Mosquito development in a macrophyte-based wastewater treatment plant in Cameroon (Central Africa)

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-61

  Kengne, Ives Magloire ^a   Brissaud, François ^b   Akoa, Amougou ^a   Eteme, Roger Atangana ^a   Nya, Jean ^a   Ndikefor, Alomba ^a   Fonkou, Theophile ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Macrophyte lagoons; Mosquito development; Pistia stratiotes; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BREEDING GROUND;

ECOLOGY;

BREEDING SITE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MACROPHYTE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MANSONIA; PISTIA STRATIOTES; STRATIOTES;

EID: 0347627857     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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