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1 March 2005 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT TO STIMULATE DENITRIFICATION INCREASES MOSQUITO ABUNDANCE IN MULTIPURPOSE CONSTRUCTED TREATMENT WETLANDS
William E. Walton, Joshua A. Jiannino
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Abstract

Inundation of dried emergent vegetation that has been knocked down using heavy equipment is a vegetation management strategy that provides an inexpensive source of supplemental organic carbon to stimulate denitrification, a process important for nitrate removal in constructed treatment wetlands. The abundance of larval mosquitoes (Culex sp. and Culiseta sp.) in multipurpose constructed wetlands that had undergone autumnal vegetation management intended primarily to enhance denitrifying bacteria was significantly higher than in wetlands that remained in continuous operation. Mosquito abundance in wetlands that had undergone vegetation management during autumn was much lower than that observed during spring in a previous study; nevertheless, vegetation management practices that inundate dried, felled macrophytes are contraindicated for mosquito control.

William E. Walton and Joshua A. Jiannino "VEGETATION MANAGEMENT TO STIMULATE DENITRIFICATION INCREASES MOSQUITO ABUNDANCE IN MULTIPURPOSE CONSTRUCTED TREATMENT WETLANDS," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 21(1), 22-27, (1 March 2005). https://doi.org/10.2987/8756-971X(2005)21[22:VMTSDI]2.0.CO;2
Published: 1 March 2005
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KEYWORDS
constructed wetlands
Culex
denitrification
nitrogen removal
vegetation management
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