Spatial and temporal ichthyofauna community of a tropical mangrove Bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya) sampled between 1994 and 1996

Catch data on fish and invertebrates for monthly beam trawl samples taken at 38 locations in Gazi Bay between October 1994 and September 1996. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Wakwabi, E.O. (1999). The ichthyofauna of a tropical mangrove bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya): community structure and trophic organisation. PhD Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 217 pp.

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2021-12-02
Title

Spatial and temporal ichthyofauna community of a tropical mangrove Bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya) sampled between 1994 and 1996

Abstract

Catch data on fish and invertebrates for monthly beam trawl samples taken at 38 locations in Gazi Bay between October 1994 and September 1996. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Wakwabi, E.O. (1999). The ichthyofauna of a tropical mangrove bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya): community structure and trophic organisation. PhD Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 217 pp.

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Keywords (ASFA)

  • Beam trawlers

  • Epibenthos

  • Fish catches

  • Fish fauna

  • Mangroves

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ISW, Kenya, Coast, Gazi Bay

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1994-10-01

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1996-09-01

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Alpheidae

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Anomura

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Apogon nigripes

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Apogonidae

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Argobuccinum pustulosum

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Asteroidea

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Bivalvia

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Bothus myriaster

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Brachyura

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Bulla ampulla Linnaeus, 1758

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Cheilinus chlorourus

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Conus textile

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Coris aygula

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Cypraea annulus

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Cypraea moneta

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Dascyllus aruanus

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Dascyllus trimaculatus

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Dendrochirus brachypterus

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Echinoidea

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Epinephelus malabaricus

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Fowleria aurita

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Gnatholepis

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Latirus

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Lethrinus lentjan

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Parablennius pilicornis

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Paramonacanthus barnardi

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Penaeus japonicus

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Plotosus lineatus

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Processidae

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Saurida undosquamis

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Scarus sordidus

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Sepia

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Siganus sutor

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Stolephorus indicus

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Syngnathoides biaculeatus

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Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758

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Tripneustes gratilla

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Trochus

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Xanthidae

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Count of fish

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2021-12-02T14:48:43+01:00

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Citation

Wakwabi E.O.; Vincx M.; Marine Biology Section; Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Spatial and temporal ichthyofauna community of a tropical mangrove Bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya) sampled between 1994 and 1996. ( http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=datasetdasid=5395) http://dx.doi.org/10.14284/152

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