Vegetation of the tidal channels in Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled between July and September 1989

Katrien de Pauw; Eric Coppejans; Eric Coppejans

doi:10.14284/120

Vegetation of the tidal channels in Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled between July and September 1989

Citation

de Pauw K.; Coppejans E.; Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Laboratorium Plantkunde; Vakgroep Biologie; Faculteit Wetenschappen. Universiteit Gent: Belgium; (2016): Vegetation of the tidal channels in Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled between July and September 1989. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4445) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/120 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-16.

Description

List of present/absent vegetation (seagrasses and benthic macroalgae) and their coverage of the sublittoral zone in Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled between 24th July and 2nd September 1989. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: De Pauw, K. (1990). De vegetatie van de getijdengeul van Gazi Bay (Kenia); The vegetation of the tidal channels of Gazi Bay (Kenya). MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Ghent. 142 pp.

Additional info

Thirteen transects were made perpendicularly on the direction of the tidal flow, from the field laboratory down to the lagoon. We also investigated a side channel, which showed a great variety of species, as well as an upstream section of the main channel. The seagrasses were quantified by estimating the degree of coverage (in %) whereas for the algae only presence or absence were noted. In each case the type of substratum has been taken into account (hard or loose). To be able to specify the current velocity, sediment samples were taken all along the transects, in order to determine their particle size. The field work took place in July and August 1989 and was carried out scuba-diving.

Taxonomic Coverages

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Acanthophora spicifera
rank: species

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Acetabularia J.V. Lamouroux, 1812
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145100

Amphiroa rigida
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143819

Avrainvillea
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144261

Boodlea
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144452

Bryopsis hypnoides Lamouroux, 1809
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143816

Caulerpa
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145022

Chaetomorpha crassa
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:801

Chlorophyta
rank: phylum (division)

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143996

Cladophora
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144575

Crouania attenuata
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:295845

Cymodocea
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144126

Cystoseira
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143870

Dasya C. Agardh, 1824
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144086

Dictyota J.V. Lamouroux
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208932

Enhalus acoroides
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144296

Enteromorpha
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144188

Gracilaria
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144481

Halimeda discoidea
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208924

Halodule uninervis
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208925

Halodule wrightii
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208926

Halophila minor
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208930

Halophila ovalis
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145714

Halophila stipulacea (Forsskål) Ascherson, 1867
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144045

Halymenia
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145630

Hypnea cornuta
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145130

Jania rubens (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux,1816
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144087

Lobophora
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144088

Padina Adanson, 1763
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:829

Phaeophyta
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:852

Rhodophyta
rank: phylum (division)

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144132

Sargassum C. Agardh, 1820
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214012

Solieria robusta
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146244

Struvea
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208931

Thalassia hemprichii
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220228

Thalassodendron ciliatum
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211534

Udotea orientalis
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144296

Ulva Linnaeus, 1753
rank: genus

Geographic Coverages

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

ISW, Kenya, Coast, Gazi Bay

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Katrien de Pauw
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

Eric Coppejans
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium Plantkunde

originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium Plantkunde

metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be

metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be