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Population Regulation of Mansonia Mosquitoes on Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.)

1988

Lounibos, Leon P.

This report describes the results of 2.5 years of study of factors regulating populations of Mansonia dyari, a pest mosquito and potential disease vector in south Florida. Sites of high and low M. dyari density were selected and through regular sampling compared in particular characteristics which included: abundances of all mosquito life stages, seasonal growth of the host plant Pistia stratiotes, water quality, and associated invertebrate fauna.

AGROVOC Keywords

animals aquatic plants diseases florida invertebrates pests population regulations sampling water quality

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Other Subjects

Growth(general); Seasonal variations; *culicidae; Biological oceanography; Wu054; Mansonia mosquitoes; Pe61102a; South(direction)

Language

English

Note

See also report dated Jul 1986, ADA177691.

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Text

Source

FLORIDA MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY LAB VERO BEACHDTIC AND NTIS

Corporate Author

FLORIDA MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY LAB VERO BEACH

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