Record Details
page 2-81
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 2-81 Phase II summary report (final) : Utah Lake water quality, hydrology and aquatic biology impact analysis summary for the irrigation and drainage system--Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, page 2-81 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 2-81 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; collected of these species the 10 most common ranked in order of their abundance are culex marsalis tarsalis tar salis culiseta Culi seta incornata inornata inor nata aedes dorsalis culex erthrothorax a aedes nigromaculis nigro maculis aedes niphadopsis aedes vexans texans culex piens pipiens pipkens pi anopheles freeborni freeborne free borni and aedes campestris campe stris records of the utah county mosquito control department for the past several years indicate that the same ten species continue to be the most abundant although changes in the order of abundance occur from year to year depending upon water and climate conditions because of the vicious biting habit of the five aedes species and their distribution in the project area control is necessary to prevent a severe nuisance from developing of the three common culex species C tarsalis marsalis tar salis is of the greatest importance because of its role as the vector of western equine encephalitis light trap collection records of the mosquito control department for the period 19721977 1972 1977 show 3256 32 56 of the total mosquitoes collected are C tarsalis marsalis tar salis light trap records of the county show culiseta Culi seta inornata incornata inor nata makes up about 20 of the mosquito population although this species is not considered a serious pest of humans large populations can be a local nuisance in 1981 utah county budgeted 257000 for mosquito control of this amount 180000 was spent on controlling mosquitoes produced near utah lake the shaded regions shown in figures 2d ad 1 and 2d ad 2 show the areas around utah lake where mosquitoes are produced many of the areas along goshen bay are not presently being controlled because of low human population densities in those areas of the 43000 acres 17000 ha of potential mosquito producing areas around utah lake 30000 to 33000 acres 1215013350 12150 13350 ha are presently under regular mosquito inspection and control maximum mosquito production occurs in areas frequently flooded such as saltcedar salt cedar tamarix woodland grass sedge spike rush and saline meadows and agricultural areas control in these areas includes drainage where feasible under budget and man time restrictions and ground and aerial application of larvicides and adulticides aedes species lay their eggs on exposed mud and the eggs hatch when the area 281 2 81 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/9172 |
