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Table 5.

Temporal variation of air–borne pollen grains trapped on slides (from 9–14 Oct. 1999)

Every 12 h Every 6 h Every 2 h
Time (h) Pollen grains deposited cm–2 (n = 5) Time (h) Pollen grains deposited cm–2 (n = 5) Time (h) Day 1 Pollen grains deposited cm–2 (n = 5) Day 2 Pollen grains deposited cm–2 (n = 5) Day 3 Pollen grains deposited cm–2 (n = 5) Wind speed (m s–1)
0600 0600 0600 16 ± 0·3 20 ± 0·5 0·06 ± 0·02
1800 215 ± 12·1 1200 87 ± 3·1 0800 15 ± 0·2 12 ± 0·4 12 ± 0·2 0·27 ± 0·09
0600 27 ± 4·2 1800 164 ± 12·3 1000 28 ± 0·7 34 ± 0·4 23 ± 0·3 0·33 ± 0·09
1800 189 ± 14·3 2400 18 ± 1·4 1200 54 ± 4·3 63 ± 2·4 60 ± 1·5 0·45 ± 0·09
0600 21 ± 2·3 0600 10 ± 0·7 1400 74 ± 4·4 84 ± 7·9 123 ± 12·1 1·27 ± 0·15
1800 264 ± 20·1 1200 69 ± 6·4 1600 106 ± 13·1 116 ± 10·8 87 ± 7·2 1·40 ± 0·38
0600 36 ± 6·5 1800 129 ± 10·1 1800 37 ± 1·1 31 ± 1·3 26 ± 0·4 0·36 ± 0·11
1800 249 ± 17·5 2400 17 ± 0·9 2000 17 ± 0·1 12 ± 0·4 10 ± 0·1 0·21 ± 0·08
0600 32 ± 5·1 0600 9 ± 0·3
1800 164 ± 12·3 1200 104 ± 11·6
0600 19 ± 2·2 1800 194 ± 14·8
1800 136 ± 12·1 2400 22 ± 3·4
0600 25 ± 1·6 0600 12 ± 0·9