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Observations on the settling of Simulium damnosum larvae on artificial substrates, in the Ivory Coast

✍ Scribed by R.O. Hall; A.J. Edwards

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1978
Tongue: English
Weight: 245 KB
Volume: 57
Category: Article
ISSN: 1573-5141
DOI: 10.1007/bf00018632

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✦ Synopsis

The settling rates of the larvae of the blackfly Simulium damno- sum Theobald, were monitored at a Simulium breeding site on the Bandama River in the Ivory Coast . Significantly greater numbers of larvae were found to settle during the night than during the day, and there was a significant increase in the settling rate immediately following the onset of darkness .

The drifting larval population contained significantly greater numbers of smaller larvae than the general population .

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