Laboratory evaluation of the predation efficacy of native Australian fish on Culex annulirostris (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 286-291

  Hurst, Timothy P ^a   Brown, Michael D ^a,b   Kay, Brian H ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FMC (Chemicals) Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Culex annulirostris; Native fish; Predation efficacy; Schooling

Indexed keywords

AMBASSIS MARIANUS; ARBOVIRUS; ATHERINOMORUS LACUNOSUS; CRATEROCEPHALUS STERCUSMUSCARUM; CULEX (GENUS); CULEX (SUBGENUS); CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; GOBIO GOBIO; HYPSELEOTRIS COMPRESSA; HYPSELEOTRIS GALII; MELANOTAENIA DUBOULAYI; PSEUDOMUGIL SIGNIFER; RETROPINNA SEMONI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULEX; FISH; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FISHES; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 16544368004     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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