Comparison of the predation rate of freshwater cyclopoid copepod species on larvae of the mosquito Culex pipiens

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-342

  Calliari, D ^a   Sanz, K ^a   Martinez M ^a   Cervetto, G ^a   Gomez M ^a   Basso, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Aedes aegyti; Copepod; Culex pipiens; Macrocyclops albidus; Mesocyclops longisetus; Mosquito control; Predation; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; MOSQUITO; PEST CONTROL; PREDATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COPEPOD; CULEX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; CULEX; FRESH WATER; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ACANTHOCYCLOPS; ACANTHOCYCLOPS ROBUSTUS; ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; CYCLOPIDAE; CYCLOPOIDA; DIPTERA; EUCYCLOPS; MACROCYCLOPS; MACROCYCLOPS ALBIDUS; MESOCYCLOPS; MESOCYCLOPS LONGISETUS;

EID: 0141462605     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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