Mosquitoes Associated with Ditch-Plugged and Control Tidal Salt Marshes on the Delmarva Peninsula
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Study Sites
2.2. Larval Mosquito Sampling
2.3. Adult Mosquito Sampling
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Larval Mosquito Sampling
3.2. Adult Mosquito Sampling
3.3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References and Notes
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Control Site | Experimental (Plugged) Site | ||||||||||||||
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CON1 | CON2 | CON3 | EXP1 | EXP2 | |||||||||||
Species | M (45) | D (9) | P (9) | M (45) | D (8) | M (80) | D (24) | P (9) | M (90) | D (27) | P (9) | M (80) | D (19) | P (24) | |
Aedes sollicitans | 159 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 66 | |||||||||
Ae. taeniorhynchus | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Ae. cantator | 12 | 4 | 12 | 89 | |||||||||||
Culex salinarius | 8 | 229 | |||||||||||||
Anopheles bradleyi | 31 | 43 | 24 | 87 | 128 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
Total mosquitoes | 208 | 51 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 136 | 512 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
Proportion mosquito-positive occasions | 0.36 | 0.56 | 0.33 | 0.02 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.33 | 0.01 | |||||||
Density per dip (± SE) | 1.670 (0.906) | 0.887 (0.484) | 0.133 (0.084) | 0.089 (0.089) | 0.003 (0.003) | 0.468 (0.175) | 7.70 (5.30) | 0.036 (0.020) | 0.003 (0.003) |
Species | EXP1-CON1-CON2 (37) | EXP2 (22) | CON3 (20) |
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Aedes sollicitans | 492 | 348 | 24 |
Ae. taeniorhynchus | 162 | 152 | |
Ae. cantator | 107 | 52 | 8 |
Culex salinarius | 1 | 60 | |
Anopheles bradleyi | 31 | 65 | 3 |
Psorophora ferox | 10 | ||
Total mosquitoes | 793 | 687 | 35 |
Proportion mosquito-positive occasions | 0.41 | 0.50 | 0.20 |
Density per dip (±SE) | 6.62 (2.81) | 7.31 (3.17) | 0.44 (0.20) |
Species | EXP1-CON1-CON2 | EXP2 | CON3 |
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Ae. sollicitans | 132 | 101 | 23 |
Ae. taeniorhynchus | 53 | 24 | 3 |
Cx. salinarius | 25 | 34 | |
An. bradleyi | 2 | 2 | |
Total mosquitoes | 212 | 161 | 26 |
Total collection time | 14 | 15 | 24 |
Total landing rate per minute | 15.1 | 10.7 | 1.1 |
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Leisnham, P.T.; Sandoval-Mohapatra, S. Mosquitoes Associated with Ditch-Plugged and Control Tidal Salt Marshes on the Delmarva Peninsula. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2011, 8, 3099-3113. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8083099
Leisnham PT, Sandoval-Mohapatra S. Mosquitoes Associated with Ditch-Plugged and Control Tidal Salt Marshes on the Delmarva Peninsula. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2011; 8(8):3099-3113. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8083099
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeisnham, Paul T., and Sarah Sandoval-Mohapatra. 2011. "Mosquitoes Associated with Ditch-Plugged and Control Tidal Salt Marshes on the Delmarva Peninsula" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 8, no. 8: 3099-3113. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8083099