Marudhamalai
Basic information
Sample name: Marudhamalai

Reference: P. S. Selvan, A. Jebanesan, G. Divya, and V. Ramesh. 2015. Diversity of mosquitoes and larval breeding preference based on physico-chemical parameters in Western Ghats, Tamilnadu, India. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease 5(suppl. 1):S59-S66 [ER 2279]
Geography
Country: India

State: Tamil Nadu


Coordinate: 11° 3' N, 76° 51' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: Coimbatore District
coordinate based on Marudhamalai temple

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: cropland

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 29.0

CMT: 24.0

MAP: 950.0

Habitat comments: "The location of the study area was closely associated with water bodies which including fresh water, polluted water, pond and plantation fields"
MAP stated in text is 700 mm
climate data are for Combatore and are from Mohan and Arumugam (1994)

Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes

Sampling methods: no design,hand capture

Sample size: 309 individuals

Years: 2013, 2014

Sampling comments: collections were made "during August 2013 to July 2014"
"natural containers... were examined for the presence of mosquito larvae and resting adults. Sampling was made by using 250 mL dipper"
individuals are larvae

Metadata
Sample number: 2380

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-12-24 11:33:55

Modified: 2016-12-24 00:33:55

Abundance distribution
23 species
1 singleton
total count 309
geometric series index: 29.0
Fisher's α: 5.745
geometric series k: 0.8447
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9241
Shannon's H: 2.7791
Good's u: 0.9968
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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