Interaction between hydrography and tides iof an ebb-dominated shallow water estuary - The Tudor Creek

• Studies of hydrography and tides in tropical shallow water ecosystems of the Western Indian Ocean are rare. In Kenya, data from the Kilindini Harbour (Mombasa) tide gauge was investigated by Pugh (1979). Nguli (1994) and Odido (1994) studied tides and currents in Tudor Creek, north of Mombasa, and Magori (1997) did similar investigations in Mtwapa Creek further north. Analyses of salinities, temperatures and currents were done by Norconsult in the creeks surrounding Mombasa (Anon. 1975) and by Kitheka in Gazi Bay (Kitheka 1997) and in Mida Creek, Kilindini Harbour (Mwache Creek) and Tana River estuary (Kitheka 1998; Kitheka et al. 2002, 2005). With the exception of Pugh (1979) and Magori (1997) none of these studies evaluated tides or tidal circulation. Here, more comprehensive data from Tudor Creek (salinities, temperatures, currents and tides) are used for some more detailed investigations on their interactions.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)

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East Africa

tides

tidal currents

water exchange

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