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)

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
geometric series index: 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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