Spatial and temporal variation in fish community structure of a marine embayment in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Lugendo, B R ^a,b,c   De Groene, A ^b,c   Cornelissen, I ^b,c   Pronker, A ^b,c   Nagelkerken, I ^b,c   Van Der Velde, G ^c   Mgaya, Y D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community structure; Indian Ocean; Juvenile fish; Mangroves; Seagrasses; Spatial temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISH; FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MARINE EMBAYMENT; SPATIAL TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BAY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MANGROVE; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISHES; GRASSES; MANGROVE;

AFRICA; CHWAKA BAY; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND; ZANZIBAR SOUTH AND CENTRAL;

GERRES FILAMENTOSUS; GERRES OYENA; LETHRINUS LENTJAN; MONODACTYLUS ARGENTEUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34249100314     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0398-3     Document Type: Article

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