Table 4.
The physicochemical parameters of habitat water of mosquito larvae in Qom Province, Iran, Spring–Summer 2008–2009
| Physicochemical parameters (Mean±SD) | Species (Number of occurrence) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An. claviger (5) | An. marteri (1) | An. superpictus (2) | An. turkhudi (1) | Cx. arbieeni (1) | Cx. hortensis (4) | Cx. mimeticus (3) | Cx. modestus (1) | Cx. pipiens (1) | Cx. territans (2) | Cx. theileri (3) | Cs. longiareolata (3) | Cs. subochrea (2) | Oc. caspius s.l. (1) | |
| Temperature (°C) | 19.7±2.2 | 20.4 | 21.9±0.1 | 21.8 | 21.8 | 20.0±1.8 | 21.4±8.8 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 18.9±2.0 | 20.7±2.8 | 19.4±1.6 | 21.5±1.6 | 22.7 |
| Acidity (pH) | 7.3±0.1 | 7.0 | 7.7±0.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5±0.1 | 7.6±0.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.4±0.1 | 7.3±0.3 | 7.2±0.2 | 7.3±0.2 | 7.1 |
| Turbidity (NTU) | 0.4±0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1±1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6±0.4 | 1.0±0.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.5±0.6 | 2.6±3.0 | 0.4±0.4 | 3.5±3.5 | 6.0 |
| Electrical conductivity(μS/cm) | 2006.8±178.2 | 392 | 910.0±134.3 | 1005 | 1005 | 1743.0±505.1 | 1296.6±676.4 | 4240 | 4240 | 1948.5±171.8 | 2294.0±1759.6 | 1429.6±906.8 | 3155.0±1534.4 | 4240 |
| Total dissolved solids (ppm) | 1001.6±88.0 | 197 | 454.5±67.1 | 502 | 502 | 869.0±259.7 | 335.6±193.7 | 2120 | 2120 | 972.0±82.0 | 1147.0±879.9 | 713.6±451.1 | 1575.0±770.7 | 2120 |
| Alkalinity (mg/l) | 442.0±129.6 | 210 | 240.0±14.1 | 230 | 230 | 342.5±135.7 | 260.0±36.0 | 410 | 410 | 420.0±169.7 | 400.0±145.2 | 416.6±120.1 | 355.0±77.7 | 410 |
| Total hardness (mg/l) | 598.1±188.9 | 180.8 | 252.2±20.1 | 238.0 | 238.0 | 566.4±280.2 | 434.7±316.3 | 1294.7 | 1294.7 | 614.0±262.4 | 663.2±552.8 | 469.6±311.4 | 1047.1±350.0 | 1294.7 |
| Calcium (mg/l) | 513.4±173.6 | 26.6 | 30.4±0.0 | 30.4 | 30.4 | 331.7±259.9 | 128.1±169.2 | 220.8 | 220.8 | 486.5±230.4 | 300.2±317.1 | 333.2±311.5 | 272.2±72.6 | 220.8 |
| Chloride (mg/l) | 285.8±119.9 | 24.9 | 179.9±70.7 | 229.9 | 229.9 | 226.1±98.9 | 171.5±52.0 | 1479.5 | 1479.5 | 259.8±148.4 | 658.0±721.0 | 181.5±171.5 | 817.2±936.6 | 1479.5 |
| Fluoride (mg/l) | 0.99±0.05 | 0.17 | 0.34±0.09 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.81±0.35 | 0.55±0.36 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1.00±0.06 | 0.73±0.32 | 0.72±0.48 | 0.85±0.14 | 0.75 |
| Nitrite (mg/l) | 0.005±0.002 | 0.012 | 0.003±0.003 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.003±0.002 | 0.003±0.002 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.005±0.003 | 0.006±0.002 | 0.007±0.004 | 0.003±0.000 | 0.004 |
| Nitrate (mg/l) | 0.7±0.7 | 0.0 | 1.7±0.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.8±1.0 | 1.1±1.1 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 0.5±0.7 | 4.0±5.0 | 0.3±0.5 | 4.9±6.9 | 9.8 |
| Phosphate (mg/l) | 0.42±0.03 | 0.12 | 2.13±0.85 | 1.53 | 1.53 | 0.69±0.55 | 1.56±1.15 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.41±0.02 | 1.20±1.33 | 0.31±0.16 | 0.45±0.03 | 0.48 |
| Sulfate (mg/l) | 640.0±219.9 | 37 | 159.0±35.3 | 134 | 134 | 525.5±317.6 | 367.3±361.7 | 832 | 832 | 592.0±271.5 | 472.0±329.9 | 407.0±373.5 | 808.0±33.9 | 832 |