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Faunal species composition of brackish water crabs at Gazi, Kanamai, Bamburi and Mkomani (Kenya)
Citable as data publication
Ruwa R.K.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Faunal species composition of brackish water crabs at Gazi, Kanamai, Bamburi and Mkomani (Kenya). https://doi.org/10.14284/168
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Description
Occurrence (presence/absence) of the crabs at Kanamai Beach, Bamburi, Mkomani and the Gazi mangrove forest, and salinity measurements at various seepage points in Gazi, Nyali, Bamburi, Kanamai, Mkomani, Shelly and Tiwi measured during the months of June, July and August 1985. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp.
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Invertebrates
Keywords:
Brackish water, Brackishwater crab, ISW, Kenya, coast, Bamburi, ISW, Kenya, coast, Kanamai, ISW, Kenya, coast, Mkomani, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Shelly, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Tiwi, Mangrove forests, Seepage, Species diversity, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali, ISW, Kenya, Gazi, Brachyura, Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796), Eurycarcinus natalensis (Krauss, 1843), Macrophthalmus (Chaenostoma) boscii Audouin, 1826, Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) milloti Crosnier, 1965, Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775), Sesarma elongatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1869, Sesarma guttatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1869, Sesarma meinerti De Man, 1887, Thalamita crenata Rüppell, 1830, Uca (Austruca) annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), Uca (Paraleptuca) chlorophthalmus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), Uca (Gelasimus) vocans (Linnaeus, 1758), Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 39,5; MinLat: -4,41 - MaxLong: 39,8; MaxLat: -3,75 [WGS84]
ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali [Marine Regions]
ISW, Kenya, Gazi
Temporal coverage
2 June 1985 - 18 June 1986
Taxonomic coverage
Brachyura [WoRMS]
Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796) [WoRMS]
Eurycarcinus natalensis (Krauss, 1843) [WoRMS]
Macrophthalmus (Chaenostoma) boscii Audouin, 1826 [WoRMS]
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) milloti Crosnier, 1965 [WoRMS]
Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775) [WoRMS]
Sesarma elongatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1869 [WoRMS]
Sesarma guttatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1869 [WoRMS]
Sesarma meinerti De Man, 1887 [WoRMS]
Thalamita crenata Rüppell, 1830 [WoRMS]
Uca (Austruca) annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) [WoRMS]
Uca (Paraleptuca) chlorophthalmus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) [WoRMS]
Uca (Gelasimus) vocans (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 [WoRMS]
Parameters
Occurrence of biota
Presence/absence of biota
Salinity
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre (KMFRI), more, data creator
Ruwa, Reninson
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
Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp., more
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2016-07-05
Information last updated: 2016-07-05
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