INFLUENCES OF AQUATIC PLANTS ON COLONIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL PONDS BY MOSQUITOES AND THEIR INSECT PREDATORS
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 112 (8) , 793-796
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent112793-8
Abstract
The aquatic plants Utricularia minor L., Lemna minor L., and Elodea canadensis Rich. in Michx. were tested for their effects on the colonization of artificial ponds by mosquitoes and their predators. During the 11 weeks of sampling there were significantly fewer mosquito eggs, and hence mosquito larvae, in the plant-filled ponds than in plantless control ponds, and more predators in the Utricularia and Elodea ponds than in the plantless and Lemna ponds.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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