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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

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Species composition, 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), moredata manager
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre (KMFRI), moredata creator

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

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2013-12-09
Information last updated: 2016-04-19
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