensitization
Prevalence
Atmosphere
Cupressus
Pollution
Grains
Issue Date: Dec-2018
Publisher: Springer
Citation: Tosunoğlu, A. vd. (2018). ''Aeropalynological spectrum of Hatay, Turkey, the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea''. Aerobiologia, 34(4), 557-572.
Abstract: An aeropalynological study during the years 2014-2015 was performed in Hatay, which is a unique sociocultural and phytogeographical area located on the border of Turkey and Syria on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. The sampling was performed by a Hirst-type volumetric sampler (Lanzoni VPPS 2000), and pollen grains of 54 taxa were identified, of which 83.21% of the annual sum belonged to woody taxa. The highest pollen concentration was recorded in February, of which a large amount came from the Cupressaceae/Taxaceae families. The diversity of the pollen reflected the vegetation of the area and plantations of the city center, but pollen grains from Euro-Siberian elements specific to Mount Amanos could not be recorded. Pollen types found at more than 3% of the annual pollen index and considered dominant pollen types were as follows: Cupressaceae/Taxaceae (50.86%), Olea europaea (12.67%), Moraceae (7.20%), Poaceae (5.99%), Quercus (5.35%), Urticaceae (3.79%) and Pinus (3.70%); almost all dominant pollen types in the city atmosphere were previously stated to be allergic. The main pollen season starting dates of common pollen types found were one or two weeks earlier than those of the surroundings. Many statistically significant correlations were found between daily pollen concentrations and daily meteorological parameters, e.g., Cupressaceae/Taxaceae Poaceae and Urticaceae pollen correlated negatively with mean temperature in both years, and in the hindermost two families daily pollen amounts significantly correlated with wind speed in the second year. Daily Olea europaea pollen concentration showed a significant negative correlation with the amount of total daily rainfall in the second year.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-018-9531-9
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10453-018-9531-9
http://hdl.handle.net/11452/34759
ISSN: 0393-5965
1573-3025
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