Table 3 Biodiversity estimates [Shannon diversity index (H′), evenness (J′ = H′/ln(S)), species richness (Sobs), and Chao2 estimator of species richness (SChao2) with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses] of the mosquito populations sampled from three regions in United Arab Emirates, 2018, during two trapping seasons using CDC light traps and BG sentinel traps baited with CO2
From: Mosquito biodiversity and mosquito-borne viruses in the United Arab Emirates
Site | Season | H′ | J′ | S obs | S Chao2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Ain Zoo | Winter | 0.56 | 0.31 | 7 | 8.2 (7.1–17.8) |
Spring | 0.24 | 0.17 | 4 | 6.2 (4.3–22.5) | |
Total | 0.46 | 0.23 | 8 | 9.3 (8.2–19.7) | |
Ras Al Khor | Winter | 0.92 | 0.84 | 3 | 3.0 (3.0–4.0) |
Spring | 0.63 | 0.58 | 3 | 3.0 (3.0–4.4) | |
Total | 0.73 | 0.66 | 3 | 3.0 (3.0–3.3) | |
Wadi Wurayah | Winter | 1.03 | 0.57 | 6 | 15.4 (7.2–77.0) |
Spring | 1.02 | 0.74 | 4 | 6.9 (5.2–21.6) | |
Total | 1.36 | 0.76 | 6 | 6.0 (6.0–7.2) | |
Grand total |  | 1.04 | 0.45 | 10 | 12.4 (11.2–23.6) |