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Fish community in Gazi Creek sampled between November 1990 and April 1991
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Ntiba J.M.; Wakwabi E.O; Okoth B.K.; Kimani E.N; Mwatha G.K.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI): Kenya; (2016): Fish community in Gazi Creek sampled between November 1990 and April 1991. https://doi.org/10.14284/112
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Description
Counts and size ranges of the observed fish species sampled between November 1990 and April 1991 in Gazi Creek (Kenya). The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Ntiba, J.M.; Wakwabi, E.O.; Okoth, B.K.; Kimani, E.N.; Mwatha, G.K. (1991). The fish community in Gazi Creek, 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. 67-71
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 > Fish
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Fish community, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Gazi Creek, Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835, Anguillidae Rafinesque, 1810, Apogonidae Günther, 1859, Atherinidae Risso, 1827, Belonidae Bonaparte, 1835, Bothidae Smitt, 1892, Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815, Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815, Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816, Dactylopteridae Gill, 1861, Engraulidae Gill, 1861, Fistulariidae Stark, 1828, Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859, Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816, Lethrinidae Bonaparte, 1831, Lutjanidae Gill, 1861, Monacanthidae Nardo, 1843, Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898, Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815, Ostraciidae Rafinesque, 1810, Pisces, Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831, Scaridae Rafinesque, 1810, Siganidae Richardson, 1837, Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846, Sphyraenidae Rafinesque, 1815, Synodontidae Gill, 1861, Terapontidae Richardson, 1842, Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831
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
November 1990 - April 1991
Monthly
Taxonomic coverage
Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 [WoRMS]
Anguillidae Rafinesque, 1810 [WoRMS]
Apogonidae Günther, 1859 [WoRMS]
Atherinidae Risso, 1827 [WoRMS]
Belonidae Bonaparte, 1835 [WoRMS]
Bothidae Smitt, 1892 [WoRMS]
Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816 [WoRMS]
Dactylopteridae Gill, 1861 [WoRMS]
Engraulidae Gill, 1861 [WoRMS]
Fistulariidae Stark, 1828 [WoRMS]
Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859 [WoRMS]
Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816 [WoRMS]
Lethrinidae Bonaparte, 1831 [WoRMS]
Lutjanidae Gill, 1861 [WoRMS]
Monacanthidae Nardo, 1843 [WoRMS]
Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 [WoRMS]
Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Ostraciidae Rafinesque, 1810 [WoRMS]
Pisces [WoRMS]
Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831 [WoRMS]
Scaridae Rafinesque, 1810 [WoRMS]
Siganidae Richardson, 1837 [WoRMS]
Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 [WoRMS]
Sphyraenidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Synodontidae Gill, 1861 [WoRMS]
Terapontidae Richardson, 1842 [WoRMS]
Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831 [WoRMS]
Parameters

Count of fish
Fish length
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre (KMFRI), more, data creator
Ntiba, J.M.
Wakwabi, Enock
Okoth, B.K.
Kimani, E.N.
Mwatha, G.K.
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
Ntiba, J.M. et al. (1991). The fish community in Gazi Creek, 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. 67-71, more
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2017-02-27
Metadatarecord created: 2016-04-19
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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