Effect of selected marine and freshwater microalgae on development and survival of the mosquito Aedes Aegypti
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We isolated and identified strains of marine and freshwater planktonic and benthic microalgae from the vicinity of Indian River County, Florida (≈27.5°N, 80.34°W), cultivated them in batch culture, and examined their allelopathic activity against mosquito larvae. Additional algal material was obtained from Syracuse University and the University of Texas—Austin Algal Culture Collection. Mosquito larvae (Aedes aegypti (L.)) from colonies maintained at the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory were challenged with the microalgae using log-growth phase and senescent-phase cultures. Appropriate controls (no algae) were used for each treatment. There were no significant differences in development time between treatments across all trials and a few significant treatment effects on development times, mortality, or mosquito size in the individual trials; however, there was a tendency for treatments with senescent microalgae to develop faster than controls with no algae. Effects consistent with algal toxicity included the two trials with Microcystis aeruginosa, where the larvae exposed to the strain-producing microcystin had significantly longer development times than the controls or those grown with the non-microcystin-producing strain, and the trial with the dinoflagellate Akashiwo sanguinea, where larvae exposed to this species had significantly higher mortality than the controls. No consistent patterns or differences between experimental and control treatments in the value of λ′, a…
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There are several biological agents that have been shown to cause mortality in mosquitoes including algae, oomycetes, bacteria, microsporidian and gregarine parasites, pathogenic viruses, nematodes, predatory insects, copepods, fish and others.
“There are several biological agents that have been shown to cause mortality in mosquitoes including algae [141,142], oomycetes [143,144], bacteria (Bti, Ls, and recombinant bacteria) [145,146], microsporidian and gregarine parasites [147,148], pathogenic viruses [145], nematodes [149], predatory insects [150,151] including other mosquitoes [152,153], copepods [154,155], fish [156,157] and others.”
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- Authors
- Rey, J. R., Hargraves, P. E., & O’Connell, S. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Florida (US)
- Smithsonian Marine Station (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rey, Jorge R.
- Venue
- Aquatic Ecology
- Published
- 2009-01-29
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 987-997
- ISSN
- 1386-2588 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-5125
- OpenAlex
- W2068705665
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- Aquatic Ecology (publishedVersion)
- Journal of Media Literacy Education (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Smithsonian Institution
- Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Keywords
- Aedes aegypti, mosquito larvae, microalgae, allelopathy, algal toxicity, larval development, larval mortality, Microcystis aeruginosa, microcystins, Akashiwo sanguinea, dinoflagellates, phytoplankton, benthic algae, mosquito control, finite rate of increase
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