Abstract

TEJERA, LETICIA; BERI, ÁNGELES  and  MARTINEZ BLANCO, XIMENA. General Characteristics Of Airborne Pollen In Montevideo City, Uruguay. Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. [online]. 2018, vol.53, n.2, pp.1-10. ISSN 1851-2372.

This paper analyses daily and seasonal variations on pollen concentrations and the infuence of meteorological conditions on the airborne pollen from June 2011 to May 2014. Data is also compared with results from a previous pollen survey from 2000-2001. Ninety-three taxa were identifed, belonging to 49 trees and shrub taxa and 44 herbaceous taxa. The most important pollen sources were Poaceae, Platanus, Cupressaceae/Taxaceae, Eupatorieae type, Celtis, Urticaceae, Myrtaceae, Casuarina, Amaranthaceae, Cyperaceae, Fraxinus, Arecaceae, Ricinus communis, Moraceae, Myrsine, Ambrosia, Quercus, and Pinaceae. Pollen was recorded all year round but the main pollen season was from August to April. Inter-annual differences were observed on pollen indexes, dates and values of daily peak concentrations and monthly accumulated concentrations. Temperature, relative air humidity and wind speed and direction seem to be the most infuential meteorological variables on pollen concentrations. The number of days that pollen concentrations are above moderate and high thresholds levels is estimated and woody and non-woody pollen concentrations would be above moderate levels on average 182 days per year.

Keywords : Airborne pollen, meteorology, threshold levels, wind, Montevideo, Uruguay..

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