Table 3 Characteristics of streams during anopheline larvae occurrence, south-central Ethiopia, July 2008-June 2010
From: Abundance and dynamics of anopheline larvae in a highland malarious area of south-central Ethiopia
Local name of Stream | Frequency of occurrence | Habitat characteristic (M ± SD) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Temperature (0 C) | pH | Length (m) | Width (m) | Depth (cm) | Nearest domicile (m) | ||
Odamo | 7 | 26.1 ± 2.5 | 7.2 ± 0.3 | 1597 ± 7.6 | 4.3 ± 0.5 | 3.4 ± 0.5 | 350 |
Akamuja | 11 | 24.5 ± 1.8 | 7.5 ± 0.7 | 1600 | 5.4 ± 0.5 | 4.4 ± 0.8 | 200 |
Assas | 6 | 22.7 ± 4.1 | 7.1 ± 0.1 | 1033 ± 81.7 | 3.2 ± 0.3 | 5.0 ± 0.6 | 120 ± 42.2 |
Beko Swamp | 16 | 23.0 ± 2.3 | 7.2 ± 0.3 | 600 | 4.4 ± 0.5 | 5.3 ± 1.5 | 20 |