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Mangrove litter as nutritive source in the mangrove ecosystem of Gazi Bay Citable as data publication Woitchik A.F.; Ohowa B.; Rao R.; Dehairs F.; Analytical Chemistry Department, Free University of Brussels: Belgium; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Mangrove litter as nutritive source in the mangrove ecosystem of Gazi Bay. https://doi.org/10.14284/180 Contact: Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description Analysis of organic C and N content of fresh and senescent mangrove leaves of Gazi Bay (1990) and in situ decomposition of mangrove leaves and their nitrogen enrichment through biological nitrogen fixation during both rainy and dry season (1991-1992). The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P.; Okemwa, E. N. (1993). Dynamics and assessment of Kenyan mangrove ecosystems n° TS2-0240-C (GDF): final report (April 1993). Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 244 pp. Scope Themes: Biology > Plants Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Leaf-litter, Mangrove ecosystems, Mangrove trees, Mass spectrometry, Nitrogen fixation, Nutrient resorption, Stable isotope analysis, ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay, Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh., Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lam., Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B. Robinson, Heritiera littoralis Aiton, Lumnitzera racemosa Willd., Rhizophora mucronata Poir., Sonneratia alba Sm., Xylocarpus granatum J.Koenig Geographical coverage ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage 1990 - 1992 Taxonomic coverage Parameters Carbon (C) Carbon-to-nitrogen Ratio (C:N) Isotope Carbon (C) Nitrogen (N) Contributors Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen & Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Chemie; Onderzoeksgroep Analytische en Milieuchemie (ANCH), more, data creator Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen & Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Chemie; Analytical, Environmental and Geochemistry (AMGC), more, data creator Publication Based on this dataset Polk, P.; Okemwa, E. N. (1993). Dynamics and assessment of Kenyan mangrove ecosystems n° TS2-0240-C (GDF): final report (April 1993). Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 244 pp., more Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field experiment Metadatarecord created: 2016-07-01 Information last updated: 2016-07-01 | ||||
