Naturally Occurring Microbiota Associated with Mosquito Breeding Habitats and Potential Parasitic Species against Mosquito Larvae: A Study from Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

Table 2

Evenness, Shannon diversity, alpha (), alpha medium, and beta () and gamma () diversities of type of habitats.

Habitat	Alpha diversity	Alpha medium diversity	Beta diversity	Gamma diversity	Shannon-Weiner diversity index	Evenness
Paddy fields	9	4	0.65	17	66.64	23.52
	5
	3
	4
	1
	4
Irrigation canals	4	4	0.38	7	15.22	7.82
	4
	3
Blocked drainages	9	9	0	9	25.35	11.54
Tree holes	5	5	0.3	8	17.57	8.45
	8
	3
Marshy lands	7	5	0.47	12	35.55	14.31
	8
	5
	1
Plastic containers	3	2	0.75	8	20.41	9.82
	2
	4
	1
	1
Ponds	8	8	0	8	18.94	9.11
Burrow pits/footprints	3	2	0.75	5	13.54	8.41
	1
	3
Metal containers	2	2	0	2	2.49	3.59
	2
Leaf axils	3	3	0	3	3.54	3.22
Tires	2	2	0	2	2.64	3.81
Tank margins	9	9	0	9	24.05	10.95