USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Product Abstract

A sampling device for the fauna of storm water catch basins
M. Butler, R. Casagrande, R. LeBrun, H. Ginsberg, and A. Gettman

Storm water drainage catch basins provide habitat to a variety of different aquatic organisms including arthropods, molluscs and annelid worms. Arthropods such as mosquitoes are known to use these environments as larval habitat. Because of health concerns, catch basins are often targeted for mosquito control exposing all inhabitants to pesticides such as methoprene or BTI. In this paper we describe a sampler that we used to evaluate catch basin communities in southern Rhode Island over a six month period. We also examine its efficacy and consistency. We found that the sampler effectively estimated organism abundances.

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Mosquito Control Association 94:70-74. 2007

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Howard S. Ginsberg: E-Mail , Staff Profile