ISSN:
1573-3025
Keywords:
aerobiology
;
airborne pollen
;
NW-Italy
;
sampling stations
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract A comparison between two pollen-sampling stationsin the city area of Genoa is presented. The samplingsites are placed 3 km apart, respectively in theeastern urban area (St. Martino Hospital – S.M.) andin the historical centre (Botanical Garden – B.G.).Pollen sampling was carried out during the years1995–1997 at the two different sites by volumetricHirst-type sampler and then compared. The dailyairborne pollen concentration of Urticaceae, Poaceae,Cupressaceae/Taxaceae, Corylaceae/Betulaceae andOleaceae resulted prevailingly higher at S.M., while a good correspondence was observed from a phenologicpoint of view. Asteraceae have shown the bestqualitative-quantitative consistency. In springtime adifference was recorded for Urticales, maybe due tolocal occurence (B.G.) of Broussonetia papyrifera(Moraceae). On the whole, the correspondence betweenthe two different sampling stations proved to besatisfactory.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1007674620285
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