Cowley Beach Training Area (daytime)
Basic information
Sample name: Cowley Beach Training Area (daytime)
Reference: S. P. Frances, N. V. Dung, N. W. Beebe, and M. Debboun. 2002. Field evaluation of repellent formulations against daytime and nighttime biting mosquitoes in a tropical rainforest in northern Australia. Journal of Medical Entomology 39(3):541-544 [ER 2308]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: Queensland
Coordinate: 17° 42' S, 146° 6' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "at Cowley Beach Training Area, Cowley Beach"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 23.6
MAP: 3314.0
Habitat comments: "in a rainforest" (probably primary and at least 100 ha based on satellite photos)
climate data are for the South Johnstone Experimental Station and are from Pohlman et al. (2009, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
the station has an "average daily maximum temperature of 28.1º C and an average daily minimum temperature of 19.1º C" (mean 23.6º)
climate data are for the South Johnstone Experimental Station and are from Pohlman et al. (2009, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
the station has an "average daily maximum temperature of 28.1º C and an average daily minimum temperature of 19.1º C" (mean 23.6º)
Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes
Sampling methods: no design,baited,hand capture
Sample size: 754 individuals
Years: 2001
Sampling comments: "The study was conducted... during April-May 2001... Four male volunteers (aged 21 yr) participated in the study... Participants... collected all mosquitoes biting... using aspirators"
Metadata
Sample number: 2448
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-12-30 20:40:26
Modified: 2016-12-30 09:40:26
Abundance distribution
7 species
2 singletons
total count 754
extrapolated richness: 10.9
Fisher's α: 1.067
geometric series k: 0.3364
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.1592
Shannon's H: 0.4034
Good's u: 0.9973
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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