Width of planting beds for emergent vegetation influences mosquito production from a constructed wetland in California (USA)

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 150-159

  Walton, William E ^a   Popko, David A ^a   Van Dam, Alex R ^a,c   Merrill, Andrea ^b   Lythgoe, Jeff ^b   Hess, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Vector Control Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Culex; Gambusia affinis; Integrated mosquito management; Mosquitoes; Schoenoplectus californicus

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CULEX; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; MOSQUITOES; SCHOENOPLECTUS CALIFORNICUS;

VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; CHEMICAL CONTROL; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MARSH; MOSQUITO; OPEN WATER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEDGE; TELEOST; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); WASTEWATER; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINIDAE; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; HEXAPODA; NOTONECTIDAE; SCHOENOPLECTUS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 84857757380     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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