J 2022

Bioaerosols on the atmospheric super highway: An example of long distance transport of Alternaria spores from the Pannonian Plain to Poland

GREWLING, Lukasz, Donat MAGYAR, Kazimiera CHLOPEK, Agnieszka GRINN-GOFRON, Julia GWIAZDOWSKA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Bioaerosols on the atmospheric super highway: An example of long distance transport of Alternaria spores from the Pannonian Plain to Poland

Authors

GREWLING, Lukasz (guarantor), Donat MAGYAR, Kazimiera CHLOPEK, Agnieszka GRINN-GOFRON, Julia GWIAZDOWSKA, Asad SIDDIQUEE, Nicoleta IANOVICI, Idalia KASPRZYK, Magdalena WOJCIK, Janka LAFFERSOVA, Barbara MAJKOWSKA-WOJCIECHOWSKA, Dorota MYSZKOWSKA, Victoria RODINKOVA, Mykyta BORTNYK, Malgorzata MALKIEWICZ, Krystyna PIOTROWSKA-WERYSZKO, Aneta SULBORSKA-ROZYCKA, Ondřej RYBNÍČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jana SCEVKOVA, Branko SIKOPARIJA, Carsten Ambelas SKJOTH, Matt SMITH and Pawel BOGAWSKI

Edition

Science of the Total Environment, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 2022, 0048-9697

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30225 Allergy

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 9.800

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/22:00128487

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

UT WoS

000766806700006

Keywords in English

Alternaria fungal spores; Atmospheric transport; Biometeorology; Pathogens; Aeroallergens; Epidemiology

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 1/2/2023 14:22, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Abstract

V originále

Alternaria spores are pathogenic to agricultural crops, and the longest and the most severe sporulation seasons are predominantly recorded in rural areas, e.g. the Pannonian Plain (PP) in South-Central Europe. In Poland (Central Europe), airborne Alternaria spore concentrations peak between July and August. In this study, we test the hypothesis that the PP is the source of Alternaria spores recorded in Poland after the main sporulation season (September-October). Airborne Alternaria spores (2005-2019) were collected using volumetric Hirst spore traps located in 38 locations along the potential pathways of air masses, i.e. from Serbia, Romania and Hungary, through the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine, to Northern Poland. Three potential episodes of Long Distance Transport (LDT) were selected and characterized in detail, including the analysis of Alternaria spore data, back trajectory analysis, dispersal modelling, and deDuring selected episodes, increases in Alternaria spore concentrations in Poznan were recorded at unusual times that deviated from the typical diurnal pattern, i.e. at night or during morning hours. Alternaria spore concentrations on markedly increase local exposure to Alternaria spores in the receptor area and pose a risk to both human and plant the existence of an atmospheric super highway that transports bioaerosols from the south to the north of Europe.