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Donald C Franklin¹, Peter I Whelan

¹School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. don.franklin@cdu.edu.au

|December 17, 2009

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Entomology
Climate Science

Background:

Annual biological rhythms are often assumed to be cyclic but rarely quantified for consistency.
Monsoon tropics experience intense rainfall seasonality affecting short-lived aquatic organisms.
Predictability of assemblage composition fluctuations is uncertain due to variable wet season onset and intensity.

Purpose of the Study:

To quantitatively evaluate the predictability and consistency of annual biological rhythms in mosquito assemblages.
To assess how variable rainfall patterns in monsoon tropics influence mosquito assemblage composition over time.

Main Methods:

Adult mosquitoes were sampled using carbon dioxide-baited EVS suction traps near Darwin, Australia.
Sampling occurred weekly for five years at eleven sites and one site for 24 years.
Ordination techniques were used to analyze assemblage composition and temporal patterns.

Main Results:

A total of approximately 1.4 million mosquitoes from 63 species were collected.
Mosquito abundance, species richness, and diversity exhibited seasonal fluctuations.
Species richness was highly predictable, with striking annual cycles in assemblage composition showing little year-to-year variation.

Conclusions:

Ordination visually confirmed strong annual rhythms in mosquito assemblage composition with high repeatability.
Despite reliance on fluctuating freshwater habitats, mosquito assemblages demonstrated adaptation to predictable rainfall elements.
The findings highlight the predictable nature of mosquito assemblage dynamics in response to monsoon seasonality.