Current activities


Larval mosquito monitoringTesting the efficiency of the control method

In the small community Lwanda Nyamasari at the shore of lake Victoria, the control method of Bti and competitors was tested over the last rainy season from March until June. Ponds with high larvae densities were selected and the combination of the different treatments (Bti, competitors) compared. Currently the samples and the monitoring data are evaluated.

Breeding siteField campaign

In the surrounding of Mbita there is currently a large field campaign running on the oviposition of mosquitoes in close collaboration with the research group of Dr. Ulrike Fillinger at the ICIPE. Part of the mocc-a project is here to identify the role of food composition (algae), as well as competitors and predators in relation to other environmental parameters for the presence of mosquito larvae under natural conditions.

PosterPresentation on the SETAC World Congress

On the 6th SETAC World Congress on May 22-24, 2012, the project was presented with a common poster. pdf

Africa

Recent publications

Meyabeme A, Duquesne S, Liess, M. 2010

Influence of competing and predatory invertebrate taxa on larval populations of mosquitoes in temporary ponds of wetland areas in Germany. Journal of Vector Ecology 35 (2): 419-427.

Duquesne S., Kroeger I., Kutyniok M., Liess M. 2011

The Potential of Cladocerans as Controphic Competitors of the Mosquito Culex pipiens. J. Med. Entomol. 48 (3): 554-560.

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