Cyanobacteria associated with Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) larval habitats in Southern Mexico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 825-832

  Vázquez Martínez, M Guadalupe ^a   Rodríguez, Mario H ^a,b   Arredondo Jiménez, Juan I ^a   Méndez Sánchez, José D ^a   Bond Compeán, J Guillermo ^a   Gold Morgan, Michelle ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anopheles albimanus; Cyanobacteria; Larval feeding; Larval habitat; Mexico; Mosquito ecology

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SPIROIDES; ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; APHANOCAPSA; BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA MUTICA; CERATOPHYLLUM; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CULICIDAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DIPTERA; HYMENACHNE; HYMENACHNE AMPLEXICAULIS; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA LUTEA; OSCILLATORIA; OSCILLATORIA SP.; PHORMIDIUM; PHORMIDIUM SP.;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; MEXICO;

EID: 0036834801     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.6.825     Document Type: Article

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