Table 1 Characteristics of the larval habitats in Boa Vista, Pacaraima and São João da Baliza
Municipalities | Characteristics | Larval Habitats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 | Site 4 | Site 5 | Site 6 | ||
Boa Vista | Habitat type | Stream | Lake | Stream | Stream | – | – |
Area (sq m) |  > 300 |  > 150 ≤ 300 |  > 300 |  > 150 ≤ 300 | – | – | |
Water turbidity | Turbid | Transparent | Turbid | Transparent | – | – | |
Water current | Stagnant | Stagnant | Slow | Slow | – | – | |
Water temperature °C (M ± SD) | 23.2 ± 10.5 | 22.3 ± 9.9 | 28.7 ± 14.9 | 27.8 ± 14.5 | – | – | |
Water pH (M ± SD) | 5.4 ± 2.4 | 4.7 ± 2.4 | 2.9 ± 3.1 | 3.4 ± 2.9 | – | – | |
Distance from houses (m) |  > 15 |  > 15 |  > 15 |  ≤ 8 | – | – | |
Sunlight exposure | Partly shaded | Partly shaded | Partly shaded | Shaded | – | – | |
Debris | Trunk/Roots/Leaves | Trunk/Roots/Leaves | Trunk/Roots/Leaves | Trunk/Roots/Leaves | – | – | |
Vegetation | Emerging/Marginal | Emerging/Marginal Floating/Underwater | Emerging/Floating Marginal | Floating/Marginal | – | – | |
Pacaraima | Habitat type | Pond | Stream | Stream | Stream | Fishpond | Stream |
Area (sq m) |  ≤ 150 |  > 150 ≤ 300 |  > 150 ≤ 300 |  ≤ 150 |  > 300 |  > 150 ≤ 300 | |
Water turbidity | Turbid | Transparent | Transparent | Transparent | Turbid | Turbid | |
Current water | Slow | Moderate | Slow | Moderate | Stagnant | Slow | |
Water temperature °C (M ± SD) | 20.9 ± 8.5 | 20.1 ± 8.1 | 19.2 ± 8.5 | 19.5 ± 8.6 | 22 ± 9.7 | 21.2 ± 9.4 | |
Water pH (M ± SD) | 5.5 ± 1 | 6.3 ± 2.8 | 6.9 ± 0.7 | 5.4 ± 2.4 | 7 ± 0.8 | 5.4 ± 2.2 | |
Distance from houses (m) |  ≤ 8 |  > 8 ≤ 15 |  ≤ 8 |  > 8 ≤ 15 |  > 15 |  > 15 | |
Sunlight exposure | Partly shaded | Shaded | Shaded | Shaded | Sunny | Partly shaded | |
Debris | Trunk/Roots/Leaves | Trunk/Roots/Leaves | Trunk/Roots/Leaves | Trunk/Roots/Leaves | Nothing | Trunk/Roots/ Leaves/Fruits | |
Vegetation | Floating/Underwater Marginal | Emerging/Floating Marginal | Emerging/Marginal | Emerging/Marginal | Underwater | Emerging/Marginal Underwater | |
S.J. Baliza | Habitat type | Dam | Stream | Stream | Stream | Dam | - |
Area (sq m) |  > 300 |  ≤ 150 |  > 300 |  > 150 ≤ 300 |  ≤ 150 | - | |
Water turbidity | Turbid | Turbid | Transparent | Turbid | Turbid | - | |
Current water | Slow | Slow | Slow | Moderate | Stagnant | - | |
Water temperature °C (M ± SD) | 27 ± 2.3 | 25.8 ± 1.1 | 25.1 ± 0.4 | 27.5 ± 1.7 | 26.6 ± 2.3 | - | |
Water pH (M ± SD) | 5.5 ± 2.3 | 5.5 ± 2.3 | 6.5 ± 0.8 | 5.5 ± 2.3 | 5.5 ± 3.5 | - | |
Distance from houses (m) |  > 8 ≤ 15 |  ≤ 8 |  ≤ 8 |  > 8 ≤ 15 |  > 15 | - | |
Sunlight exposure | Partly shaded | Partly shaded | Partly shaded | Shaded | Sunny | - | |
Debris | Trunk/Roots/Leaves | Trunk/Roots/Leaves | Trunk/Roots/Leaves | Trunk/Roots/Leaves | Nothing | - | |
Vegetation | Emerging/Marginal | Emerging/Marginal | Emerging/Marginal | Emerging/Underwater Marginal | Underwater | - | |