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Weekly Pollen Count Data Collected for the Melbourne Air Pollen Children and Adolescent Health (MAPCAH) Study

The datafile contains the composition and abundance of airborne pollen collected at the University of Melbourne campus at Parkville, Melbourne, Australia for the MAPCAH study. The data were collected between September 2009 and December 2011 as part of a research program looking at the relationship between airborne pollen and asthma exacerbations in children and adolescents (Erbas et al., 2012). These data have been included as part of a study of the Australian Aerobiology working group (Haberle, Bowman, Newnham, Johnston, Beggs, Buters, Campbell, Erbas, Godwin, Green, Heute, Jaggard, Medek, Murray, Newbigin, Thibaudon, Vicendese, Williamson, Davies “The macroecology of airborne pollen in Australian and New Zealand urban areas”).

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2009-08-31
Date (Publication)
2014-06-30
Date (Revision)
2025-12-11
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.4227/05/5344E4980DAF6
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Author

La Trobe University - Erbas, Bircan ()
Plenty Road and Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora, Victoria, 3086, Australia
Bundoora
Victoria
3086
Australia

Author

Monash University - Abramson, Michael ()
900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East, 3145, Victoria, Australia
Caulfield East
Victoria
3145
Australia

Author

University of Melbourne - Dharmage, Shyamali ()
500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond Victoria 3121, Australia
Richmond
Victoria
3121
Australia

Author

Monash University - Hyndman, Rob ()
900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East, 3145, Victoria, Australia
Caulfield East
Victoria
3145
Australia

Author

Deakin University - Taylor, Philip ()
221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, 3125, Australia
Burwood
Victoria
3125
Australia

Author

Monash University - Bardin, Philip ()
900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East, 3145, Victoria, Australia
Caulfield East
Victoria
3145
Australia

Author

Murdoch Children's Research Institute - Tang, Mimi ()
50 Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
Parkville
Victoria
3052
Australia

Author

Murdoch Children's Research Institute - Allen, Katie ()
50 Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
Parkville
Victoria
3052
Australia

Resource provider

University of Queensland - Davies, Janet ()
Chancellors Place, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
St Lucia
Queensland
4072
Australia

Contributor

University of Queensland - Specht, Alison (Associate Professor)
Chancellors Place, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
St Lucia
Queensland
4072
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Credit
This work was funded by ACEAS, a facility of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

La Trobe University - Erbas, Bircan ()
Plenty Road and Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora, Victoria, 3086, Australia
Plenty Road and Kingsbury Drive
Bundoora
Victoria
3086
Australia
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

Description
The University of Melbourne campus, VIC Australia.
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Temporal extent

Time period
2009-08-31 2011-12-26
Title
Erbas B., Dharmage S., O'Sullivan M., Akram M., Newbigin E., Taylor P., Vicendese D., Hyndman R., Bardin P., Tang M. and Abramson M. (2012). A case-crossover design to examine the role of aeroallergens and respiratory viruses on childhood asthma exacerbations requiring hospitalization: the Mapcah study. Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics, 1(S7-018): 1 - 6
Website
Erbas B., Dharmage S., O'Sullivan M., Akram M., Newbigin E., Taylor P., Vicendese D., Hyndman R., Bardin P., Tang M. and Abramson M. (2012). A case-crossover design to examine the role of aeroallergens and respiratory viruses on childhood asthma exacerbations requiring hospitalization: the Mapcah study. Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics, 1(S7-018): 1 - 6

Related documentation

Title
Davies J. M., Beggs P. J., Medek, D. E., Newnham R. M., Erbas B., Thibaudon M., Katelaris C. H., Haberle S. G., Newbigin E. J. and Huete, A. R. (2015). Trans-disciplinary research in synthesis of grass pollen aerobiology and its importance for respiratory health in Australasia. Science of The Total Environment, 534: 85-96
Website
Davies J. M., Beggs P. J., Medek, D. E., Newnham R. M., Erbas B., Thibaudon M., Katelaris C. H., Haberle S. G., Newbigin E. J. and Huete, A. R. (2015). Trans-disciplinary research in synthesis of grass pollen aerobiology and its importance for respiratory health in Australasia. Science of The Total Environment, 534: 85-96

