Multi-Agency Perspectives on Managing Mangrove Wetlands and the Mosquitoes They Produce

Multi-agency perspectives on managing mangrove wetlands and the mosquitoes they produce.

A group of researchers, mosquito and coastal managers, and consultants joined together to explore issues of concern to coastal and mosquito management in mangrove forests. At a 1-day workshop in Florida, participants identified issues that are important for their roles. The issues were subsequently compiled into a matrix and the participants were asked to individually assess the importance and ...

Impact of Shrimp Farming on Mangrove Forest and Other Coastal Wetlands: The Case of Mexico

Since the middle of the twentieth century, the shrimp farming industry has shown steady growth along the tropical and subtropical coasts of the world. The world’s cultivated shrimp production in 1950 was 1325 tons, amounting just 0.3% of the total production for these crustaceans, which were mainly extracted from coastal and estuarine environments. Thirty years later, by 1982, the global shrimp...

Monitoring Spatial Changes of Mangrove Wetlands Using Aerial Images

An essential type of information for effective management strategies of the wetlands is their spatial extent and their spatial changes over time. In this regard, satellite images are typically adopted as the source for measurements. However, certain circumstances dictate the search for alternatives. In a small developing country, limited financial and technical resources would have major influe...

Landscape Effects on the Presence, Abundance and Diversity of Mosquitoes in Mediterranean Wetlands

Environment determines the distribution of mosquito-borne diseases in that it influences the vector-host-pathogen transmission cycle, including vector distribution, abundance and diversity. In this study, we analyse the relationship between environmental variables estimated by remote sensing and the spatial distribution (presence, abundance and diversity) of seven mosquito species vectors of We...

Perspectives on Barriers to Control of Anopheles Mosquitoes and Malaria