caa a22 4500 445893966 CHVBK 20180317145625.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10750-011-0605-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10750-011-0605-8 Effect of tank bromeliad micro-environment on Aedes aegypti larval mortality [Elektronische Daten] [Luiz Lopez, Emanuella Silva, Mayara Beltrão, Renata Leandro, José Barbosa, Eduardo Beserra] Many species of bromeliads create an aquatic microcosm among their leaves. Besides their native aquatic fauna, these microcosms can be used by larvae of invasive mosquitoes like Aedes aegypti. We compared the mortality among A. aegypti larvae placed inside tanks of Aechmea fasciata bromeliads with larvae placed inside artificial microcosms and with microcosms with low pH (5.4), which simulate the acidic conditions found inside bromeliad tanks. A. aegypti larvae suffered a significantly higher mortality inside bromeliad tanks compared to larvae in control microcosms, but the mortality inside bromeliads did not differ statistically from that found in artificial microcosms simulating bromeliad acidic conditions. We concluded that bromeliad tanks tend to be a less suitable environment for the development of A. aegypti larvae than artificial containers due to the acidification generated by bromeliad physiology. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Bromeliad nationallicence Aedes nationallicence Phytotelmata nationallicence pH nationallicence Acidification nationallicence Lopez Luiz Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil aut Silva Emanuella Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil aut Beltrão Mayara Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil aut Leandro Renata Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil aut Barbosa José Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil aut Beserra Eduardo Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil aut Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 665/1(2011-05-01), 257-261 0018-8158 665:1<257 2011 665 10750 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0605-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0605-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lopez Luiz Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Silva Emanuella Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Beltrão Mayara Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Leandro Renata Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Barbosa José Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Beserra Eduardo Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 665/1(2011-05-01), 257-261 0018-8158 665:1<257 2011 665 10750 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer