Prof Mark Huxham M.Huxham@napier.ac.uk
Professor
The juvenile fish fauna of a Kenyan mangrove forest: exploring new tools to understand growth and condition.
People Involved
Dr Sonja Rueckert S.Rueckert@napier.ac.uk
Associate
Project Description
The project will work with a new PhD student who is collecting regular samples of juvenile fish from the Vanga mangrove forest in southern Kenya. The work will focus on two areas:
1) Describing the metazoan parasite fauna of the mangrove fish community a
| Status | Project Complete |
|---|---|
| Funder(s) | ENU Development Trust |
| Value | £8,300.00 |
| Project Dates | Aug 1, 2016 - Dec 31, 2019 |
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