Undergraduate Abstract

April Newman
May 2002

Mosquito Population Dynamics During the Establishment Phase of a Constructed Desert Wetland

A Thesis submitted in partial satisfaction
of the requirement for the degree of

Bachelor of Arts

In

Environmental Studies Program
University of Nevada Las Vegas

by

April Newman

May 2002

Content Adviser:
Dr. Krystyna Stave, Department of Environmental Studies, UNLV
krystyna.stave@unlv.edu
Jim Pollard, Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies
pollardj@unlv.nevada.edu

Class Adviser:
Dr. Helen Neill, Department of Environmental Studies, UNLV
helen.neill@unlv.edu, ENV 499 A & B

ABSTRACT

The Nature Preserve at the Clark County Wetlands Park is a constructed wetland that has the potential to produce new mosquito habitat. This thesis evaluates the potential for the development of a mosquito problem at the newly constructed wetland system by assessing the population dynamics of mosquitoes within the Nature Preserve. Based on data collected from May 2001 through January 2002, I describe fluctuations in mosquito genus and relative abundance during the first summer through winter period of wetland development.