Nasci R S, Hare S G, Vecchione M
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, McNeese State University, Lake Charles 70609.
J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 1987 Dec;3(4):593-600.
Copepods and mosquitoes were collected and identified over a 12-month period from three woodland ponds, discarded tires and a salt marsh. The species distribution of both mosquitoes and copepods varied among habitats and seasonally. Acanthocyclops vernalis was the predominant copepod in all of the habitats except the discarded tires, where Thermocyclops dybowskii was the predominant species. Amblyospora sp.-infected mosquitoes and copepods were found on several occasions in one of the woodland ponds and in the salt marsh. The results indicate that several copepod species have the potential to influence larval mosquito populations either directly as predators or indirectly as intermediate hosts of parasites.
在12个月的时间里，从三个林地池塘、废弃轮胎和一个盐沼中采集并鉴定了桡足类动物和蚊子。蚊子和桡足类动物的物种分布在不同栖息地之间以及季节性上存在差异。除了废弃轮胎中以戴氏温剑水蚤为优势种外，春季棘剑水蚤是所有栖息地中的优势桡足类动物。在其中一个林地池塘和盐沼中多次发现感染了Amblyospora属寄生虫的蚊子和桡足类动物。结果表明，几种桡足类物种有可能作为捕食者直接或作为寄生虫的中间宿主间接影响蚊子幼虫种群。
