Introduction and establishment of tadpole shrimp Triops newberryi (Notostraca: Triopsidae) in a date garden for biological control of mosquitoes in the Coachella Valley, southern California

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 138-148

  Su, Tianyun ^a   Mulla, Mir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Establishment; Field introduction; Mosquito control; Psorophora columbiae; Tadpole shrimp; Triops newberryi

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEA; EGG; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEA; EGGS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; SURVIVAL; WATER;

EID: 0036594676     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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