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- Title
Algae and plant flora of the mosquito breeding habitats in two urbanized areas of Cairo, Egypt.
- Authors
Kenawy, Mohamed A.; Ali, Adel F.; Ammar, Sherif E.; Abdel-Rahman, Hashim A.; Abdel-Hamid, Yousrya M.; Gad, Adel M.
- Abstract
The present study was carried out in two urban areas in Cairo Governorate namely El-Muqattam and Abu-Seir. For each locality, the breeding habitats were monthly inspected (Nov. 2009 to Oct. 2010) for mosquito larvae. Along with larval collection, samples of algal mats/ scum and of terrestrial and aquatic plants surrounding and within the breeding habitats were collected. Thirteen algal taxa belonging to 4 divisions: Cyanophyta (3), Bacillariophyta (7), Chlorophhyta (2) and Xanthophyta (1) were identified in the two localities. Eighteen plant species of fifteen families were collected of which, sixteen species were terrestrial and only two were aquatic. Examining the dependence of the reported mosquito species (Culex pipiens, Cx. perexiguus, Cx. pusillus, Ochlerotatus caspius, Culiseta longiareolata and Anopheles multicolor) on the occurrence of certain algal/aquatic plant species revealed that all relations were insignificant (χ2=0.00 -2.22, d.f.=1, P>0.05) except the dependence of Cx. pipiens on the occurrence of the unicellular green alga Cosmarium sp., and filamentous green algae of Oedogonium sp. and Spirogyra sp. in Abu-Seir (χ2=5.99, d.f. =1, P<0.05).
- Subjects
MOSQUITO larvae; ALGAE; MOSQUITOES; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; XANTHOPHYCEAE; METROPOLITAN areas
- Publication
Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences E Medical Entomology & Parasitology, 2014, Vol 6, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2090-0783
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21608/eajbse.2014.14496