Effects of road salts on the composition of seasonal pond communities: Can the use of road salts enhance mosquito recruitment?

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-166

  Petranka, James W ^a   Doyle, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Community composition; Culex restuans; Macrozooplankton; Mosquito oviposition; Road salts; Seasonal wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; CLUTCH SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; DISEASE VECTOR; FIELDWORK; FLEA; FROG; MESOCOSM; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; POND; RUNOFF; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALTATION; SEASONALITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

AMPHIBIA; ANOPHELES PUNCTIPENNIS; ANURA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COPEPODA; CULEX RESTUANS; EPHYDRIDAE; HEXAPODA; LITHOBATES; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 77049109179     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9286-z     Document Type: Article

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