Concentration of airborne pollen at three sites in kuwait
Open Access
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Grana
- Vol. 27 (1) , 53-62
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00173138809427732
Abstract
Airborne pollen was trapped using Hirst volumetric spore traps simultaneously at three sites in Kuwait over a period of five years, 1977–1982. Among the three sites the highest counts were recorded at Ahmadi (site H), followed by Kuwait city (site K), while the lowest counts were recorded at Rawdhatain (site R). Two maxima (spring and autumn) and two minima (summer and winter) were also recorded every year and the highest counts were recorded in 1978. Some climatological factors (rainfall, temperature, relative humidity and prevailing winds) appear to be effective in pollen production, dispersal and concentration in the atmosphere. The local flora is the main source of the pollen load and the concentration depends on the amount of vegetation around each site.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- AN AUTOMATIC VOLUMETRIC SPORE TRAPAnnals of Applied Biology, 1952