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Oviposition strategies of temporary pool mosquitoes in relation to weather, tidal regime and land use in a temperate wetland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M.V. Cardo ,
D. Vezzani  and
A.E. Carbajo
M.V. Cardo*
Affiliation:
Unidad de Ecología de Reservorios y Vectores de Parásitos, Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón 2, 4° piso (C1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
D. Vezzani
Affiliation:
Unidad de Ecología de Reservorios y Vectores de Parásitos, Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón 2, 4° piso (C1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
A.E. Carbajo
Affiliation:
Unidad de Ecología de Reservorios y Vectores de Parásitos, Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón 2, 4° piso (C1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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*Author for correspondence Fax:+54 11 4576-3354 E-mail: victoriacardo@ege.fcen.uba.ar
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Abstract

Wetlands have traditionally been associated with harbouring mosquitoes, a well-known nuisance and vectors of diseases. Within mosquito life cycle, oviposition is a determinant event by shaping their individual fitness and vectorial capacity. The study was conducted in one of the main temperate wetlands in South America. We used Generalized Linear Models to study the relation between temperature, precipitation, tidal regime, land use, microenvironment, and the occurrence of floodwater (Ochlerotatus and Psorophora spp.) and raft-laying (Culex and Uranotaenia spp.) mosquitoes using temporary pools as larval habitats. Pool occurrence was negatively associated with temperature, and positively related to precipitation and high tides. As regards the land use, it was lowest in domestic areas and plantations, intermediate in secondary forests, and highest in marshes. Each oviposition strategy was best modelled as a function of different environmental factors. The occurrence of floodwater mosquitoes was positively associated with high cumulative precipitation and low tide records. Raft-laying mosquitoes were related to low temperature records, while the effect of flooding varied with the land use. In view of these results, physical (water inputs and movement), chemical, and biological (egg and larval flushing, and predatory interactions) considerations are given to provide insight in the oviposition patterns of mosquitoes occurring in this complex wetland. We finally propose the generation of a tidal flow as a control measure against floodwater mosquitoes, which are the most anthropophilic in the study area.

Keywords

floodwaterraft-layingParaná Lower DeltaCulexOchlerotatus
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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 102 , Issue 6 , December 2012 , pp. 651 - 662
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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