title: Interisland dispersal of the black salt marsh mosquito, Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Florida Keys.
abstract: Mark-release-recapture experiments were conducted in 2001 and 2002 to determine whether Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus, black salt marsh mosquitoes, were dispersing from uninhabited islands in the Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge to inhabited islands within Monroe County, Florida. An estimated 1,658,000 mosquitoes were marked during 2001, and an estimated 300,000 mosquitoes were marked during 2002. Recapture rates were 0.0061% and 0.0117%, respectively. Oc. taeniorhynchus disperse from uninhabited islands to other uninhabited islands and also to inhabited islands, namely, Big Pine Key and No Name Key.
authors.affiliation: Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, 5224 College Road, Key West, FL 33040, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vlach
authors.forename: Kristopher J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Jonathan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: G Alan
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Lawrence J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Hribar
authors.forename: Edsel M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Fussell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004463:Ecology; D005431:Florida; D005843:Geography; D044969:Ochlerotatus / Q000502:physiology*; D011157:Population Dynamics