detritus |
detritus |
debris |
organic matter |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
detritus |
detritus |
debris |
unidentified |
Senegal |
juv./adults |
detritus |
detritus |
debris |
unidentified |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
detritus |
detritus |
debris |
unidentified particulate organic matter |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
nekton |
finfish |
bony fish |
unidentified fish flesh |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
nekton |
finfish |
bony fish |
unidentified fish scales |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
others |
others |
n.a./others |
unidentified bacteria |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
others |
others |
n.a./others |
ciliates |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
others |
others |
n.a./others |
tintinnids |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
others |
others |
n.a./others |
dinoflagellates |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
others |
others |
n.a./others |
Foraminifera |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
others |
others |
n.a./others |
unidentified fungi |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
others |
others |
n.a./others |
Rotifera |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
other plants |
benthic algae/weeds |
filamentous algae |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
other plants |
benthic algae/weeds |
filamentous green algae |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
other plants |
benthic algae/weeds |
Ruppia spp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
other plants |
benthic algae/weeds |
unidentified macrophytes |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
plants |
other plants |
terrestrial plants |
terrestrial plants debris |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
blue-green algae |
cyanophytes |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
blue-green algae |
unidentified blue-green algae |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Achnanthes sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Amphiprora sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Nitzschia erosa |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Bacillaria paradoxa |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Hantzschia sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Hantzschia virgata |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Nitzschia closterium |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Nitzschia longissima |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Nitzschia sigma |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Nitzschia sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Nitzschia spathulata |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Nitzschia transvaalensis |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Amphiprora paludosa var. subsalina |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Tropidoneis lepidoptera |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Biddulphia aurita |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Amphora sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
small centrales |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Chaetoceros sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Cocconeis scutellum |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Cocconeis sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Coscinodiscus granii |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Coscinodiscus lacustris |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Aptinoptychus splendens |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Diploneis bombus |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Eunotia sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Fragilaria sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Synedra fulgens |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Hemiaulus hauckii |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Actinoptychus splendens |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Licmophora sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Melosira dubia |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Melosira sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Caloneis sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Navicula (in tubes) |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Paralia sulcata |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
unidentified pennales |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Donkinia sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Gyrosigma |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Gyrosigma sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Gyrosigma variipunctatum |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Pleurosigma sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Rhizosolenia sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Rhopalodia sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Stauroneis sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Cyclotella meneghiniana |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Cyclotella sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Grammatophora marina |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Campylodiscus daemelianus |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Campylodiscus sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Surirella sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
Tabellaria flocculosa |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
diatoms |
unidentified diatoms |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
plants |
phytoplankton |
green algae |
Closterium sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
green algae |
Cosmarium sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
green algae |
Micrasterias sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
green algae |
Staurastrum sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
green algae |
Pediastrum sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
green algae |
Scenedesmus sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
plants |
phytoplankton |
n.a./other phytoplankton |
unidentified |
Senegal |
juv./adults |
zoobenthos |
benth. crust. |
n.a./other benth. crustaceans |
Crustacea (fragments) |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
zoobenthos |
benth. crust. |
n.a./other benth. crustaceans |
unidentified crustaceans |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
zoobenthos |
benth. crust. |
ostracods |
unidentified ostracods |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
zoobenthos |
benth. crust. |
ostracods |
unidentified ostracods |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
zoobenthos |
cnidarians |
n.a./other polyps |
unidentified hydrozoan coelenterates |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
zoobenthos |
mollusks |
bivalves |
unidentified bivalves |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
zoobenthos |
mollusks |
gastropods |
Assiminea bifasciata |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
zoobenthos |
mollusks |
n.a./other mollusks |
larval mollusks |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
zoobenthos |
other benth. invertebrates |
n.a./other benth. invertebrates |
unidentified benthic protozoans |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
zoobenthos |
sponges/tunicates |
sponges |
unspecified sponges (spicules) |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
zoobenthos |
sponges/tunicates |
sponges |
unspecified sponges (spicules) |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
zoobenthos |
worms |
non-annelids |
unidentified nematodes |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
zoobenthos |
worms |
non-annelids |
nematodes |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
zooplankton |
other plank. invertebrates |
n.a./other plank. invertebrates |
Quinqueloculina sp. |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
zooplankton |
other plank. invertebrates |
n.a./other plank. invertebrates |
unidentified forams |
South Africa |
juv./adults |
zooplankton |
other plank. invertebrates |
n.a./other plank. invertebrates |
unidentified molluskan larvae |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
zooplankton |
other plank. invertebrates |
n.a./other plank. Invertebrates |
unidentified |
Senegal |
juv./adults |
zooplankton |
plank. crust. |
n.a./other plank. crustaceans |
unidentified crustacean eggs/larvae |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
zooplankton |
plank. crust. |
plank. copepods |
unidentified calanoid/cyclopoid copepods |
Ghana |
recruits/juv. |
zooplankton |
plank. crust. |
plank. copepods |
cyclopoid copepods |
South Africa |
juv./adults |