Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Breeding in Brackish Water: Female Ovipositional Preferences or Larval Survival?

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 525-530

  Roberts, Derek ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Larval survival; Mosquitoes; Oviposition preference; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX SITIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CULEX; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; FEMALE; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; SEAWATER;

EID: 0030188018     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.4.525     Document Type: Article

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