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Table 1 Characteristics of larval habitats of Anopheles multicolor and An. arabiensis in Nouakchott, Mauritania

From: First report of Anopheles (Cellia) multicolor during a study of tolerance to salinity of Anopheles arabiensis larvae in Nouakchott, Mauritania

District

GPS (North, West)

Altitude (m)

Habitat type

Origin

Salinity (g/l)

Turbidity (NTU)

D.O (%)

Anopheles spp. larvae

An. arabiensis

An. multicolor

Ain Talh

18°07ʹ36ʺ, 15°56'11ʺ

7

Puddle

Public standpipe

0.2

44.7

50.7

+

Tenweish

18°03ʹ23ʺ, 15°51ʹ00ʺ

5

Puddle

Drinking water pipe

0.6

9.8

55.0

+

Sebkha

18°05ʹ02ʺ, 15°59ʹ17ʺ

7

Pit

Market gardening

1.3

101.0

28.2

+

Cité plage

18°05ʹ57ʺ, 16°00ʹ09ʺ

3

Puddle

Drinking water pipe

2.3

199.4

24.6

+

Ten Soueilim

18°05ʹ57ʺ, 15°57ʹ09ʺ

4

Pool

Ground-water

16.8

10.0

65.0

+

+

Zaatar

18°05ʹ37ʺ, 15°56ʹ20ʺ

5

Puddle

Ground-water

28.9

35.4

29.7

+

+

  1. Abbreviations: GPS, global positioning system; NTU, Nephelometric turbidity unit; D.O, dissolved oxygen; m, meters above sea level