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A standardized sampling method to estimate mosquito richness and abundance for research and public health surveillance programmes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2008

F. Mendoza ,
S. Ibáñez-Bernal  and
F.J. Cabrero-Sañudo
F. Mendoza*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, México
S. Ibáñez-Bernal
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, México
F.J. Cabrero-Sañudo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, México
*
*Author for correspondence Fax: +525 228-8421800 ext. 4102 E-mail: fredy.mendoza@posgrado.inecol.edu.mx
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Abstract

Programmes involving mosquito research and surveillance are normally focused on the study of aquatic larval stages, but sampling methods are varied and not systematized, which hinders the comparative analysis of ecological data. A standardized method for assessing the richness and abundance of mosquito larval populations of value for the analysis of mosquito diversity is presented. Based on the study of all the aquatic sites in a one hectare sample area with a proportional number of dips according to the size of the aquatic habitat, comparative data can be obtained on species richness and relative abundance of species found between pairs of sites or in the same area at different times. This technique provides information on the total mosquito fauna at each site, helps recognize species of medical importance and estimates the abundance of each species; parameters that are not estimated by the current entomological indexes used in surveillance programmes. The quality of the inventory is obtained by estimation of the efficiency effort. Procedures for calculating alpha, beta and gamma diversity are presented. The technique was validated in a natural and an urban zone at La Mancha, Veracruz, Mexico, over two years of sampling made during different climatic seasons.

Keywords

standardized methodsamplinglarvaeCulicidaemosquitoesspecies richnessabundancediversity
Type
Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 98 , Issue 4 , August 2008 , pp. 323 - 332
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Copyright © 2008 Cambridge University Press

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