Dr. Charles Maina Kihia

Senior Lecturer
Egerton University, Kenya

Highest Degree
PostDoc Fellow in Mangrove Ecology from University of Bremen, Germany

My URL
https://livedna.org/254.12801

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Area of Interest:

Environmental Sciences
Mangrove Ecology
Bait Fishery
Endophyte Ecology
Polychaete Biology

Selected Publications

  1. Simon, C.A., A.W.N. Muthumbi, C.M. Kihia, K.M.S. Smith, R.B. Cedras, P.T. Mahatante, V.W. Wangondu and R. Katikiro, 2021. A review of marine invertebrates used as fishing baits and the implications for national and regional management in the Western Indian Ocean. Afr. Zool., 56: 237-263.
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  2. Kihia, C.M., A. Muthumbi, J. Okondo, A. Nthiga, V. Njuguna and J.M. Muchiri, 2016. Valuation of fishery among artisanal bait fishers that use non-commercialized intertidal bait at the Mida Creek, Kenya. Int. J. Mar. Sci., 6: 1-9.

  3. Maina, K.C., H. Yvone, M. Agnes, O. Julius, N. Aniel and N. Vincent, 2015. Morphometric and developmental characteristics of fish landed by artisanal bait fishers at the Mida Creek, Kenya. Int. J. Fisher. Aquacult., 7: 15-24.
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  4. Kihia, C.M., Y. Hendrick, A. Muthumbi, J. Okondo, A. Nthiga and V.M. Njuguna, 2015. Diet and trophic status of fish landed by tropical artisanal bait fishers, Mida creek Kenya. Int. J. Mar. Sci., 5: 1-9.
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  5. Kihia, C.M., U. Saint-Paul, J.M. Mathooko, R.K. Ruwa and W.A. Shivoga, 2015. Leaf litter processing in Kenyan mangrove forest impacted by human physical disturbance. J. Environ. Nat. Resour. Manage. Soc., 2: 59-73.

  6. Kihia, C.M., A. Muthumbi, J. Okondo, A. Nthiga and V.M. Njuguna, 2015. Gastropods shell utilization among hermit crabs targeted by bait fishers along a tropical mangrove fringed creek, Mida, Kenya. Wetlands Ecol. Manage., 23: 921-932.
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  7. Kihia, C.M. Y. Hendrick, A. Muthumbi, J. Okondo, A. Nthiga and V. Njuguna, 2015. Feeding habits and trophic status of fish landed by tropical artisanal bait fishers at the Mida creek, Kenya. Int. J. Mar. Sci., 5: 1-9.

  8. Kihia, C.M., 2014. Impact of human physical disturbance on mangrove forest structure at the Gazi bay, Kenya. Egerton J. Sci. Technol., 14: 31-47.

  9. Kihia, C.M., J.M. Mathooko, R.K. Ruwa and W.A. Shivoga, 2012. Leaf herbivore preference in a tropical mangrove forest impacted by human physical disturbance. Int. J. Ecol. Dev., 22: 52-62.

  10. Kihia, C.M., J.M. Mathooko, R.K. Ruwa and W.A. Shivoga, 2012. Influence of human physical disturbance on litter standing crop biomass in a tropical mangrove forest. J. Environ. Nat. Resour. Manage. Soc., 1: 1-12.

  11. Kihia, C.M., J.M. Mathooko, R.K. Ruwa and W.A. Shivoga, 2011. Influence of human disturbance on patterns of leaf herbivory at Gazi Bay mangrove forest, Kenya. Afr. J. Aquatic Sci., 36: 235-241.
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  12. Kihia, C.M., J.M. Mathooko, R.K. Ruwa and W.A. Shivoga, 2010. Mangrove litter biomass input in a forest impacted by human physical disturbance, Gazi bay, Kenya. Ecotropica, 16: 113-123.
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