Measuring mosquito dispersal for control programs.
Simple and economic methods were developed for control programs to demonstrate the movement of mosquitoes from a breeding source to residential areas. Using mark-release-recapture methods and examples, mean, median and maximum distances traveled were estimated or observed and compared for 11 species produced in a wastewater treatment facility near Lakeland, FL. The applicability of these methods and data interpretation for operational mosquito control programs are discussed.
Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, IFAS-University of Florida, Vero Beach 32962.
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D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae; D004463:Ecology; D005426:Flight, Animal; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013045:Species Specificity