Physical, Chemical and Biological Characteristics in Habitats of High and Low Presence of Anopheline Larvae in Western Kenya Highlands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Ndenga, Bryson A ^a,b   Simbauni, Jemimah A ^a   Mbugi, Jenard P ^a   Githeko, Andrew K ^b  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; IRON; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE;

ANOPHELES; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; KENYA; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES HABITAT; TADPOLE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEETLES; CALORIMETRY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; IRON; KENYA; LARVA; MALE; NITRATES; NITRITES; ODONATA; PHOSPHATES; POPULATION DENSITY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84867868694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047975     Document Type: Article

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