Browsing Articles: Department of Biological Sciences by Author "Githaiga, Michael N."

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    • Biomass and productivity of seagrasses in Africa 

      Githaiga, Michael N.; Gilpin, Linda; Kairo, James G.; Huxham, Mark (De Gruyter, 2016-05)
      : There is growing interest in carbon stocks and flows in seagrass ecosystems, but recent global reviews suggest a paucity of studies from Africa. This paper reviews work on seagrass productivity, biomass and sediment ...

    • The Contribution of Subtidal Seagrass Meadows to the Total Carbon Stocks of Gazi Bay, Kenya 

      Wang’ondu, Virginia W.; Githaiga, Michael N.; Gorman, Daniel; Kairo, James G.; Omollo, Derrick J. (Diversity, 2022-08-11)
      Seagrass beds occur globally in both intertidal and subtidal zones within shallow marine environments, such as bays and estuaries. These important ecosystems support fisheries production, attenuate strong wave energies, ...

    • Measuring the role of seagrasses in regulating sediment surface elevation 

      Potouroglou, Maria; Bull, James C.; Krauss, Ken W.; Kennedy, Hilary A.; Fusi, Marco; Dafonchio, Daniele; Mangora, Mwita M.; Githaiga, Michael N.; Diele, Karen; Huxham, Mark (Scientific Reports, 2017-09)
      Seagrass meadows provide numerous ecosystem services and their rapid global loss may reduce human welfare as well as ecological integrity. In common with the other ‘blue carbon’ habitats (mangroves and tidal marshes) ...

    • Seagrass Loss and Sub-Surface Carbon Fate: Insights from a Long-Term Experimental Removal in Gazi Bay, Kenya 

      Cadier, Charles; Githaiga, Michael N. (Jupiter Publishers, 2021-08)
      Seagrass meadows are considered as global hotspots of blue carbon stocks. However, they suffer global cover loss mainly due to anthropogenic activities. Few is known on the impact of seagrass loss on their blue carbon ...

    • Seagrass Removal Leads to Rapid Changes in Fauna and Loss of Carbon 

      Githaiga, Michael N.; Frouws, Anna M.; Kairo, James G.; Huxham, Mark (Frontiers, 2019-03)
      Seagrass habitats are important natural carbon sinks, with an average of ∼14 kg C m−2 buried in their sediments. The fate of this carbon following seagrass removal or damage has major environmental implications but is ...

    • Species composition, abundance and fishing methods of small-scale fisheries in the seagrass meadows of Gazi Bay, Kenya 

      Musembi, Peter; Fulanda, Bernerd; Kairo, James; Githaiga, Michael N. (Routledge, 2019-05)
      Fisheries are important sources of livelihoods to coastal communities. In the tropics fishing is conducted from mangroves, seagrass meadows to coral reefs. Studies on fisheries in the tropics have focused on coral reef ...

    • Value chain and sustainability of mangrove wood harvesting in Lamu, Kenya 

      Riungu, Purity M.; Nyaga, Justine M.; Githaiga, Michael N.; Kairo, James G. (Elsevier, 2022-08)
      Mangrove forests provide harvestable wood and non-wood resources to human society globally. The current study evaluated value chain of mangrove wood products from Lamu, Kenya, and how these impacts on resources’ sustainability. ...

    • Variation in Seagrass Carbon Stocks Between Tropical Estuarine and Marine Mangrove-Fringed Creeks 

      Juma, Gabriel A.; Magana, Adiel M.; Githaiga, Michael N.; Kairo, James G. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020-08)
      Seagrass and associated blue carbon ecosystems are important carbon sinks, and hence understanding their spatial and temporal variability is vital in appreciating their potential roles in climate change mitigation and ...