Community analysis and feeding ecology of the ichthyofauna in Gazi Bay sampled in August 1993

Marleen De Troch; Magda Vincx; Magda Vincx; Jan Mees

doi:10.14284/146

Community analysis and feeding ecology of the ichthyofauna in Gazi Bay sampled in August 1993

Citation

De Troch M.; Vincx M.; Marine Biology Section; Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Community analysis and feeding ecology of the ichthyofauna in Gazi Bay sampled in August 1993. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5284) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/146 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-11-19.

Description

Counts of observed fish species and numerical and gravimetrical stomach analysis for 9 fish species at the West and East creek of Gazi Bay during a 2 day sampling in August 1993. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: De Troch, M. (1995). Gemeenschapsanalyse en trofische organisatie van de ichthyofauna in een tropische baai (Gazi Bay, Kenya; Community analyses and trophic organisation of the ichthyofauna in a tropical bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya). MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Mariene Biologie. Instituut voor Dierkunde. Vakgroep Morfologie, Systematiek en Ecologie: Gent. 136 pp.

Additional info

Dataset on the fish fauna of the seagrass beds in Gazi Bay (Kenya). 8 stations were sampled with a beach seine in the two main creeks of the bay. A total of 3152 fishes was caught, comprising 75 species (40 families). The measured lengths of the fishes caught show that all species were present as juveniles. In a second part of this study the feeding ecology of the dominant species was investigated by stomach analyses (numerical and gravimetrical). The species (and the different length classes) were selected based on their length-frequency distributions and densities.

Taxonomic Coverages

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Amphipoda
rank: order

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Atheriniformes
rank: order

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Aulopiformes
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:10320

Beloniformes
rank: order

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Bivalvia
rank: class

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Brachyura
rank: infraorder

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Calanoida
rank: order

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Caprellidae
rank: family

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Caridea
rank: infraorder

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Cladocera
rank: superorder

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Clupeiformes
rank: order

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Corophium
rank: genus

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Cumacea
rank: order

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Foraminifera
rank: phylum

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Gastropoda
rank: class

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Isopoda
rank: order

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Jaera Leach, 1814
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118365

Janira Leach, 1814
rank: genus

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Lembos Bate, 1857
rank: genus

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Leucothoidae
rank: family

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Megaluropus
rank: genus

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Mesopodopsis wooldridgei
rank: species

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Mysidacea
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:799

Nematoda
rank: phylum

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Oedicerotidae
rank: family

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Oligochaeta
rank: subclass

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Oniscidea
rank: suborder

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Ostracoda
rank: class

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Perciformes
rank: order

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Pisces
rank: superclass

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Pleuronectiformes
rank: order

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Polychaeta
rank: class

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Scorpaeniformes
rank: order

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Siluriformes
rank: order

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Syngnathiformes
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1133

Tanaidacea
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1276

Tardigrada
rank: phylum

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Tetraodontiformes
rank: order

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Uca
rank: genus

Geographic Coverages

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

ISW, Kenya, Coast, Gazi Bay

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Marleen De Troch
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: marleen.detroch@ugent.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6800-0299

Magda Vincx
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: magda.vincx@ugent.be

Jan Mees
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5709-3816

originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE

metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE

metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE