Ross River Reservoir (1990)
Basic information
Sample name: Ross River Reservoir (1990)
Reference: B. H. Kay, M. N. Hearnden, N. M. M. Oliveira, L. N. Sellner, and R. A. Hall. 1996. Alphavirus infection in mosquitoes at the Ross River reservoir, north Queensland, 1990-1993. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 12(3):421-428 [ER 2315]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: Queensland
Coordinate: 19° 26' S, 147° 45' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "The Ross River dam" is "on the western boundary of the twin cities of Townsville-Thuringowa" and most sites were on the northern and northeastern sides of the reservoir
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Altered habitat: inhabited area
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 24.4
WMT: 27.6
CMT: 19.9
MAP: 1129.0
Habitat comments: the reservoir is bordered by agricultural fields to the northwest and possibly undisturbed open woodland to the northeast
climate data are for Townsville and are from Spencely (1982, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography)
climate data are for Townsville and are from Spencely (1982, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography)
Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes
Sampling methods: no design, baited
Sample size: 5139 individuals
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Between May and September 1990, supplementary human bait collections were carried out for 1 h after sunset at Ross River reservoir localities (32 collections) and at the Town Common (2 collections)" (the latter is in Townsville)
Metadata
Sample no: 2458
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-12-31 16:08:20
Modified: 2020-01-14 07:46:36
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
19 species
3 singletons
total count 5139
geometric series index: 24.5
Fisher's α: 2.489
geometric series k: 0.6489
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7365
Shannon's H: 1.7695
Good's u: 0.9994
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