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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
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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), moredata manager
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), moredata creatordata creator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME), moredata 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
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