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Zooplankton community in Gazi Creek sampled monthly between 1990 and 1991
Citable as data publication
Okemwa E.; Mwaluma J.; Osore M.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI): Kenya; (2016): Zooplankton community in Gazi Creek sampled monthly between 1990 and 1991. https://doi.org/10.14284/110
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Description
Qualitative and monthly relative abundances of most important zooplankton taxa found in Gazi Creek sampled between March 1990 and February 1991. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Okemwa, E.; Mwaluma, J.; Osore, M. (1991). Zooplankton studies in a mangrove creek system, Gazi, in: Delbeke, K. (Ed.) (1991). Kenya - Belgium project in marine sciences "Higher Institute for Marine Sciences" VLIR - KMFRI Project and CEC Project "Dynamics and Assessment of Kenyan Mangrove Ecosystems" No. TS2-0240-C (GDF): Progress Report November 1990 -June 1991. pp. 40-48
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, Species composition, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, Zooplankton community, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Gazi Creek, Amphipoda, Appendicularia, Brachyura, Caridea, Chaetognatha, Cirripedia, Copepoda, Crustacea, Cumacea, Euphausia Dana, 1850, Harpacticoida, Hydrozoa, Isopoda, Mollusca, Ostracoda, Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815, Pisces, Polychaeta, Sergestidae Dana, 1852, Siphonophora, Stomatopoda
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 39,5; MinLat: -4,4167 - MaxLong: 39,5; MaxLat: -4,4167 [WGS84]
ISW, Kenya, Gazi Creek
Temporal coverage
March 1990 - February 1991
Monthly
Taxonomic coverage
Amphipoda [WoRMS]
Appendicularia [WoRMS]
Brachyura [WoRMS]
Caridea [WoRMS]
Chaetognatha [WoRMS]
Cirripedia [WoRMS]
Copepoda [WoRMS]
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Cumacea [WoRMS]
Euphausia Dana, 1850 [WoRMS]
Harpacticoida [WoRMS]
Hydrozoa [WoRMS]
Isopoda [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Ostracoda [WoRMS]
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Pisces [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]
Sergestidae Dana, 1852 [WoRMS]
Siphonophora [WoRMS]
Stomatopoda [WoRMS]
Parameters
Relative abundance
Zooplankton abundance
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre (KMFRI), more, data creator
Okemwa, Ezekiel
Mwaluma, J.
Osore, Melckzedeck
Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Historical Kenyan-Belgian research datasets (1873-1999), more
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
Publication
Based on this dataset
Delbeke, K. (Ed.) (1991). Kenya - Belgium project in marine sciences "Higher Institute for Marine Sciences" VLIR - KMFRI Project and CEC Project "Dynamics and Assessment of Kenyan Mangrove Ecosystems" No. TS2-0240-C (GDF): Progress Report November 1990 -June 1991. Kenyan Belgian Cooperation in Marine Sciences: Brussel. 166 pp., more
Okemwa, E.; Mwaluma, J.; Osore, M. (1991). Zooplankton studies in a mangrove creek system, Gazi, in: Delbeke, K. (Ed.) Kenya - Belgium project in marine sciences "Higher Institute for Marine Sciences" VLIR - KMFRI Project and CEC Project "Dynamics and Assessment of Kenyan Mangrove Ecosystems" No. TS2-0240-C (GDF): Progress Report November 1990 -June 1991. pp. 40-48, more
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2017-02-27
Metadatarecord created: 2013-12-09
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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