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The feeding ecology of Sphaeramia orbicularis (Pisces: Apogonidae) in the East Creek of Gazi Bay (Kenya) in August 1993 Citable as data publication Mwamsojo G.U.J.; Vincx M.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME). VUB; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2015): The feeding ecology of Sphaeramia orbicularis (Pisces: Apogonidae) in the East Creek of Gazi Bay (Kenya) in August 1993. https://doi.org/10.14284/75 Contact: Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description Dataset on length and weight measurements of Sphaeramia orbicularis, counts of potential epifauna prey items on seagrass, algae and rhizosphores, overview of the found food items in the stomachs and abundance data of other fish species caught in Gazi Bay in August 1993. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Mwamsojo, G.U.J. (1994). The feeding ecology of the chubby cardinalfish Sphaeramia orbicularis (Pisces: Apogonidae) in a tropical mangrove creek. MSc Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. VI, 60 pp. more Samples of fish were taken during the day on 11/8/1993, 12/8/1993, 13/8/1993 and 18/8/1993, while night samples were collected on 18/8/1993. Sampling was done during low tide only. Ten fykenets with mesh size 18 mm stretched in the codend and 26 mm stretched near the mouth 0,864 m mouth opening and 1,765 m wing length and a dragnet with mesh size 20mm stretched, 2,356 m mouth opening and 5m wing length were used for catching fish. On average, 17,85m^2 and 87,5m^2 of the creek was sampled by fyke nets and dragnet respectively. Epifauna samples were collected by cutting the elevated stands of seagrass (Enhalus acoroides and Thalasodendron ciliatum), seaweeds (Halimeda opuntia, Sargassum binderi and Gracilaria crassa) and portions of rhizophores which are permanently submerged in the water. The roots were further divided into 3 sections of 10 cm long each. The bottom (0 - 10 cm) above the sediments, the middle (10 - 20 cm) and the upper section (20 - 30 cm). Plastic bags were used to cover the stands to prevent fast moving epifauna from escaping. The sampling spot (East Creek Gazi bay) was 450m from the lowest water level mark and 150m from the mouth of the creek. Scope Themes: Biology > Fish Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Epifauna, Feeding ecology, Fish gut contents, Fish prey, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Gazi Bay, Sphaeramia orbicularis (Cuvier, 1828) Geographical coverage ISW, Kenya, Coast, Gazi Bay [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage 11 August 1993 - 18 August 1993 Taxonomic coverage Sphaeramia orbicularis (Cuvier, 1828) [WoRMS] Parameters Abundance Ash-free dry weight (AFDW) biomass Biomass prey items in stomach Dry weight biomass Fish standard length Stomach analysis Contributors Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, data creator, data creator Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME), more, data creator Related datasets Parent dataset: Historical Kenyan-Belgian research datasets (1873-1999), more Project FAME: Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology, more Publication Based on this dataset Mwamsojo, G.U.J. (1994). The feeding ecology of the chubby cardinalfish Sphaeramia orbicularis (Pisces: Apogonidae) in a tropical mangrove creek. MSc Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. VI, 60 pp., more Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2013-11-29 Information last updated: 2016-03-16 | ||||
