@article{article_402912, title={ANALYSIS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLEN GRAINS IN DURSUNBEY (BALIKESİR), TURKEY}, journal={Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences}, volume={19}, pages={137–146}, year={2018}, DOI={10.23902/trkjnat.402912}, author={Akyalcin, Hanife and Tosunoglu, Aycan and Bicakci, Adem}, keywords={Pollen fall,atmospheric monitoring,gravimetric method,pollen calendar,allergy}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">In this study, airborne pollen grains in the
atmosphere of Dursunbey (Balıkesir, Turkey) were collected using a gravimetric
method. The pollen grains were investigated by light microscopy and a total of
6265 pollen grains per cm <sup>2 </sup>were counted. 42 different pollen types
were identified of which 24 belonged to
the arboreal plants (86.17% of the annual pollen index) and 18 to non-arboreal
plants (13.16% of the annual pollen index). A small portion of the pollens (42
grains, 0.67%) were not identified. The most frequent pollen types, which
constituted more than 1% of annual pollen count were regarded as the
predominating pollen types for the region. The predominating group was
determined to be consisted of pollens of <i>Pinus </i>L. (48.23%), Cupressaceae Rich. ex Bartl./Taxaceae Gray
(16.74%), Poaceae Barnhart (8.32%), <i>Quercus </i> L.(5.31%), <i>Acer </i>L. (4.07%), <i>Platanus </i> L.
(3.10%), <i>Juglans </i> L. (2.26%), <i>Abies </i> Mill. (1.75%), <i>Plantago </i>
L. (1.25%), Amaranthaceae Juss. (1.22%) and <i>Olea europaea </i> L. (1.16%).
The highest pollen count was determined in May and it is striking that most of
the determined predominant pollen types have previously been reported as main
causes of pollinosis. </span> <br /> </p> <p> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Trakya University}