Alternaria spores in the air of selected Polish cities in 2007
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The aim of the study was to compare the concentration of Alternaria spores in the cities of Szczecin, Warsaw, Sosnowiec, Olsztyn and Cracow in 2007. Measurements were performed by the volumetric method (Burkard and Lanzoni pollen and spores sampler). Alternaria season was defined as the period in which 90% of the annual total catch occurred. The Alternaria season started first in Krakow on the 24th May and in the other cities it started during the next three weeks. The highest airborne concentration of 1 230 Alternaria spores × m-3 was noted in Szczecin on the 16th of July.
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