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Title
Preliminary investigations on the ichthyodiversity of Kilifi Creek, Kenya |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1127 |
Date
2005 |
Author(s)
Oyugi, D. |
Abstract
In order to determine fish spatial variation, the Kilifi Creek was divided into three sampling zones: entrance, middle zone, and Creek end. Sampling was by both gill and cast nets. Hill's diversity indices were used as a measure of spatial diversity variance. A total of 95 species from 45 families were recorded. Gerres filamentosus, Pomadasys multimaculatum, Leiognathus equula, and Terapon theraps occurred commonly. Highest species richness (No = 68) and diversity (N1 = 31.09) was recorded at the entrance and Creek middle respectively. Most of the species overlap with the highest overlap index (L = 2.52) recorded between Cynoglossus gilchristi and Scombroides lysan. The creek's ichthyodiversity show considerable variability, with the high richness at the entrance attributed to the presence of open water visitor species. The high number of species compares well to records from Gazi Bay and Mida Creek with some species not found further south. |
Subject(s)
Ichthyodiveristy; FISH; WATER; GERRES FILAMENTOSUS; LEIOGNATHUS EQUULA; KENYA; TERAPON THERAPS; POMADASYS MULTIMACULATUN; CYNOGLOSSUS GILCHRISTI; SCOMBROIDES LYSAN; SAMPLING |
Language
en |
Publisher
WIOMSA |
Relation
http://www.wiomsa.org |
Type of publication
Article |
Format
190618 bytes; application/pdf |
Identifier
Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science, 4 (1), p. 11-20; 0856-860X |
Repository
Africa - Ocean Data and Information Network of Africa (OdinAfrica)
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