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North American Wetlands and Mosquito Control
Wetlands are valuable habitats that provide important social, economic, and ecological services such as flood control, water quality improvement, carbon sequestration, pollutant removal, and primary/secondary production export to terrestrial and aquatic food chains. There is disagreement about the n...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3546777/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23222252 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9124537 |
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author | Rey, Jorge R. Walton, William E. Wolfe, Roger J. Connelly, Roxanne O’Connell, Sheila M. Berg, Joe Sakolsky-Hoopes, Gabrielle E. Laderman, Aimlee D. |
author_facet | Rey, Jorge R. Walton, William E. Wolfe, Roger J. Connelly, Roxanne O’Connell, Sheila M. Berg, Joe Sakolsky-Hoopes, Gabrielle E. Laderman, Aimlee D. |
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description | Wetlands are valuable habitats that provide important social, economic, and ecological services such as flood control, water quality improvement, carbon sequestration, pollutant removal, and primary/secondary production export to terrestrial and aquatic food chains. There is disagreement about the need for mosquito control in wetlands and about the techniques utilized for mosquito abatement and their impacts upon wetlands ecosystems. Mosquito control in wetlands is a complex issue influenced by numerous factors, including many hard to quantify elements such as human perceptions, cultural predispositions, and political climate. In spite of considerable progress during the last decades, habitat protection and environmentally sound habitat management still remain inextricably tied to politics and economics. Furthermore, the connections are often complex, and occur at several levels, ranging from local businesses and politicians, to national governments and multinational institutions. Education is the key to lasting wetlands conservation. Integrated mosquito abatement strategies incorporate many approaches and practicable options, as described herein, and need to be well-defined, effective, and ecologically and economically sound for the wetland type and for the mosquito species of concern. The approach will certainly differ in response to disease outbreaks caused by mosquito-vectored pathogens versus quality of life issues caused by nuisance-biting mosquitoes. In this contribution, we provide an overview of the ecological setting and context for mosquito control in wetlands, present pertinent information on wetlands mosquitoes, review the mosquito abatement options available for current wetlands managers and mosquito control professionals, and outline some necessary considerations when devising mosquito control strategies. Although the emphasis is on North American wetlands, most of the material is applicable to wetlands everywhere. |
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spelling | pubmed-35467772013-02-09 North American Wetlands and Mosquito Control Rey, Jorge R. Walton, William E. Wolfe, Roger J. Connelly, Roxanne O’Connell, Sheila M. Berg, Joe Sakolsky-Hoopes, Gabrielle E. Laderman, Aimlee D. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Wetlands are valuable habitats that provide important social, economic, and ecological services such as flood control, water quality improvement, carbon sequestration, pollutant removal, and primary/secondary production export to terrestrial and aquatic food chains. There is disagreement about the need for mosquito control in wetlands and about the techniques utilized for mosquito abatement and their impacts upon wetlands ecosystems. Mosquito control in wetlands is a complex issue influenced by numerous factors, including many hard to quantify elements such as human perceptions, cultural predispositions, and political climate. In spite of considerable progress during the last decades, habitat protection and environmentally sound habitat management still remain inextricably tied to politics and economics. Furthermore, the connections are often complex, and occur at several levels, ranging from local businesses and politicians, to national governments and multinational institutions. Education is the key to lasting wetlands conservation. Integrated mosquito abatement strategies incorporate many approaches and practicable options, as described herein, and need to be well-defined, effective, and ecologically and economically sound for the wetland type and for the mosquito species of concern. The approach will certainly differ in response to disease outbreaks caused by mosquito-vectored pathogens versus quality of life issues caused by nuisance-biting mosquitoes. In this contribution, we provide an overview of the ecological setting and context for mosquito control in wetlands, present pertinent information on wetlands mosquitoes, review the mosquito abatement options available for current wetlands managers and mosquito control professionals, and outline some necessary considerations when devising mosquito control strategies. Although the emphasis is on North American wetlands, most of the material is applicable to wetlands everywhere. MDPI 2012-12-10 2012-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3546777/ /pubmed/23222252 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9124537 Text en © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rey, Jorge R. Walton, William E. Wolfe, Roger J. Connelly, Roxanne O’Connell, Sheila M. Berg, Joe Sakolsky-Hoopes, Gabrielle E. Laderman, Aimlee D. North American Wetlands and Mosquito Control |
title | North American Wetlands and Mosquito Control |
title_full | North American Wetlands and Mosquito Control |
title_fullStr | North American Wetlands and Mosquito Control |
title_full_unstemmed | North American Wetlands and Mosquito Control |
title_short | North American Wetlands and Mosquito Control |
title_sort | north american wetlands and mosquito control |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3546777/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23222252 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9124537 |
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