Colonization of abandoned swimming pools by larval mosquitoes and their predators following Hurricane Katrina

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 166-172

  Caillouët, Kevin A ^a   Carlson, John C ^b   Wesson, Dawn ^a   Jordan, Frank ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Katrina; Mosquitoes; Path analysis; Predators; Swimming pools

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYCLONE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MOSQUITO; SWIMMING POOL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; CYCLONES; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; LOUISIANA; SWIMMING POOLS;

AESHNIDAE; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULISETA INORNATA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; INVERTEBRATA; LIBELLULIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 54749140832     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2008)33[166:COASPB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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