Evaluation of two dipping methods for sampling immature Culex and Ochlerotatus mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from artificial containers

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1233-1241

  Leisnham, Paul T ^a,e   Slaney, David P ^a,b   Lester, Philip J ^c   Weinstein, Philip ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Collect; Environment; New Zealand; Quantitative sampling

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; MOSQUITO; SAMPLING;

CULEX PERVIGILANS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; OCHLEROTATUS NOTOSCRIPTUS; OCHLEROTATUS TOGOI;

EID: 30744462808     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517389     Document Type: Article

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