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Table 4 Association between habitat characteristics and anopheline larval density, south-central Ethiopia, July 2008 to June 2010

From: Abundance and dynamics of anopheline larvae in a highland malarious area of south-central Ethiopia

 

Species

Habitat characteristics

An. arabiensis

An. chrysti

An. cinereus

An. demeilloni

Correlation

    

  pH

−0.2

0.0

0.1

−0.2

  Temperature (0 C)

0.3*

−0.1

0.2

−0.3*

  Depth (cm)

−0.6**

0.2

0.0

0.2

Differences of means (medians)

    

  Substrate

    

    Muddy

1.9 (0.0)**

52.5(25.8)*

19.2 (2.3)

15.8 (14.3)

    Sandy

61.5 (23.3)

17.7 (4.1)

54.1 (12.5)

16.7 (4.2)

  Turbidity

    

    Low

39.5 (2.5)

31.1 (7.7)

42.2 (7.5)

15.9 (5.0)

    Medium

1.1(1.1)

40.9(40.9)

0.0

23.9 (24.0)

  Surface debris

    

    Present

38.0 (2.2)

32.4 (8.7)

42.2 (7.5)

15.0 (5.1)

    Absent

30.3 (30.3)

17.7 (17.7)

0.0

42.1 (42.1)

  Surface Algae

    

    Present

38.6 (2.2)

32.2 (8.9)

41.1 (7.4)

16.7 (7.6)

    Absent

0.0

8.6 (8.6)

2.9 (2.9)

0.0

  1. * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01.