The epibenthos of the backwaters of a tropical mangrove creek (Tudor creek, Mombasa, Kenya)

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-206

  Wakwabi, Enock O ^a,b   Mees, Jan ^b  

^a KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Backwaters; Diversity; Epibenthos; Seasonal communities; Tropical mangrove creek

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIFAUNA; MANGROVE; ZOOBENTHOS;

KENYA; MOMBASA; TUDOR CREEK;

ACROPOMA; ACROPOMA JAPONICUM; ACROPOMATIDAE; ANIMALIA; APOGONIDAE; CARIDEA; CARIDEAN; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GERREIDAE; GERRES OYENA; GOBIIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; LUTJANUS FULVIFLAMMA; METAPENAEUS MONOCEROS; MONODON; PENAEIDAE; PENAEUS MONODON; PENAEUS SEMISULCATUS; PLOTOSIDAE; PLOTOSUS LINEATUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SAURIDA UNDOSQUAMIS; STOMATOPODA; SYNODONTIDAE; TELEOSTEI; YONGEICHTHYS; YONGEICHTHYS NEBULOSUS;

EID: 0033379509     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854299505696     Document Type: Article

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