Meliadine River
Basic information
Sample name: Meliadine River

Reference: R. J. Wagner, C. DeJong, M. K. Leung, J. McLintock, and J. O. Iversen. 1975. Isolations of California encephalitis virus from tundra mosquitoes. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 21(4):574-576 [ER 3250]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Northwest Territories


Coordinate: 62° 49' N, 92° 5' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: in "the east-central Keewatin District... several localities along the esker of the Meliadine one of the isolates (Meliadine River No. 1) River near Rankin Inlet on the west shore of were prepared in rabbits (7). Neutralization Hudson Bay"

Environment
Habitat: tundra

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "treeless coastal tundra"

Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes

Sampling methods: no design,sweep nets,hand capture

Sample size: 6738 individuals

Years: 1973

Days: 31

Seasons: summer

Sampling comments: collections were "collected from July 1 to July 31 by aspiration of blood-seeking females or by sweep-netting the appressed mat communities of lichens"

Metadata
Sample number: 3580

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-12-25 13:57:16

Modified: 2019-12-25 02:57:16

Abundance distribution
4 species
0 singletons
total count 6738
geometric series index: 4.5
Fisher's α: 0.412
geometric series k: 0.0958
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4397
Shannon's H: 0.6403
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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