From: Habitat discrimination by gravid Anopheles gambiae sensu lato – a push-pull system
Parameter | Oviposition substrates in choice experiments | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lake water | Pellet infusions | Soil infusions | ||||||
2 days | 4 days | 6 days | 2 days | 4 days | 6 days | Auto-claved | ||
Turbidity (NTU) | 1 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 222 | 97 | 73 | 137 |
(0.6–1.4) | (20–23) | (14–19) | (20–29) | (197–248) | (92–102) | (61–84) | (108–166) | |
Conductivity (uS/cm) | 107 | 477 | 553 | 543 | 173 | 207 | 237 | 266 |
(105–110) | (462–491) | (547–559) | (532–555) | (171–176) | (203–212) | (233–242) | (258–274) | |
Dissolved oxygen (mg/l) | 4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 6 | 6.3 | 4.8 |
(2.7–5.3) | (0.21–1.4) | (0.9–1.4) | (0.2–0.4) | (5.0–5.6) | (5.7–6.3) | (6.0–6.6) | (4.6–5.1) | |
pH | 8.1 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8 | 8.9 |
(7.9–8.1) | (6.2–6.3) | (6.5–6.9) | (7.3–7.5) | (7.6–7.7) | (7.8–7.9) | (7.9–8.0) | (8.8–8.9) | |
Ammonium (mg/l) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Nitrate (mg/l) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||
Nitrite (mg/l) | 0 | 0 | 0.025 | 0.025 | ||||
Phosphate (mg/l) | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||||
Carbonate hardness (mmol/l) | 0.1 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||||
Total hardness (mmol/l) | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |