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Environmental Factors That Affect The Abundance of Larval Mosquitoes

Ocloo, Xorla S; Holmes, Christopher

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Title
Environmental Factors That Affect The Abundance of Larval Mosquitoes
Author(s)
  • Ocloo, Xorla S
  • Holmes, Christopher
Contributor(s)
Cceres, Carla E
Issue Date
2016
Keyword(s)
  • Larval Mosquitoes
  • Stormwater Ponds
  • Zooplankton
Abstract
The development of stormwater infrastructure causes an increase in available aquatic habitat for mosquito breeding and larval development, posing drastic human health consequences. It has been observed that a diverse community of predators have been found to decrease mosquito abundance1. Multiple species coexisting with mosquitos was found to decrease the percentage of mosquitoes in wet water communities, strongly highlighting the role that zooplankton play in the assembly of aquatic communities2. Studying stormwater communities will help determine the main contributors to why mosquitoes oviposit in certain urban stormwater ponds.
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text
Language
en
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Copyright 2016, Ocloo and Holmes

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