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Okemwa, E.N. (1988). The composition and structure of the plankton community in the Tudor Creek, Mombasa, Kenya. Unknown. :135-161.
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Okemwa, E.N.
1988
The composition and structure of the plankton community in the Tudor Creek, Mombasa, Kenya.
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This study was undertaken with a view to describing the species composition and the community structure of copepods in the Tudor Creek, Mombasa, Kenya.
The first quantative study of the pelagic zooplankton community of the Tudor Creek was undertaken from December 1984 to December 1987. Between December and March 1985 a Bongo plankton net of. 335 IWl mesh size was used from the vessel "R.V. Maumba". From April 1985 to December 1987 a conical plankton net was used from a small canoe equipped with an outboord engine. The net, with a mesh aperture size of 335 1Wl, a length of 1 m, and 45 cm in diameter at the mouth, was fitted with a flow meter at the mouth.
Surface plankton samples were taken from September 1985 to August 1986 using a small canoe at each of five permanent stations during day- and night-time, at one neap and one spring tide each month. Thereafter only day-time neap and spring tide samples were taken from September 1986 to December 1987 at the five stations. 24houres cycle sampling was occasionally done at stations 1 and 5 simultaneously. Results from the study shows that zooplankton are rich and abundant. Over 51 taxa were recorded. Close to 74 % of the zooplankton comprised copepods of which the most important were calanoids followed by cyclopoids, poecilostomatoids, harpacticoids and monstrilloids.
The most commonly encountered calanoid species were Centropages orsinii, Acrocalanus lon~icornis, Clausocalanus tarrani, Temora turbinata, Paracalanus aculeatis, P. simplex, Canthocalanus pauper, Undinula vulgaris, Acartia danae, Euchaeta marina and Eucalanus spp.
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Anchialina agilis (G.O. Sars, 1877) (additional source)
Euchaeta pubera Sars G.O., 1907 (additional source)
Lopadorhynchus henseni Reibisch, 1893 accepted as Lopadorrhynchus henseni Reibisch, 1893 (additional source)
Sagitta elegans Verrill, 1873 accepted as Parasagitta elegans (Verrill, 1873) (additional source)
Sergestes crassus Hansen, 1922 accepted as Gardinerosergia splendens (Sund, 1920) (basis of record)
Synopia ultramarina Dana, 1853 (basis of record)
Euchaeta pubera Sars G.O., 1907 (additional source)
Lopadorhynchus henseni Reibisch, 1893 accepted as Lopadorrhynchus henseni Reibisch, 1893 (additional source)
Sagitta elegans Verrill, 1873 accepted as Parasagitta elegans (Verrill, 1873) (additional source)
Sergestes crassus Hansen, 1922 accepted as Gardinerosergia splendens (Sund, 1920) (basis of record)
Synopia ultramarina Dana, 1853 (basis of record)
Kenya for Euconchoecia Müller, 1890
Kenya for Pleurobrachia Fleming, 1822
Kenya for Pyrocypris Müller, 1890
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acartia amboinensis Carl, 1907
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acartia bispinosa Carl, 1907
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acartia danae Giesbrecht, 1889
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acartia natalensis Connell & Grindley, 1974
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acartia negligens Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acartia pietschmani Pesta, 1912
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acetes erythraeus Nobili, 1906
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acrocalanus gibber Giesbrecht, 1888
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acrocalanus gracilis Giesbrecht, 1888
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acrocalanus longicornis Giesbrecht, 1888
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acrocalanus monachus Giesbrecht, 1888
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Anchialina agilis (G.O. Sars, 1877) (inaccurate)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Calanopia elliptica (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Calanopia minor Scott A., 1902
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Calanopia parathompsoni Gaudy, 1969
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Candacia catula Giesbrecht, 1889
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Candacia longimana (Claus, 1863)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Candacia magna Sewell, 1932
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Candacia pachydactyla (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Candacia tenuimana (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Canthocalanus pauper (Giesbrecht, 1888)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Centropages calaninus (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Centropages elongatus Giesbrecht, 1896
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Centropages furcatus (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Centropages gracilis (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Centropages orsinii Giesbrecht, 1889
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Clausocalanus farrani Sewell, 1929
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Clausocalanus furcatus (Brady, 1883)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Clausocalanus minor Sewell, 1929
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Copilia mirabilis Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Copilia quadrata Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus agilis Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus asiaticus Dahl F., 1894
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus catus Dahl F., 1894
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus crassiusculus Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus dubius Farran, 1911
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus pacificus Dahl F., 1894
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus speciosus Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus subtilis Dahl M., 1912
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Euchaeta marina (Prestandrea, 1833)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Euchaeta pubera Sars G.O., 1907
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Euterpina acutifrons (Dana, 1848)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Evadne tergestina Claus, 1864
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Farranula gibbulus (Giesbrecht, 1891)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Kelleria pectinata (Scott A., 1909)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Labidocera acuta (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Labidocera kroyeri (Brady, 1883)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Labidocera laevidentata (Brady, 1883)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Labidocera madurae Scott A., 1909
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Labidocera minuta Giesbrecht, 1889
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lopadorhynchus henseni Reibisch, 1893
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lubbockia squillimana Claus, 1863
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lucicutia flavicornis (Claus, 1863)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Macrosetella gracilis (Dana, 1848)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Oithona plumifera Baird, 1843
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Oithona simplex Farran, 1913
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Oncaea conifera Giesbrecht, 1891
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracalanus crassirostris Dahl F., 1894
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracalanus indicus Wolfenden, 1906
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracalanus tropicus Andronov, 1977
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracandacia bispinosa (Claus, 1863)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracandacia simplex (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pleuromamma indica Wolfenden, 1906
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pleuromamma piseki Farran, 1929
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pontellina morii Fleminger & Hulsemann, 1974
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pontellina plumata Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pseudodiaptomus stuhlmanni (Poppe & Mrázek, 1895)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Rhincalanus cornutus (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sagitta enflata Grassi, 1881
