Profile
Biography
Kennedy is a fish and fisheries scientist keen to understand the linkages between marine habitats and fish community. His PhD research seeks to contribute towards application of marine robotics to produce habitat and biotope mapping of the shallow (0-30m) and mesophotic (30-150m) habitats of the Pemba Channel in Tanzania. The study is anticipated to provide information that will support conservation and management the seascape. This is also expected to feed directly into questions on sustainability and food security and threats of climate change.
Publications
Selected publications
Samoilys, MA, Halford, A, and Osuka, K. (2019) Disentangling drivers of the abundance of coral reef fishes in the western Indian Ocean. Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1002/ece3.5044
Samoilys, MA, Osuka, K., Maina G.W. Obura D.O. (2017). Artisanal fisheries on Kenya's coral reefs: decadal trends reveal management needs. Fisheries Research 186: 177-191.
Osuka K, Kochzius M, Vanreusel A, Obura D and Samoilys M (2016). Linkage between fish functional groups and coral reef benthic habitat composition in the Western Indian Ocean. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. doi:10.1017/S0025315416001399
Osuka K, Samoilys M, Mbugua J, de Leeuw J, and Obura D. (2016) Marine habitats of the Lamu-Kiunga coast: an assessment of biodiversity value, threats and opportunities. ICRAF Working paper number no. 248 World Agroforestry Centre. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5716/WP16167.PDF
Osuka, K. and Mlewa, CM (2011). Morphomeristic study of sympatric Barbus species from a manmade reservoir in upland Kenya. African Journal of Ecology, 50, 53–59
