Welcome to Mathias Msafiri personal webpage
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Currently am working at Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI) Kigoma center located on Lake Tanganyika. As a fisheries research officer, my duty and responsibility include conducting research in the lake (fisheries and limnology), researching on Tanzania marine water and other aquatic related research. Please view my CV for more details in a pdf format
My M.Sc. thesis has explored the spatial and temporal change of mangrove of Mtoni-Kijichi in Dar es salaam, Tanzania. The study investigated the historical black and white aerial photographs (1967-1992) and IKONOS satellite image (2005), and estimated the effect of rural-urban migration effect on the mangrove forest at Mzinga creek in terms of total area covered by individual species . I used Geographical Information System to come up with the results,for more on this topic please have a look on my thesis presentation.
Currently am doing a PhD at Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. My research topic is:
Habitat detection by tropical juvenile reef
fishes - the role of conspecific and environmental cues
The study is set up to reveal the mechanisms on how fish larvae find mangroves
and seagrass habitat when settling from the open ocean, and how subadult fish
find the coral reef after having grown up in these nurseries. This will provide
more and new insights into the mechanisms of connectivity between and among
these ecosystems. Current knowledge indirectly indicates that mangroves and
seagrass beds may play a very important role as juvenile habitats for several
(commercially important) fish species. Mangroves and seagrass beds are degrading
rapidly around the world, knowledge on the connectivity between these degrading
systems will be valuable to the establishment of Marine Protected Areas and for
conservation, management, and sustainable exploitation of these important
coastal resources and the systems in general.
Permanent address
Mathias Msafiri Igulu
Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI)
P O BOX 90
Kigoma, Tanzania
East Africa
phone: mobile : +255713441624
This page was last modified 16/11/2006