title: [Methodology for assessing the potential and the depredating capacity of larvivorous fish by direct observations in the laboratory].
abstract: Based on practical experiences, it was presented the way to assess the potential and the depredating capacity of mosquito larvae by direct observations in the laboratory, using fish. The objective is to facilitate a methodology that allows to know about the behavior of those vertebrates in the presence of the immature stages of the hematophagous diptera in different water bodies.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, Ciudad de La Habana. natividad@ipk.sld.cu
authors.forename: Natividad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hernández Contreras
authors.forename: Rigoberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fimia Duarte
authors.forename: Janeth E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Rojas Urdaneta
authors.forename: G Israel
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: García Avila
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D007753:Laboratories; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D009032:Mosquito Control; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D011235:Predatory Behavior; D013997:Time Factors