Mesocyclops longisetus effects on survivorship of Aedes aegypti immature stages in car tyres

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 386-390

  Manrique Saide, Pablo ^a   Ibáñez Bernal, Sergio ^b   Delfín González, Hugo ^a   Tabla, Victor Parra ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Biological control; Copepoda; Culicidae; Life table; Mesocyclops longisetus; Mexico; Mortality; Mosquito larvae; Predation; Survival curves

Indexed keywords

LARVA; LIFE TABLE; MOSQUITO; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SURVIVORSHIP; TIRE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; MOSQUITO;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

MEXICO;

AEDES AEGYPTI; COPEPODA; CULICIDAE; MESOCYCLOPS LONGISETUS;

EID: 0032191128     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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