Birch pollen in the selected Polish cities – 2007
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The aim of the study was to analyse the pollen seasons of birch in the cities of Szczecin, Wroclaw, Krakow, Lublin, Warsaw, Sosnowiec and Bydgoszcz in 2007. Measurements were performed by the volumetric method (Burkard and Lanzoni 2000 pollen sampler). Pollen season was defined as the period in which 98% of the annual total catch occurred. The start of the season was also determined by the SUM 75 method. The pollen season of birch started first in Szczecin on the 1st of April and in the other cities it started during the next several days. The highest airborne concentration of 2762 pollen grains × m-3 was noted in Lublin on the 15th of April.
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