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Table 2 Mosquito productivity estimated by different sampling methods in different season and habitat types

From: Evaluation of two methods of estimating larval habitat productivity in western Kenya highlands

Sampling

method

Sampling

season

 

Productivity (female/m2)

  

Habitat type

An. gambiae

An. funestus

Culicine

Area sampler

June-August, 2008

Drainage ditch

2.28

0.97

0.11

  

Gold mine

1.08

0.17

4.66

  

Swamp

1.56

0.76

0.65

 

June-August, 2009

Drainage ditch

1.82

0.03

0.03

  

Gold mine

0.28

0.02

0.15

  

Swamp

0.03

0.76

0.20

 

February-March, 2009

Drainage ditch

40.48

0.39

0.34

  

Gold mine

20.41

0.30

0.00

  

Swamp

16.93

0.03

0.13

 

February-April, 2010

Drainage ditch

0.90

0.19

0.26

  

Gold mine

1.15

0.05

0.29

  

Swamp

0.14

0.64

0.43

Emergence trap

June-August, 2008

Drainage ditch

0.35

0.01

0.32

  

Gold mine

0.07

0.00

0.37

  

Swamp

0.05

0.01

1.05

 

June-August, 2009

Drainage ditch

0.53

0.00

1.36

  

Gold mine

0.20

0.00

0.51

  

Swamp

0.25

0.04

1.59

 

February-March, 2009

Drainage ditch

1.17

0.08

1.48

  

Gold mine

0.17

0.00

1.43

  

Swamp

0.36

0.13

3.03

 

February-April, 2010

Drainage ditch

0.20

0.00

0.59

  

Gold mine

0.25

0.00

0.81

  

Swamp

0.31

0.11

1.04