Mosquito production from four constructed treatment wetlands in peninsular Florida

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-205

  Rey, Jorge R ^a   O'Meara, George F ^a   O'Connell, Sheila M ^a   Cutwa Francis, Michele M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Florida; Mosquitoes; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; LARVA; MOSQUITO; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; LARVA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

CULEX NIGRIPALPUS;

EID: 33746504598     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)22[198:MPFFCT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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