Related documentation

Title
Haberle S. G., Bowman D. M. J. S., Nernham R. M., Johnston F. H., Beggs P. J., Buters J., Campbell B., Erbas B., Godwin I., Green B. J., Huete A., Jaggard A. K., Medek D., Murray F., Newbigin, E., Thibaudon M., Vicendese D., Williamson G.J. and Davies J.M. (2014). The macroecology of airborne pollen in Australian and New Zealand urban areas. PLOS ONE, 9 (5): e97925
Website
Haberle S. G., Bowman D. M. J. S., Nernham R. M., Johnston F. H., Beggs P. J., Buters J., Campbell B., Erbas B., Godwin I., Green B. J., Huete A., Jaggard A. K., Medek D., Murray F., Newbigin, E., Thibaudon M., Vicendese D., Williamson G.J. and Davies J.M. (2014). The macroecology of airborne pollen in Australian and New Zealand urban areas. PLOS ONE, 9 (5): e97925

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Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • POLLEN
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Environmental management
  • Environmental assessment and monitoring
  • Terrestrial ecology
  • Allergy
  • Preventative health care
TERN Instrument Vocabulary
  • Burkard 7 Day Volumetric Spore Trap
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • pollen count
  • Grain per Cubic Metre
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Grain per Cubic Metre
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • Point Resolution
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • Weekly - < Monthly
Australian Plant Name Index
  • Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Cupressaceae Gray
  • Myrtaceae Juss.
  • Oleaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Poaceae Barnhart
  • Ulmaceae Mirb.
  • Urticaceae Juss.
  • Acacia Mill.
  • Alnus Mill.
  • Betula L.
  • Casuarina L.
  • Pinus L.
  • Plantago L.
  • Quercus L.
  • Rumex L.
  • Ulmus L.
Keywords (Discipline)
  • weekly pollen counts

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Other constraints
Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Melbourne_weekly_pollen_Melbourne_Aug2009-Dec2011

Distribution Information

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Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia, 4068
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
ro-crate-metadata.json

Resource lineage

Statement
The September 2009-December 2011 pollen counts were performed using a Burkard 7-day recording volumetric trap (Burkard Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK). Airborne pollen grains were trapped on an adhesive (Dow Corning Sylgard 527 silicone dielectric gel) coated tape or a glass microscope slide by intake of air at a flow of 10&nbsp;l min<sup>-1</sup>. A microscope slide was used between October and December and transparent plastic MelinexTM tape was used at other times. The glass slide was changed daily and tape changed on a weekly basis and cut into seven pieces, each representing a 24&nbsp;hr period. The pieces of tape were then individually mounted on glass microscope slides. Pollen grains were stained with Calberla's stain and counted using a light microscope by randomly scanning the length of the tape (lengthwise traverse). The different types of pollen on the slide were identified using in-house materials and the daily concentration of each pollen type expressed as the average number of pollen grains m<sup>-3</sup> of air for the preceding 24&nbsp;hr period.
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Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/5017247d-f8dd-475d-a2de-7876cb22e5e8

Title
TERN GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/5017247d-f8dd-475d-a2de-7876cb22e5e8

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2023-05-10T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-11T22:27:42.327255+00:00

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
Edition
1

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
Edition
1.0

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
Edition
1.0
Title
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
Date (published)
2021
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Code
10.5281/zenodo.5652221
Website
https://github.com/ternaustralia/TERN-ISO19115/releases/tag/v1.0

 
 

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Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
Allergy Environmental assessment and monitoring Environmental management Preventative health care Terrestrial ecology
GCMD Science Keywords
POLLEN

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