Birch pollen in the selected Polish cities in 2008
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The aim of the study was to analyse the pollen seasons of birch in the cities of Białystok, Bydgoszcz, Kraków, Lublin, Łódź, Olsztyn, Sosnowiec, Szczecin, Warszawa and Wrocław in 2008. Measurements were performed by the volumetric method (Burkard and Lanzoni 2000 pollen sampler). Pollen season was defined as the period in which 98% and 95% of the total annual catch occurred. The pollen season of birch started first in Kraków on the 9th of April and in the other cities on the 10th April. The highest airborne concentration of 5875 pollen grains × m3 was noted in Sosnowiec on the 15th of April.
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