Diversity, abundance, and disturbance response of odonata associated with breeding sites of Anopheles pseudopunctipennis (Diptera: culicidae) in Southern Mexico

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Odonate nymphs are important predators of the immature aquatic stages of mosquitoes. Populations of the malaria vector Anopheles pseudopunctipennis Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) can be efÞciently reduced by extraction of Þlamentous algae from river pools in southern Mexico. Here, we examined the inßuence of this intervention on the diversity of odonates associated with mosquito breeding pools after annual extractions of algae from river pools in a 3-km section of the Coata´n River, over a period of 2 yr. Odonate sampling was performed at monthly intervals in control and treated sections of the river for 4Ð5 mo after extraction in both years and before extraction in 1 yr. In total, 16 species, 10 genera, and 6 families of odonates were collected. Shannon diversity index values declined signiÞcantly during a period of 1 mo in 2001 and 5 mo in 2002. However, the abundance of odonates captured was not affected by algal extraction. In contrast, year-to-year variation in the diversity and abundance of the odonate community was strongly inßuenced by precipitation and river volume. Despite the importance of algae in river ecology, we conclude that the mosquito control intervention resulted in minimal impact on the odonate community in southern Mexico. eng

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