Airborne Pinus pollen in the atmosphere of Brisbane, Australia and relationships with meteorological parameters

B J Green; E Yli-Panula; M Dettman; S Rutherford; Rodney W Simpson

doi:10.1023/A:1022662726623

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Airborne Pinus pollen in the atmosphere of Brisbane, Australia and relationships with meteorological parameters

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Airborne Pinus pollen in the atmosphere of Brisbane, Australia and relationships with meteorological parameters

B J Green, E Yli-Panula, M Dettman, S Rutherford and Rodney W Simpson

Aerobiologia, Vol.19(1), pp.47-55

2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022662726623

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Environmental Sciences

Biological Sciences

aerobiology

Pinus

pollen season

rainfall

temperature

Relationships between weather parameters and airborne pollen loads of Pinus in Brisbane, Australia have been investigated over the five-year period, June 1994-May 1999. Pinus pollen accounts for 4.5% of the annual airborne pollen load in Brisbane where the Pinus season is confined to the winter months, July-early September. During the sampling period loads of 11-100 grains m3 were recorded on 24 days and 1-10 grains m3 on204 days. The onset and peak dates were consistent across each season, whereas the end dates varied. The onset of the Pinus pollen season coincided with the coolest average monthly temperatures, lowest rainfall, and four weeks after daily minimum temperatures fell to 5-9°C in late autumn. Correlations obtained between daily airborne Pinus pollen counts and temperature/rainfall parameters show that densities of airborne Pinus pollen are negatively correlated with maximum temperature, minimum temperature and rainfall during the main pollination period. The mean duration of each pollen season was 52 days; longer seasons were shown to be directly related to lower average seasonal maximum temperatures. These results signify that maximum and minimum temperatures are the major parameters that influence the onset and duration of the Pinus pollen season in the environs of Brisbane. Respiratory allergy is an important health issue in Brisbane, Australia, but it remains unknown whether or not airborne Pinus pollen is a contributing factor.

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Title: Airborne Pinus pollen in the atmosphere of Brisbane, Australia and relationships with meteorological parameters
Authors: B J Green (Author) - University of Queensland
E Yli-Panula (Author) - University of Sydney
M Dettman (Author) - University of Queensland
S Rutherford (Author) - Griffith University
Rodney W Simpson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Publication details: Aerobiologia, Vol.19(1), pp.47-55
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date published: 2003
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022662726623
ISSN: 0393-5965
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448938502621
Output Type: Journal article

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