TY - JOUR
AU - HINMAN, E.H.
AB - BY ROBERT MATHE^ON AND E. H. HINMAN. (Received for publication October 22, 1927.) Ever since Cabellero's (1919) observation that Chara foetida had a marked inhibitory effect on mosquito development, there have ap- peared from time to time the results of observations and experiments which, in some cases confirm, but in most, dissent from the findings of that worker. In one of the most recent papers, MacGregor (1924) summarizes the work already done and concludes as the result of his own experimental work that "Chara can have no generally useful application in practical anti-mosquito measures." In 1923 while the senior author was studying the Culicid fauna of Central New York, he discovered a deep, spring fed pool, cut off from Dryden Lake by a railway embankment, in which no mosquito larvae could be found. In the marshy areas of the lake larvae of Anopheles and Culex were found in some numbers. No explanation for the absence of mosquito breeding in the cut-off pool could be discovered unless the presence of a dense growth of Chara acted as a repellent. Cabellero's (1919) work was noticed later and my observations seemed to confirm his conclusions. This pool was kept under observation during 
TI - CHARA FRAGILIS AND MOSQUITO DEVELOPMENT*
JO - American Journal of Epidemiology
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a120999
DA - 1928-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/chara-fragilis-and-mosquito-development-KB2yPQOV5o
SP - 279
EP - 292
VL - 8
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -