Manipulative field experiment to study the predation by epibenthos on infaunal macrobenthos in a Ceriops tagal mangrove at Gazi Bay in 1992

Magda Vincx; Magda Vincx; Ernest Schockaert

doi:10.14284/143

Manipulative field experiment to study the predation by epibenthos on infaunal macrobenthos in a Ceriops tagal mangrove at Gazi Bay in 1992

Citation

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. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5045) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/143 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

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.

Additional info

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.

Taxonomic Coverages

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101445

Ampelisca
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235088

Ceriops tagal
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2038

Enchytraeidae Vejdovský, 1879
rank: family

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101

Gastropoda
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1307

Insecta
rank: subclass

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:799

Nematoda
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:982

Terebellidae
rank: family

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2040

Tubificidae Vejdovský, 1884
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

De camargo
originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program

Magda Vincx
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: magda.vincx@ugent.be

Ernest Schockaert
originator
Universiteit Hasselt; Centre for Environmental Sciences; Onderzoeksgroep Dierkunde: Biodiversiteit en Toxicologie

originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program

originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.be

metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be

metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be