Mosquitoes associated with ditch-plugged and control tidal salt marshes on the Delmarva Peninsula

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3099-3113

  Leisnham, Paul T ^a   Sandoval Mohapatra, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Delmarva Peninsula; Ditch plugging; Restoration; Salinity; Tidal salt marsh

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AEDES CANTATOR; AEDES SOLLICITANS; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES BRADLEYI; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX SALINARUS; DITCH PLUGGING; FOREST; HYDROLOGY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; SALINITY; SALT MARSH; SEASHORE; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUMMER; TIDE; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ANOPHELES BRADLEYI; CULEX SALINARIUS; OCHLEROTATUS SOLLICITANS;

EID: 80052140780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8083099     Document Type: Article

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