Kasprzyk, I., Myszkowska, D., Grewling, Ł., Stach, Alicja, Šikoparija, B., Skjøth, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5992-9568 and Smith, Matt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4170-2960 (2011) The Occurrence of Ambrosia Pollen in Rzeszów, Kraków and Poznań, Poland: Investigation of Trends and Possible Transport of Ambrosia Pollen from Ukraine. International Journal of Biometeorology, 55 (4). pp. 633-644. ISSN Print: 0020-7128 Online: 1432-1254
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Previous studies have shown that ragweed pollen arrives in Poland from sources in the south, in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria. It is likely that ragweed pollen also arrives from sources in the southeast (e.g. Ukraine). This hypothesis is investigated using 13-years of pollen data and back-trajectory analysis. Ambrosia pollen data were collected at three sites in Poland, Rzeszów, Kraków and Poznań. The amount of ragweed pollen recorded at Rzeszów was significantly higher than in Poznań and Kraków. This can be related to either a higher abundance of local populations of Ambrosia in south-east Poland or the nearness of Rzeszów to foreign sources of ragweed pollen. The combined results of pollen measurements and air mass trajectory calculations identified plumes of Ambrosia pollen that were recorded at Rzeszów, Kraków and Poznań on the 4th and 5th September 1999 and the 3rd September 2002. These plumes arrived at the pollen-monitoring sites from an easterly direction indicating sources of Ambrosia pollen in eastern Poland or Ukraine. This identifies Ukraine as a possible new source of ragweed pollen for Poland and therefore an important source area of Ambrosia pollen on the European Continent.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is an Open Accesss article. The full-text can be accessed via the Official URL. Originally deposited as National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit (NPARU) |
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: | aerobiology, ragweed, allergy, invasive species, back-trajectory analysis |
Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QK Botany Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
Divisions: | College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Science and the Environment |
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Depositing User: | Matthew Smith |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2011 18:31 |
Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2020 04:00 |
URI: | https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1202 |
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