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Cowley Beach Training Area (nighttime)
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Basic information
Sample name: Cowley Beach Training Area (nighttime)

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: 823 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: 2447

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-12-30 20:37:05

Modified: 2016-12-30 09:37:05

Abundance distribution
12 species
0 singletons
total count 823
extrapolated richness: 15.4
Fisher's α: 1.991
geometric series k: 0.5945
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4357
Shannon's H: 1.0246
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Current reference: Huckleberry et al. 2001 (ER 3215)