Free Access

Table 2

Seasonal occurrence of the species beneath FADs observed through underwater visual census in coastal Kenya. Pre-deployment April 2014, Period_1 − April 2014; Period_2 − June 2014; Period _3 − November 2014; Period_4 − February 2015. Mean abundance is number of individuals per FAD ± SD. Intra − intranatant, Extra − extranatant, Circum − circumnatant species

Species name Pre-deployment Period_1 Period_2 Period_3 Period_4 Mean abundance Fish type
Acanthocybium solandri       1 9 2 ± 1.14 Extra
Acanthurus dussumieri       3 10 2.6 ± 0.99 Intra
Acanthurus triostegus 3 19 12 4 7 8.4 ± 1.32 Intra
Amblygaster leiogaster       12 45 11.4 ± 4.67 Extra
Aphareus rutilans         8 1.6 ± 0 Extra
Caesio caerulaurea     2 9 20 6.2 ± 1.82 Extra
Carangoides armatus         27 5.4 ± 0 Extra
Carangoides coeruleopinnatus       3 9 2.4 ± 0.85 Extra
Cephalopholis argus       7 11 3.6 ± 0.57 Intra
Chaetodon auriga 2 13 35 2   10 ± 3.12 Intra
Cociella crocodilus       7 1 1.6 ± 0.85 Extra
Coryphaena hippurus   1 3 2 11 3.4 ± 0.92 Extra
Decapterus macarellus         31 6.2 ± 0 Extra
Diodon hystrix         1 0.2 ± 0 Intra
Epinephelus chabaudi         13 2.6 ± 0 Extra
Etelis carbunculus         10 2 ± 0 Extra
Gerres oyena   9 14 1 8 6.4 ± 1.08 Extra
Leptoscarus vaigiensis 2   8 14 23 9 ± 1.8 Extra
Lethrinus harak         1 0.2 ± 0 Extra
Lethrinus lentjan       16 20 7.2 ± 0.57 Extra
Lethrinus mahsena         1 0.2 ± 0 Extra
Lutjanus argentimaculatus         18 3.6 ± 0 Extra
Lutjanus fulviflamma       3 8 2.2 ± 0.71 Extra
Makaira indica       1   0.2 ± 0 Circum
Naso brachycentron   6 17 4 4 6.2 ± 1.25 Extra
Parupeneus macronemus     12 7 20 7.8 ± 1.32 Extra
Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus       2 3 1 ± 0.15 Extra
Rachycentron canadum     1   2 0.6 ± 0.15 Extra
Rastrelliger kanagurta       22 38 12 ± 2.27 Extra
Sarda orientalis   7   8 8 4.6 ± 0.12 Extra
Sardinella longiceps         1 0.2 ± 0 Extra
Seriola lalandi 2     16 9 5 ± 1.4 Extra
Scarus ghobban     4 2 3 1.8 ± 0.2 Extra
Scomberomorus plurilineatus       6 14 4 ± 1.14 Extra
Siganus sutor 4 12 25 22 23 16.4 ± 1.79 Extra
Sphyraena barracuda       1 5 1.2 ± 0.57 Extra
Euthynnus affinis   2 7 9 14 6.4 ± 1 Extra
Thunnus albacares       2 11 2.6 ± 1.28 Circum

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.