Effects of the 1998 coral morality event on Kenyan coral reefs and fisheries

Ambio

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 543-550

  McClanahan, Tim ^a,b,c   Maina, Joseph ^d   Pet Soede, Lida ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Wildlife Conservition Society   (Kenya)

^d Kenyatta Beach Bamuri   (Kenya)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f NONE   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FISHING EFFORT; MORTALITY;

KENYA;

ACANTHURUS MONROVIAE; ALCYONACEA; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; ECHINOIDEA; LABRIDAE; PANTODONTIDAE; PORIFERA;

EID: 0036994823     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-31.7.543     Document Type: Conference Paper

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30. This work received support from The Wildlife Conservation Society through funds from the Pew Charitable Trust and the Epply and Tiffany Foundations. Kenya Wildlife Service provided assistance with work in the marine parks and Kenya's Fisheries Department with work in the fish landings. Research clearance was provided by Kenya's Office of the President. We are grateful for the assistance of P. Mutisya and S. Kitema who assisted with the collection and weighing of fish landings and S. Mangi who assisted with the analysis of the data. We are also grateful to R. Arthur, H. Machano, S. Mangi, R. Yamuna, C. Hicks and J. Mariara for assistance with the benthic cover and sea urchin count studies. The preparation of this report received support from the World Bank through The Netherlands Consultants trust to CORDIO and the assistance and comments of the project leader H. Cesar is greatly appreciated.