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Spatial and temporal variations in airborne Ambrosia pollen in Europe

SIKOPARIJA, B., C.A. SKJØTH, S. CELENK, C. TESTONI, T. ABRAMIDZE et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Spatial and temporal variations in airborne Ambrosia pollen in Europe

Authors

SIKOPARIJA, B. (688 Serbia), C.A. SKJØTH (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), S. CELENK (792 Turkey), C. TESTONI (380 Italy), T. ABRAMIDZE (440 Lithuania), K. ALM KÜBLER (752 Sweden), J. BELMONTE (724 Spain), U. BERGER (40 Austria), M. BONINI (380 Italy), A. CHARALAMPOPOULOS (300 Greece), A. DAMIALIS (300 Greece), B. CLOT (756 Switzerland), A. DAHL (752 Sweden), L.A. de WEGER (528 Netherlands), R. GEHRIG (756 Switzerland), M. HENDRICKX (56 Belgium), L. HOEBEKE (56 Belgium), N. IANOVICI (642 Romania), A. KOFOL SELIGER (705 Slovenia), D. MAGYAR (348 Hungary), G. MÁNYOKI (348 Hungary), S. MILKOVSKA (807 North Macedonia), D. MYSZKOWSKA (616 Poland), A. PÁLDY (348 Hungary), C.H. PASHLEY (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), K. RASMUSSEN (208 Denmark), O. RITENBERGA (440 Lithuania), V. RODINKOVA (804 Ukraine), Ondřej RYBNÍČEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), V. SHALABODA (112 Belarus), I. ŠAULIENE (440 Lithuania), J. ŠČEVKOVÁ (703 Slovakia), B. STJEPANOVIĆ (191 Croatia), M. THIBAUDON (250 France), C. VERSTRAETEN (56 Belgium), D. VOKOU (300 Greece), R. YANKOVA (100 Bulgaria) and M. SMITH (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Edition

Aerobiologia, Dordrecht, Springer, 2017, 0393-5965

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.515

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/17:00095935

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

UT WoS

000401449000001

Keywords in English

Aerobiology; Ragweed; Invasive alien species; Allergen; Exposure

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 20/3/2018 18:15, Soňa Böhmová

Abstract

V originále

The European Commission Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action FA1203 “SMARTER” aims to make recommendations for the sustainable management of Ambrosia across Europe and for monitoring its efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The goal of the present study is to provide a baseline for spatial and temporal variations in airborne Ambrosia pollen in Europe that can be used for the management and evaluation of this noxious plant. The study covers the full range of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. distribution over Europe (39°N–60°N; 2°W–45°E). Airborne Ambrosia pollen data for the principal flowering period of Ambrosia (August–September) recorded during a 10-year period (2004–2013) were obtained from 242 monitoring sites. The mean sum of daily average airborne Ambrosia pollen and the number of days that Ambrosia pollen was recorded in the air were analysed. The mean and standard deviation (SD) were calculated regardless of the number of years included in the study period, while trends are based on those time series with 8 or more years of data. Trends were considered significant at p < 0.05. There were few significant trends in the magnitude and frequency of atmospheric Ambrosia pollen (only 8% for the mean sum of daily average Ambrosia pollen concentrations and 14% for the mean number of days Ambrosia pollen were recorded in the air). The direction of any trends varied locally and reflected changes in sources of the pollen, either in size or in distance from the monitoring station. Pollen monitoring is important for providing an early warning of the expansion of this invasive and noxious plant.