MODIRISK: Monitoring of Mosquito Vectors of Disease (inventory)

Veerle Versteirt1, Wouter Dekoninck2, Wim Van Bortel3, Dimitri Brosens4, Veerle Versteirt5, Dimitri Brosens6, Wouter Dekoninck7, Wim Van Bortel8, Thierry Hance9

1 Avia-GIS, Rischotlei 33, 2980, Zoersel, Belgium; 2 RBINS, Brussels; 3 ITG, Antwerp, Belgium; 4 Research Institute for Nature and Forest/ Belgian Biodiversity Platform, , Belgium; 5 Avia-GIS, Rischotlei 33, 2980, Zoersel; 6 Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Kliniekstraat 25, 9050, Brussels, Belgium; 7 RBINS, Vautierstraat 29, 1000, Brussels, Belgium; 8 ITG, Stockholm, Belgium; 9 UCL, , Belgium

Corresponding author(s): Veerle Versteirt (vversteirt@avia-gis.com)Wouter DekoninckWim Van BortelDimitri Brosens, Veerle Versteirt (vversteirt@avia-gis.com)

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Resource Citation

Versteirt V, Dekoninck W, Van Bortel W, Brosens D (2022): MODIRISK: Monitoring of Mosquito Vectors of Disease (inventory). v3.13. Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.biodiversity.be/manage/metadata-citations.do?r=modirisk http://ipt.biodiversity.be/manage/metadata-citations.do?r=modirisk

Abstract

MODIRISK aims at studying biodiversity of mosquitoes and monitoring/predicting its changes, and hence actively prepares to address issues on the impact of biodiversity change with particular reference to invasive species and the risk to introduce new pathogens. This is essential in the perspective of the ongoing global changes creating suitable conditions for the spread of invasive species and the (re)emergence of vector-borne diseases in Europe. The main strengths of the project in the context of sustainable development are the link between biodiversity and health-environment, and its contribution to the development of tools to better describe the spatial distribution of mosquito biodiversity. MODIRISK addresses key topics of the global initiative Diversitas, which was one of the main drivers of the 'Research programme Science for a Sustainable Development' (SSD). 

This dataset contains the monitoring data.
The project was coordinated by the Institute of Tropical Medicine (http://www.itg.be/E) in Antwerp.

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, mosquito, Cullicidae, vector, desease, monitoring, surveillance, Occurrence

General description

Purpose: Abstract
Additional information: This dataset is linked with 2 other mosquito related datasets. One datset used for longitudinal study and the historical dataset from RBINS.

The database server uses Windows Server 2003 SBS R2 as operating system, and is running IIS with PHP for site development, MS SQL Server for database development and SQL Server Mobile Tools to allow remote access from a PDA. Three types of MODIRISK forms were prepared by the MODIRISK coordinator and adapted during a group session at Project SD/BD/04 - Mosquito vectors of disease: spatial biodiversity, drivers of change, and risk “MODIRISK”
SSD-Science for a Sustainable Development - Biodiversity 19 ITM: (1) Field form, (2) Morphological identification form, (3) Mosquito storage form. Based on these, relevant tables (Figure 5) were developed by Avia-GIS, implemented in the database, and transferred to the web server.

Project details

Project title: MODIRISK
Personnel: Veerle Versteirt, Wouter Dekoninck, Wim Van Bortel, Eva De Clercq, David Damiens, Audrey Ayrinhac, Frans Jacobs
Funding: BELSPO
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The area studies covers the entire Belgian Area.

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=modirisk-monitoring-2

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Diptera; Cullicidae;
Reinert, 2000
! Taxonomical problem... Aedes (splitt.. biodiversity & health)
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Animalia
Order: Diptera
Family: Cullicidae
Subfamily: Anophelinae, Cullicinae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Belgium
Coordinates: 49°23'60''N and 51°32'24''N Latitude; 2°23'24''E and 6°34'12''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 2007 - 2011

Methods

Method step description: Sample protocol: 
Sample, identification
Study extent description: Corine land cover: arban, nature and agriculture were sampled from 2007 to 2011.
The cross-sectional field survey was conducted in 2007 and 2008 by use of a network of CO2-baited Mosquito Magnet Liberty Plus traps throughout Belgium in three key habitats. These habitats (urban, agriculture and nature) were selected based on the Corine database. Twenty seven traps operated simultaneously (nine per team, three teams leaded by three partner institutes). Each trap operated seven days on one study site after which it was placed on the next study site. During the inventory 936 randomly selected sites were selected of which 97% were sampled. Additionally sites in import risk areas were sampled to evaluate the presence of exotic mosquito species in Belgium.
At the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) about 1400 mosquito-specimens from the Belgian collection of the Entomology Department were screened and if needed, added to the collection. These data, "collection data" are available through http://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource.do?r=modirisk-collection-data
Sampling description: All samples were taken with the Mosquito magnet liberty PLUS. A CO2 baited trap.

During the field work, twenty seven traps operated simultaneously (9 by team). Each trap operated seven days on one study site after which it was placed on the next study site. During the first phase of the project (inventory), field work was done on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday: each day three traps were emptied and replaced. The remaining days were used for the organisation of the field work and the morphological identification of the collected mosquitoes. During the second phase of the project (validation), each field team was free to organise the field work as suited
Quality control description: The identifications where made by 3 independent specialists. Yearly a quality control of the samples were done by a independent specialist. (double check). Also a DNA barcoding was performed to double check on the specimens.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive MODIRISK: Monitoring of Mosquito Vectors of Disease (inventory)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.biodiversity.be/archive.do?r=modirisk-monitoring-2
Publication date of data: 2022-05-02
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2013-11-28
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Changes in Species Richness and Spatial Distribution of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Inferred From Museum Specimen Records and a Recent Inventory: A Case Study From Belgium Suggests Recent Expanded Distribution of Arbovirus and Malaria Vectors
W. Dekoninck
Journal of Medical Entomology(2013),50(2):237 http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ME12134
V. Versteirt, S. Boyer, D. Damiens, E.M. De Clercq, W. Dekoninck, E. Ducheyne, P. Grootaert, C. Garros, T. Hance,
G. Hendrickx, M. Coosemans and W. Van Bortel Nationwide inventory of mosquito biodiversity (Diptera: Culicidae) in
Belgium, Europe. Bulletin of Entomological Research, Available on CJO 2012 doi:10.1017/S0007485312000521
Versteirt V., De Clercq E., Dekoninck W., Damiens D., Ayrinhac A., Jacobs F. & Van Bortel W. "Mosquito vectors of disease: spatial biodiversity, drivers of change, and risk". Final Report. Brussels : Belgian Science Policy 2009 –152 p. (Research Programme Science for a Sustainable Development)