A field evaluation of four larval mosquito control methods in urban catch basins

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 666-671

  Stockwell, Patrick J ^a   Wessell, Nolan ^a   Reed, David R ^a   Kronenwetter Koepel, Tamara A ^a   Reed, Kurt D ^a   Turchi, Thomas R ^b   Meece, Jennifer K ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b Clinic Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation study; Habitat; Land use; Larval mosquito control; Urban catch basin

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; METHOPRENE; RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; CULEX; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; METHOPRENE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RAIN; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WEST NILE FEVER; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33846364197     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)22[666:AFEOFL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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