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Table 3 Means of physicochemical characteristics, along with occurrence of mosquito species in different larval habitats In West Azerbaijan province in 2018

From: Larval habitats and species diversity of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in West Azerbaijan Province, Northwestern Iran

 

Species (number of occurrence)

P Value

      

Physicochemical parameters

(Mean ± SD)

Cx. pipiens (15)

Cx. theileri (13)

Cx. mimeticus (6)

Cx. modestus (1)

Cs. longieraolata (5)

An. maculipennis (10)

Ae. Caspius (7)

 

pH

7.27 ± 0.46

7.31 ± 0.48

7.00 ± 0.00

7

7.20 ± 0.45

7.50 ± 0.71

7.57 ± 0.79

0.576

Temperature

25.13 ± 1.64

24.62 ± 1.71

23.00 ± 0.00

25

23.00 ± 0.00

24.30 ± 1.77

26.43 ± 1.13

0.003

Turbidity

3.73 ± 3.10

3.54 ± 3.23

1.50 ± 1.87

2

2.80 ± 2.59

2.40 ± 2.22

4.43 ± 4.08

0.553

Chloride

153.87 ± 153.87

88.85 ± 164.32

21.17 ± 19.78

295

28.40 ± 27.94

35.40 ± 31.83

205.57 ± 200.90

0.012

Alkalinity

285.40 ± 144.47

220.31 ± 96.97

237.33 ± 122.50

217

334.00 ± 168.75

325.00 ± 141.60

298.29 ± 148.35

0.622

TDS

505.40 ± 305.29

505.92 ± 254.31

379.83 ± 102.10

149

366.20 ± 108.68

473.10 ± 248.32

366.00 ± 285.30

0.572

EC

842.27 ± 508.77

843.00 ± 423.60

633.00 ± 170.10

249

610.40 ± 181.13

788.30 ± 413.70

610.00 ± 475.48

0.572