INVESTIGADORES
CARBAJO Anibal Eduardo
artículos
Título:
Community structure of ground-water breeding mosquitoes driven by land use in a temperate wetland of Argentina
Autor/es:
CARDO MARÍA VICTORIA; DARÍO VEZZANI; ANIBAL EDUARDO CARBAJO
Revista:
ACTA TROPICA
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Año: 2011 vol. 119 p. 76 - 83
ISSN:
0001-706X
Resumen:
Wetlands havetraditionallybeenassociatedwithharbouringmosquitoes,buttheeffectofthelanduseon theircommunitieshasnotbeenthoroughlystudied.Wecharacterizedtheground-waterhabitatavail-ability andmosquitospeciesrichnessandcompositionduringayear-roundsurveyinthepredominantland uses(domesticareas,Salicaceaeplantations,secondaryforestsand Scirpus giganteus marshes) ofthe ParanáLowerDelta,Argentina.Eachlandusepresentedacharacteristicallydifferentnumber,com-position, anddiversityofground-waterhabitats,andharbouredmosquitoesthroughouttheyear.Nearlyhalf ofthe824habitatsexamined,consistingof10types,werepositiveforimmatures.Weidentified23species from7genera,with Culex and Ochlerotatus species accountingfor81.7%ofallsamples.Speciesrichness wassignificantlylowerinmarshesthanintheotherlanduses.Somespeciessuchas Culex dolosuss.l. and Ochlerotatus crinifer exhibited nohabitat-typerestrictions,while Uranotaenia nataliae and Mansoniaindubitans presented specifichabitatrequirements.Ourresultsstronglysuggestthatlandusewithintemperate wetlandsdrivesspeciesrichnessandcompositionofground-watermosquitocommunitiesthrough larvalhabitatavailability.
