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Coppejans, E., T. Beeckman & De Wit (1992). The seagrass and associated Vegetation of Gazi Bay (Kenya).
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10.1007/978-94-017-3288-8_7 [view]
Coppejans, E.; Beeckman, H.; De wit, M.
1992
The seagrass and associated macroalgal vegetation of Gazi Bay (Kenya)
The Ecology of Mangrove and Related Ecosystems
59-75
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The seagrasses and macroalgal vegetation of Gazi Bay ( at approximately 50 km south of Mombasa) have been studied by means of 88 releves along 7 transects. Correlation between the distribution of the seagrasses and some abiotic factors (particle size fractions, chemical composition of the substrate) is not well marked. Nevertheless a general zonation and succesion of seagrasses could be established: 1, a transition zone between the mangal and the seagrass beds is covered by Boodleopsis pusilla; 2, the pioneer association Halophila ovalis+Halodule wrightii forms low sandy bumps at the upper limit of the seagrass beds, but also occurs in the whole midlittoral sandlayers have recently been accumulated; 3, the climax vegetation of the intertidal zone seems to be Thalassia hemprichii which sometimes is associated with Cymodocea rotundata and C. serrulata, certainly in deeper ppols and close to low water mark; Halimedia opuntia, Gracilaria salicornia are also frequent in this vegetation type; 4, from low water at neap tide downwards patches of monospecific Enthalus acoroides vegetation can also occur. 5, from mean low water down approximately-1 m mixed meadows of Thalassia, C. serrulata, C. rotundata and Halodule uninervis are well developed, the seaweeds Halimedia macroloba and Avrainvillea obscura are also typical for this zone; locally patches of Syringodium isoetifolium grow on small bumps and Halophila stipulacea grows as a pioneer on bare sand; 6, from- 1m downwards the whole lagoon is covered by homogeneous, monospecific Thalassodendron ciliatum meadows, locally replaced by E. acoroides .
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Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthophora spicifera (M.Vahl) Børgesen, 1910 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiroa fragilissima (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux, 1816 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiroa rigida J.V.Lamouroux, 1816 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Avrainvillea obscura (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1887 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Boodleopsis pusilla (Collins) W.R.Taylor, A.B.Joly & Bernatowicz, 1953 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Bryopsis hypnoides J.V.Lamouroux, 1809 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Caulerpa sertularioides (S.G.Gmelin) M.Howe, 1905 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Ceramium strictum (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1847 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cladophora patentiramea (Montagne) Kützing, 1849 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cymodocea serrulata (R.Brown) Ascherson & Magnus, 1870 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Enhalus acoroides (Linnaeus f.) Royle, 1839 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Enteromorpha clathrata (Roth) Greville, 1830 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh, 1883 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Enteromorpha kylinii Bliding, 1948 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Enteromorpha ramulosa (Smith) Carmichael, 1833 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Gracilaria corticata (J.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1852 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Gracilaria salicornia (C.Agardh) E.Y.Dawson, 1954 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss, 1950 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Halimeda opuntia (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux, 1816 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Halodule uninervis (Forsskål) Ascherson, 1882 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Halodule wrightii Ascherson, 1868 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Halophila minor (Zollinger) Hartog, 1957 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Halophila ovalis (R.Brown) J.D.Hooker, 1858 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Halophila stipulacea (Forsskål) Ascherson, 1867 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Hypnea cornuta (Kützing) J.Agardh, 1851 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Hypnea hamulosa (Esper) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Hypnea nidifica J.Agardh, 1852 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Hypnea valentiae (Turner) Montagne, 1841 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Laurencia papillosa (C.Agardh) Greville, 1830 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Nereodictyon imitans Gerloff, 1960 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Padina boryana Thivy, 1966 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Rosenvingea orientalis (J.Agardh) Børgesen, 1914 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sphacelaria rigidula Kützing, 1843 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Sphacelaria tribuloides Meneghini, 1840 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Syringodium isoetifolium (Ascherson) Dandy, 1939 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Thalassia hemprichii (Ehrenberg) Ascherson, 1871 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forsskål) Hartog, 1970 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Udotea orientalis A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp, 1911 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Ulva reticulata Forsskål, 1775 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Zostera capensis Setchell 

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