Potential negative impacts and low effectiveness in the use of African annual killifish in the biocontrol of aquatic mosquito larvae in temporary water bodies

Reichard, Martin; Watters, B. R.; Wildekamp, R. H.; Sonnenberg, R.; Nagy, B.; Polačik, Matej; Valdesalici, S.; Cellerino, A.; Cooper, B. J.; Hengstler, H.; Rosenstock, J.; Sainthouse, I.

doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-3-89

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Potential negative impacts and low effectiveness in the use of African annual killifish in the biocontrol of aquatic mosquito larvae in temporary water bodies

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SYSNO ASEP	0348349
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Potential negative impacts and low effectiveness in the use of African annual killifish in the biocontrol of aquatic mosquito larvae in temporary water bodies
Author(s)	Reichard, Martin (UBO-W)_{RID, ORCID, SAI, SAI} Watters, B. R. (CA) Wildekamp, R. H. (BE) Sonnenberg, R. (DE) Nagy, B. (FR) Polačik, Matej (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID} Valdesalici, S. (IT) Cellerino, A. (DE) Cooper, B. J. (US) Hengstler, H. (DE) Rosenstock, J. (DK) Sainthouse, I. (GB)
Number of authors	12
Source Title	Parasites & Vectors. - : BioMed Central - ISSN 1756-3305 Roč. 3, - (2010), s. 89
Number of pages	6 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	GB - United Kingdom
Keywords	heterospecific males ; sheepshead minnow ; sexual selection ; hybridization
Subject RIV	EG - Zoology
R&D Projects	GA206/09/0815 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
CEZ	AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000282501200002
EID SCOPUS	77956569247
DOI	10.1186/1756-3305-3-89
Annotation	Commentary and discussion on a paper promoting the use of Nothobranchius guentheri, a small annual fish from the Island of Zanzibar as a tool to control mosquito larvae in temporary bodies of freshwater throughout Africa is presented. Arguments on major points; (1) expected low success of annual fish introductions, (2) low success of mosquito control in the field, (3) ecological threats, and (4) ethical issues are detailed. Despite serious problems with mosquito-borne diseases in tropical Africa and elsewhere, we encourage responsible means of biological control of parasite vectors. We show that effectiveness of Nothobranchius translocations is low (the previous attempts failed), likelihood of effective mosquito larvae control under field condition is negligible and ecological threats from Nothobranchius translocations from within and outside the naturally occurring range are serious. We advocate against the proposed next step of the project, i.e. field trials in Tanzania.
Workplace	Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Contact	Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
Year of Publishing	2011

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