Sample name: National Forest of Caxiuanã

Reference: U. E. C. Confalonieri and C. C. Neto. 2012. Diversity of mosquito vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) in Caxiuanã, Pará,Brazil. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases 2012(741273):1-8 [ER 2243]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.3

MAP: 1865.0

Habitat comments: "The study site was a meteorological tower (54 meters high) of the project LBA-Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in the Amazon. It is a pristine forest ecosystem"
climate data are based on sample 1889

Life forms: mosquitoes

Sites: 1

Sampling methods: no design, other nets, light traps

Sample size: 25432 individuals

Years: 2005, 2006

Days: 25

Nets or traps: 4

Net or trap nights: 100

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "Field trips were performed in the months of July, September, and December 2005 and February and April of 2006... A total of 25, 433 specimens were collected... in each of the five field trips three night-time (6:00 pm–6:00 am) and two diurnal (6:00 am–6:00 pm) collecting periods lasting twelve hours each were performed. Mosquito captures were conducted using CDC light traps as well as entomological hand nets at four different heights: 30m (forest canopy), 16 m, 8 m, and ground level. One collector and one CDC trap were placed at each height"

Sample no: 2291

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-10-19 20:50:38

Modified: 2016-12-19 10:51:17