| dc.contributor.author | Kabochi, S. M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mwangi, Benson | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gicheru, M. M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Michuki, G. N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Onyango, I. A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-16T10:07:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-16T10:07:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-10 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Mosquito Research 2020; 7(6): 01-04 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2348-5906 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.dipterajournal.com/archives/2020/7/6/A/7-5-6 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.dipterajournal.com/pdf/2020/vol7issue6/PartA/7-5-6-489.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4454 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Mosquito ecology is influenced by wetness in the environment. In 2011-2014, a rise in waters of Lake Baringo resulted in unprecedented flooding that inundated over 88km2 of the shoreline. A longitudinal study carried out from October 2012-October 2013 assessed mosquito abundance and diversity in two habitats. A total of 386,624 mosquitoes were captured, 89% from flooded shoreline and 11% from swampy habitat. Family Culicinae constituted 10 genera. Mansonia dominated the catches with 98% from flooded shoreline and swampy habitat 2%. Genetic sequences of Aedes albopictus species was identified and reported for the first time in the basin. Diversity index was higher in swampy habitat (Simpson Diversity Index=0.56), compared to flooded shoreline (Simpson diversity index =0.13). Future recurring floods will result in drastic changes of the ecology and could lead to emergence and reemergence of more species. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | extreme flooding | en_US |
| dc.subject | flooded shoreline | en_US |
| dc.subject | swamps | en_US |
| dc.subject | mosquito | en_US |
| dc.subject | diversity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lake Baringo | en_US |
| dc.title | Mosquitoes composition, abundance and distribution in swampy and flooded shoreline habitats of Lake Baringo, Kenya, during a period of extreme flooding (2012-2013) | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