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sapphirina auronitens Claus, 1863
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sapphirina lactens Giesbrecht, 1893
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sapphirina nigromaculata Claus, 1863
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sapphirina opalina Dana, 1853-1855
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sapphirina ovatolanceolata Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sergestes crassus Hansen, 1922
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Solmundella bitentaculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett, 1832)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Stolephorus heterolobus (Rüppell, 1837)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Temora discaudata Giesbrecht, 1889
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Temora stylifera (Dana, 1853-1855)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Temora turbinata (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Thalia democratica (Forskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Tortanus barbatus (Brady, 1883)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Tortanus gracilis (Brady, 1883)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Travisiopsis lanceolata Southern, 1910
Kenya for Pleurobrachia Fleming, 1822
Kenya for Pyrocypris Müller, 1890
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acartia amboinensis Carl, 1907
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acartia bispinosa Carl, 1907
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acartia danae Giesbrecht, 1889
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acartia natalensis Connell & Grindley, 1974
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acartia negligens Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acartia pietschmani Pesta, 1912
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acetes erythraeus Nobili, 1906
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acrocalanus gibber Giesbrecht, 1888
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acrocalanus gracilis Giesbrecht, 1888
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acrocalanus longicornis Giesbrecht, 1888
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acrocalanus monachus Giesbrecht, 1888
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Anchialina agilis (G.O. Sars, 1877) (inaccurate)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Calanopia elliptica (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Calanopia minor Scott A., 1902
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Calanopia parathompsoni Gaudy, 1969
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Candacia catula Giesbrecht, 1889
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Candacia longimana (Claus, 1863)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Candacia magna Sewell, 1932
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Candacia pachydactyla (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Candacia tenuimana (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Canthocalanus pauper (Giesbrecht, 1888)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Centropages calaninus (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Centropages elongatus Giesbrecht, 1896
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Centropages furcatus (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Centropages gracilis (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Centropages orsinii Giesbrecht, 1889
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Clausocalanus farrani Sewell, 1929
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Clausocalanus furcatus (Brady, 1883)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Clausocalanus minor Sewell, 1929
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Copilia mirabilis Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Copilia quadrata Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus agilis Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus asiaticus Dahl F., 1894
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus catus Dahl F., 1894
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus crassiusculus Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus dubius Farran, 1911
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus pacificus Dahl F., 1894
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus speciosus Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Corycaeus subtilis Dahl M., 1912
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Euchaeta marina (Prestandrea, 1833)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Euchaeta pubera Sars G.O., 1907
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Euterpina acutifrons (Dana, 1848)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Evadne tergestina Claus, 1864
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Farranula gibbulus (Giesbrecht, 1891)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Kelleria pectinata (Scott A., 1909)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Labidocera acuta (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Labidocera kroyeri (Brady, 1883)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Labidocera laevidentata (Brady, 1883)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Labidocera madurae Scott A., 1909
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Labidocera minuta Giesbrecht, 1889
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lopadorhynchus henseni Reibisch, 1893
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lubbockia squillimana Claus, 1863
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lucicutia flavicornis (Claus, 1863)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Macrosetella gracilis (Dana, 1848)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Oithona plumifera Baird, 1843
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Oithona simplex Farran, 1913
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Oncaea conifera Giesbrecht, 1891
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracalanus crassirostris Dahl F., 1894
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracalanus indicus Wolfenden, 1906
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracalanus tropicus Andronov, 1977
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracandacia bispinosa (Claus, 1863)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracandacia simplex (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pleuromamma indica Wolfenden, 1906
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pleuromamma piseki Farran, 1929
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pontellina morii Fleminger & Hulsemann, 1974
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pontellina plumata Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Pseudodiaptomus stuhlmanni (Poppe & Mrázek, 1895)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Rhincalanus cornutus (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sagitta enflata Grassi, 1881
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sapphirina auronitens Claus, 1863
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sapphirina lactens Giesbrecht, 1893
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sapphirina nigromaculata Claus, 1863
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sapphirina opalina Dana, 1853-1855
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sapphirina ovatolanceolata Dana, 1849-1852
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sergestes crassus Hansen, 1922
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Solmundella bitentaculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett, 1832)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Stolephorus heterolobus (Rüppell, 1837)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Temora discaudata Giesbrecht, 1889
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Temora stylifera (Dana, 1853-1855)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Temora turbinata (Dana, 1849-1852)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Thalia democratica (Forskål, 1775)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Tortanus barbatus (Brady, 1883)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Tortanus gracilis (Brady, 1883)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Travisiopsis lanceolata Southern, 1910
