Manipulative field experiment to study the predation by epibenthos on infaunal macrobenthos in a Ceriops tagal mangrove at Gazi Bay in 1992
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Garcia de Camargo M.; Vincx M.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME). VUB; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Manipulative field experiment to study the predation by epibenthos on infaunal macrobenthos in a Ceriops tagal mangrove at Gazi Bay in 1992. https://doi.org/10.14284/143
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 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
Abiotic and biotic parameters measured in a field experiment to investigate the effect of predation by epibenthos on infaunal macrobenthos of a Ceriops tagal tropical mangrove monthly sampled between August 1992 and December 1992. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Garcia de Camargo, M. (1995). Interactions between macrobenthic epifauna and infauna in a Ceriops tagal mangrove at Gazi Bay, Kenya. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 64 pp. more
Completely screened cages were used to exclude large epibenthic predators and partial cages were used to control effect of caging on the sediment. Densities of macrobenthic taxa Oligochaeta, Amphipoda, Insecta larvae, Polychaeta and macro-Nematoda and a broad range of abiotic variables were followed in the surface layer (0-2 cm) over five months of caging. There was a significant exclusion effect on Tubificidae densities and chlorophyll concentration and a procedural effect on macro-Nematoda and inorganic mud. Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Cage experiment, Epibenthos, Macrobenthos, Mangroves, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay, Ampelisca Krøyer, 1842, Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B. Robinson, Enchytraeidae d'Udekem, 1855, Gastropoda, Insecta, Nematoda, Terebellidae Johnston, 1846, Tubificidae d'Udekem, 1855 Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 39,83; MinLat: -4,41 - MaxLong: 39,83; MaxLat: -4,41 [WGS84] ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
8 August 1992 - 22 December 1992 Monthly Taxonomic coverage
Parameters
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit area of the bed [BODC] Benthos density Chlorophyll a Dissolved oxygen (O2) Fucoxanthine Mud content Particulate organic matter (POM) pH Redox potential Salinity Sand fraction Temperature Total carbon (TC) Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME), more, data creator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, data creator, data creator
Universiteit Hasselt; Centre for Environmental Sciences; Onderzoeksgroep Dierkunde: Biodiversiteit en Toxicologie (CMKDK), more, data creator
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Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
Publication
Based on this dataset
Garcia de Camargo, M. (1995). Interactions between macrobenthic epifauna and infauna in a Ceriops tagal mangrove at Gazi Bay, Kenya. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 64 pp., more
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field experiment
Metadatarecord created: 2015-07-14
Information last updated: 2016-05-12
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