Table 2.
Key parameters measured in the aquatic habitats that contained An. arabiensis larvae in La Reunion.
| North-East | West | South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics & type of breeding sites | Number breeding sites | % within zone | Number breeding sites | % within zone | Number breeding sites | % within zone |
| River-fringes | 16 | 1.6 | 104 | 17.8 | 35 | 8.0 |
| Water Channel | 23 | 2.3 | 9 | 1.5 | 12 | 2.7 |
| Swamps | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyre tracks | 428 | 42.9 | 138 | 23.7 | 48 | 10.9 |
| Residual Puddles | 100 | 10.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 130 | 29.5 |
| Artificial containers | 12 | 1.2 | 13 | 2.2 | 23 | 5.2 |
| Water reservoir | 6 | 0.6 | 10 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Rock pool | 107 | 10.7 | 146 | 25.0 | 39 | 8.9 |
| Others | 303 | 30.4 | 52 | 8.9 | 150 | 34.1 |
| Total | 997 | - | 583 | - | 440 | - |
| Habitat characteristics | ||||||
| Permanent | 206 | 20.7 | 373 | 64.0 | 130 | 29.5 |
| Temporal | 488 | 48.9 | 158 | 27.1 | 160 | 36.4 |
| Semi-permanent | 303 | 30.4 | 52 | 8.9 | 150 | 34.1 |
| General surrounding | ||||||
| Household density (%)* | 38.5 (1.8) | - | 30.4 (0.2) | - | 53.8 (0.3) | - |
| Mean Distance (meter) to the nearest inhabited house (range) | 209.2 (2.5 - 6,000) | 198.4 (4.1 - 896.5) | 181.1 (5,000 - 19,000) | |||
| Mean Altitude (meter) (Range) | 46.7 (0 - 342.7) | 80.9 (2.4 - 393) | 85.5 (1.3 - 372.7) | |||
* Considering only positive grid cells, values represent means (Standard Error of Mean)