Orange Walk Town (Mosquito Magnet traps, pre-storm)
Basic information
Sample name: Orange Walk Town (Mosquito Magnet traps, pre-storm)
Reference: M. G. Morrow, R. N. Johnson, J. Polanco, and D. M. Claborn. 2010. Mosquito vector abundance immediately before and after Tropical Storms Alma and Arthur, northern Belize, 2008. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 28(1):19-24 [ER 2294]
Geography
Country: Belize
Coordinate: 18° 5' N, 88° 34' W
Basis of coordinate: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: no details given (coordinate based on Orange Walk Town)
Climate and habitat
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: pasture
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 24.4
MAP: 1195.0
Habitat comments: "approximately 607 ha of cattle pasture bordered by mixed brush, marsh, and sugarcane habitat"
climate data based on station 76750 (Chetumal)
climate data based on station 76750 (Chetumal)
Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes
Sampling methods: no design, baited, other traps
Sample size: 2274
Years: 2008
Days: 4
Nets or traps: 4
Net or trap nights: 16
Sampling comments: sampling was carried out with four heat- and CO2-baited "Mosquito Magnet® traps... sheltered from rainfall—in this case inside two-person tents... run nightly, 12 hours per sampling day (1800 to 0600 h), four nights before the first storm of the wet season (25–28 May)... The tents were spaced 20 m apart and arranged in a line parallel to and approx- imately 100 m from a local marsh"
Metadata
Sample: 2400
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-12-26 20:27:32
Modified: 2016-12-26 20:27:32
Abundance distribution
8 species
0 singletons
total count 2274
Fisher's α: 1.040
geometric series k: 0.4915
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7784
Shannon's H: 1.6438
Good's u: 1.0000
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