@article{fdi:010077210,
  title = {{T}olerance of disease-vector mosquitoes to brackish water and their osmoregulatory ability},
  author = {{K}engne, {P}ierre and {C}harmantter, {G}. and {B}londeau-{B}idet, {E}. and {C}ostantini, {C}arlo and {A}yala, {D}iego},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}alinity tolerance is an important trait that governs the ecology of disease-vector mosquitoes by determining their choice of larval habitat, and consequently their ecological and geographical distribution. {H}ere, we used laboratory strains to determine the osmotic responses of larvae of obligate freshwater disease-vector mosquitoes ({A}edes aegypti, {A}edes albopictus, {A}nopheles coluzzii, {A}n. gambiae, {C}ulex pipiens, and {C}x. quinquefasciatus) and assessed their relationship with salinity tolerance. {F}irst, we analyzed the acute dose-mortality response of fourth-instar larvae to salinity; then, we measured their hemolymph osmolality after 24-h exposure to varying salinities. {W}e found that {A}e. albopictus was the most tolerant species, followed by {A}n. coluzzii, {A}e. aegypti, {C}x. quinquefasciatus, and {A}n. gambiae, in decreasing order. {C}x. pipiens was the least tolerant species. {A}ll mosquitoes were hyper-iso-osmoregulators, but with species-specific differences. {S}pecifically, hemolymph osmolality in deionized water varied among species, and {C}x. pipiens and the two {A}edes species showed the lowest and highest osmolality. {A}lthough all species were osmoconformers at higher salinity values, hemolymph osmolality approached environmental osmolality more rapidly in species of the {C}ulex genus, compared with {A}edes species where it increased slowly. {M}oreover, hemolymph osmolality in deionized water was significantly correlated with tolerance to salinity across species. {T}his could allow predicting the salinity tolerance of untested species on the basis of their osmoregulatory ability. {H}owever, this correlation disappeared when considering the hemolymph osmolality of larvae exposed to salinities higher than deionized water.},
  keywords = {adaptation ; {A}edes ; {A}nopheles ; {C}ulex ; hemolymph osmolality ; lethal concentration ; mosquitoes ; osmoregulation ; salinity tolerance},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cosphere},
  volume = {10},
  numero = {10},
  pages = {art. e02783 [14 ]},
  ISSN = {2150-8925},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1002/ecs2.2783},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077210},
}