Response of Anopheles gambiae s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae) to larval habitat age in western Kenya highlands

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Larval, predator and chlorophyll a abundance (mean ± SE) in different water habitats

Habitat age	Number of larvae per dip	Number of predators per dip	Chlorophyll a (ppm)
10 day	0.191 ± 0.006^a	0.14 ± 0.06^a	73.3 ± 1.16^a
20 days	0.155 ± 0.005^b	0.64 ± 0.17^b	67.4 ± 1.06^b
30 days	0.118 ± 0.004^c	1.10 ± 0.32^c	87.1 ± 1.79^c

* Values above are the mean values (± SE) and the letters following the numerical values indicate the results of multiple comparison tests. The values with different letters in a column were significantly different from each other.

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