ANALYSIS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLEN GRAINS IN DURSUNBEY (BALIKESİR), TURKEY

Year 2018, Volume: 19 Issue: 2, 137 - 146, 15.10.2018

Hanife Akyalcin , Aycan Tosunoglu , Adem Bicakci

https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.402912

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Bu çalışmada,
Dursunbey (Balıkesir, Türkiye) atmosferindeki polenler gravimetrik yöntem
kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Toplanan polenler ışık mikroskobu ile incelenmiş ve
cm² başına toplam 6265 polen sayılmıştır. 24 tanesi odunsu bitkilere
(yıllık polen indeksinin % 86,17’si), 18 tanesi ise otsu bitkilere (yıllık
polen indeksinin %13,16’sı) ait olan toplam 42 farklı polen tipi
tanımlanmıştır. Polenlerin az bir kısmı ise (42 polen, %0.67) tanımlanmamıştır.
Sıklıkla rastlanılan ve yıllık toplam polen sayısının %1'inden fazlasını
oluşturan polen tipleri bölge için dominant polen tipleri olarak kabul edilmiş
olup Pinus L. (%48,23), Cupressaceae
Rich. ex Bartl./Taxaceae Gray (%16,74), Poaceae Barnhart (%8,32), Quercus
L. (%5,31), Acer L. (%4,07), Platanus L. (%3,10), Juglans L. (%2,26), Abies Mill. (%1,75), Plantago L.
(%1,25), Amaranthaceae Juss. (% 1,22) ve Olea europaea L. (%1,16)
polenleri atmosferik polen spektrumunun ana bileşenleri olarak kaydedilmiştir.
Atmosferdeki en yüksek polen miktarı Mayıs ayında tespit edilmiş olup,
belirlenen dominant polen tiplerinin çoğunun daha önce polinosisin ana
nedenleri olarak rapor edilmeleri dikkat çekicidir.

Keywords

Pollen fall, atmospheric monitoring, gravimetric method, pollen calendar, allergy

ANALYSIS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLEN GRAINS IN DURSUNBEY (BALIKESİR), TURKEY

Abstract

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 cm² 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 Pinus L. (48.23%), Cupressaceae Rich. ex Bartl./Taxaceae Gray
(16.74%), Poaceae Barnhart (8.32%), Quercus L.(5.31%), Acer L. (4.07%), Platanus L.
(3.10%), Juglans L. (2.26%), Abies Mill. (1.75%), Plantago
L. (1.25%), Amaranthaceae Juss. (1.22%) and Olea europaea 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.

Keywords

Pollen fall, atmospheric monitoring, gravimetric method, pollen calendar, allergy

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