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Table 1 Distribution and abundance of larval habitats

From: Larval habitat diversity and Anopheles mosquito species distribution in different ecological zones in Ghana

 

Concrete well

Dug-out well

Natural pond

Man-made pond

Drainage ditch

Tyre track

Footprint

Hoofprint

Swamp

Furrow

Puddle

Total

Dry season

 Anyakpor

5 (62.50)

27 (90.00)

0

22 (95.65)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

54 (38.57)

 Duase

2 (25.00)

3 (10.00)

9 (31.03)

1 (4.35)

4 (22.22)

0

0

0

2 (10.53)

0

5 (100)

26 (18.57)

 Kpalsogu

0

0

9 (31.03)

0

2 (11.11)

0

1 (100)

1 (100)

16 (84.21)

1 (16.67)

0

30 (21.43)

 Libga

1 (12.50)

0

5 (17.24)

0

9 (50.00)

0

0

0

0

5 (83.33)

0

20 (14.29)

 Pagaza

0

0

6 (20.69)

0

3 (16.67)

0

0

0

1 (5.26)

0

0

10 (7.14)

Total

8 (100)

30 (100)

29 (100)

23(100)

18 (100)

0

1 (100)

1 (100)

19 (100)

6 (100)

5 (100)

140 (100)

Rainy season

 Anyakpor

30 (100)

8 (66.67)

1 (5.88)

75 (92.59)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

114 (46.91)

 Duase

0

4 (33.33)

9 (52.94)

6 (7.41)

3 (60)

8 (26.67)

0

0

2 (8)

0

4 (21.05)

36 (14.81)

 Kpalsogu

0

0

2 (11.76)

0

0

21 (70)

3 (75)

10 (100)

14 (56)

6 (60)

10 (52.63)

66 (27.16)

 Libga

0

0

2 (11.76)

0

0

0

0

0

6 (24)

4 (40)

0

12 (4.94)

 Pagaza

0

0

3 (17.65)

0

2 (40)

1 (3.33)

1 (25)

0

3 (12)

0

5 (26.32)

15 (6.17)

Total

30 (100)

12 (100)

17 (100)

81 (100)

5 (100)

30 (100)

4 (100)

10 (100)

25 (100)

10 (100)

13 (100)

243 (100)

  1. Numbers in parenthesis are percentages