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| Macroalgae associated with the mangrove vegetation of Gazi Bay (Kenya) |  |
| Coppejans, E.; Gallin, E. (1989). Macroalgae associated with the mangrove vegetation of Gazi Bay (Kenya) Belg. J. Bot. 122: 47-60 |
| In: Belgian Journal of Botany. Royal Botanical Society of Belgium: Brussel. ISSN 0778-4031, meer |
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- Coppejans, E.; Gallin, E. (1989). Macroalgae associated with the mangrove vegetation of Gazi Bay (Kenya), in: (1989). IZWO Coll. Rep. 19(1989). IZWO Collected Reprints, 19: pp. chapter 13 [Subsequent publication], meer
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Mangroves; ISW, Kenia, Gazi Bay [gazetteer]; Marien |
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Three transects through the mangrove, at right angles to the coastline and at increasing distance from the sea were studied. A number of pneumatophores was collected along each transect, the epiphytic vegetation identified and quantified, and the data analyzed with different mathematical techniques. It was concluded that: 1) the lowest algal cover on each pneumatophore is in the basal zone (0-5 cm above the substratum); the cover of the other zones is not significantly different; 2) the total cover of the pneumatophores from one transect diminishes from the seaward margin towards the land (due to increasing desiccation in higher zones); 3) there are no significant differences between the epiphytic vegetation on Sonneratia and Avicennia pneumatophores; 4) Bostrychia is most resistant to desiccation (and correlated parameters), followed equally by Catenella and Caloglossa; 5) the differences between the vegetation on the pneumatophores from the seaward transects and the most landward transect are more pronounced than those between the lowermost and highest pneumatophore from a single transect. |
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