Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2014IL290B

Influence of water quality and stormwater management on the ecology of mosquito-borne disease

Institute: Illinois
Year Established: 2014 Start Date: 2014-03-01 End Date: 2015-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $4,000 Total Non-Federal Funds: $8,021

Principal Investigators: Brian Allan, Andrew Mackay

Project Summary: Our objective for this proposal is to further characterize environmental factors that determine the productivity of Culex spp. mosquitoes in stormwater retention structures. We believe that this research addresses a critical issue: do stormwater management planning decisions have unintended impacts on public health by influencing the production of mosquito vectors in urban wetlands in Illinois? Specific questions we proposa to address include: 1. What are the relationships between species composition and management of macrophytes in retention basins with water quality and mosquito production? 2. How do water quality parameters in stormwater retention basins influence development and survival of juvenile and fitness of adult mosquitoes?