The potential of mosquito-indigestible phytoplankton for mosquito control
Marten, G.G.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 3(1): 105-106
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 8756-971X PMID: 2904936 Document Number: 304191
The author observed larvae of Aedes albopictus in Hawaii dying of starvation in container-breeding habitats where the green alga Kirchneriella irregularis was the dominant species of phytoplankton. From this, he proposes that in some habitats some species of algae (e.g. those in the genera Kirchneriella, Scenedesmus, Coelastrum, Dactylococcus, Elakotothrix, Tetrallantos and Tetradesmus) which are indigestible for mosquito larvae might be encouraged at the expense of other, more digestible algae, thus providing a means of reducing larval mosquito populations.