The effect of meteorological factors on the daily variation of airborne fungal spores in Granada (southern Spain) |
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Authors: | S Sabariego C Díaz de la Guardia F Alba |
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Institution: | (1) Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain, ES |
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Abstract: | A study was made of the link between climatic factors and the daily content of certain fungal spores in the atmosphere of
the city of Granada in 1994. Sampling was carried out with a Burkard 7-day-recording spore trap. The spores analysed corresponded
to the taxa Alternaria, Ustilago and Cladosporium, with two morphologically different spore types in the latter genus, cladosporioides and herbarum. These spores were selected both for their allergenic capacity and for the high level of their presence in the atmosphere,
particularly during the spring and autumn. The spores of Cladosporium were the most abundant (93.82% of the total spores identified). The Spearman correlation coefficients between the spore concentrations
studied and the meteorological parameters show different indices depending on the taxon being analysed. Alternaria and Cladosporium are significantly correlated with temperature and hours of sunlight, while Ustilago shows positive correlation indices with relative humidity and negative indices with wind speed.
Received: 16 April 1998 / Revised: 27 September 1999 / Accepted: 27 October 1999 |
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Keywords: | Airborne spore Alternaria Cladosporium Ustilago Meteorological parameters Spearman’ s correlation coefficients Granada (S Spain) |
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