Anthropogenic Ecological Change and Impacts on Mosquito Breeding and Control Strategies in Salt-Marshes, Northern Territory, Australia

• Published in: EcoHealth Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 183 - 194
• Main Authors: Jacups, Susan, Warchot, Allan, Whelan, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.06.2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Ecology; Animals; Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic insects; Artificial wetlands; brackish water; breeding; breeding sites; Culicidae; Disease transmission; Drainage; drainage channels; dry season; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Environmental Health; Environmental impact; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Environmental restoration; Insect Vectors; Mangroves; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; methods; Microbiology; Mosquito Control; Mosquito Control - methods; mosquito-borne diseases; Mosquitoes; Mud flats; nontarget organisms; Northern Territory; Original Contribution; pests; plague; Public Health; Residential areas; risk; runoff; Salt marshes; Seasons; Stormwater; Swamps; Vector-borne diseases; vegetation; Viruses; Water and Health; wet season; Wetlands; Northern Territory; Australia; anthropogenic change; ecology; Murray Valley encephalitis virus; Ross River virus; habitat modification; arbovirus

Darwin, in the tropical north of Australia, is subject to high numbers of mosquitoes and several mosquito-borne diseases. Many of Darwin’s residential areas were built in close proximity to tidally influenced swamps, where long-term storm-water run-off from nearby residences into these swamps has le...