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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- Date (Creation)
- 2009-08-31
- Date (Publication)
- 2014-06-30
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-11
- Edition
- 1.0
Identifier
Publisher
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
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- 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
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- Environment
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- Description
- The University of Melbourne campus, VIC Australia.
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- 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
- 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
- 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
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- ANZSRC Fields of Research
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- Australian Plant Name Index
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- weekly pollen counts
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Distribution Information
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Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Melbourne_weekly_pollen_Melbourne_Aug2009-Dec2011
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Distributor
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia, 4068
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
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- 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 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 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 hr period.
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- EPSG/EPSG:4326
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/5017247d-f8dd-475d-a2de-7876cb22e5e8
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- Date info (Creation)
- 2023-05-10T00:00:00.000000+00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-12-11T22:27:42.327255+00:00
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- ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
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- ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
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- 2021
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- 1.0
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