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dc.contributor.authorKnight, Jon
dc.contributor.authorGriffin, Lachlan
dc.contributor.authorDale, Pat
dc.contributor.authorPhinn, Stuart
dc.contributor.editorThomas Scott
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:45:53Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:45:53Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-05-31T01:11:43Z
dc.identifier.issn1536-2442
dc.identifier.doi10.1673/031.012.0601
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/46946
dc.description.abstractOur aim was to investigate the oviposition and larval habitats of the saltwater mosquito Aedes vigilax (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) in a mangrove forest system in subtropical Queensland, Australia. Eggshells (indicators of oviposition) and larvae were sampled in three habitat classes that were depicted in a schematic model. Two classes were in depressions or basins, either with hummocks or dense pneumatophore substrates, both of which retained water after tidal flooding. The third class was in freely flushed mangroves that corresponded with more frequent tidal connections than the depression classes. ANOVA and Tukey-Kramer tests were used to analyze the data. The null hypotheses were rejected: the hummock class was a significant habitat based on both eggshell and larval data. The conclusion was that mosquito production in the mangrove system was distributed unevenly between habitat classes, and that the hummock class had conditions suited to the requirements of the immature stages of Ae. vigilax. This research has the potential to inform mosquito management strategies by focusing treatment on the problem habitats and underpinning habitat modifications including reducing water retention in the basins.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent5021526 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherLibrary of the University of Arizona
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto11
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Insect Science
dc.relation.ispartofvolume12
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcosystem function
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410404
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3109
dc.titleOviposition and larval habitat preferences of the saltwater mosquito, Aedes vigilax, in a subtropical mangrove forest in Queensland, Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© 2012 authors.This is an open access paper. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ license that permits unrestricted use, provided that the paper is properly attributed.
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorDale, Patricia E.


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