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Mangrove crabs and their relationship with the environment in mangrove forests of Dabaso and Gazi (Kenya) sampled in 1998 and 1999
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Gillikin D.P.; Tack J.; Vannini M.; De Wachter B; Free University of Brussels: Belgium; University of Florence: Italy; University of Antwerp: Belgium; (2016): Mangrove crabs and their relationship with the environment in mangrove forests of Dabaso and Gazi (Kenya) sampled in 1998 and 1999. https://doi.org/10.14284/157
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Counts of observed mangrove crabs and their relationship with the environment (abiotic data for the location where the crabs were found). The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Gillikin, D. P. (2000). Factors controlling the distribution of Kenyan brachyuran mangrove crabs: salinity tolerance and ecophysiology of two Kenyan Neosarmatium species. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (ECOMAMA): Brussel. 152 pp. 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 > Invertebrates, Biology > Plants Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Environmental data, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, ISW, Kenya, coast, Dabaso, Mangrove crab, Mangrove forests, 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, Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh., Brachyura, Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796), Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B. Robinson, Epixanthus dentatus (White, 1848), Eurycarcinus natalensis (Krauss, 1843), Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839), Neosarmatium meinerti (De Man, 1887), Neosarmatium smithi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853), Rhizophora mucronata Poir., Selatium elongatum (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869), Sesarma guttatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1869, Sesarma leptosoma Hilgendorf, 1869, Sesarma ortmanni Crosnier, 1965, Thalamita crenata Rüppell, 1830, Uca (Austruca) annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), Uca (Paraleptuca) chlorophthalmus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), Uca (Gelasimus) vocans (Linnaeus, 1758) Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 39,51; MinLat: -4,41 - MaxLong: 39,98; MaxLat: -3,35 [WGS84] ISW, Kenya, Gazi Temporal coverage
1998 - 1999 Taxonomic coverage
Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. [WoRMS]
Brachyura [WoRMS]
Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796) [WoRMS]
Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B. Robinson [WoRMS]
Epixanthus dentatus (White, 1848) [WoRMS]
Eurycarcinus natalensis (Krauss, 1843) [WoRMS]
Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839) [WoRMS]
Neosarmatium meinerti (De Man, 1887) [WoRMS]
Neosarmatium smithi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) [WoRMS]
Rhizophora mucronata Poir. [WoRMS]
Selatium elongatum (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869) [WoRMS]
Sesarma guttatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1869 [WoRMS]
Sesarma leptosoma Hilgendorf, 1869 [WoRMS]
Sesarma ortmanni Crosnier, 1965 [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]
Parameters
% Coverage Carbon (C) Count Nitrogen (N) Organic matter (OM) pH Presence/absence of biota Salinity Temperature Contributors
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Gillikin, D. P. (2000). Factors controlling the distribution of Kenyan brachyuran mangrove crabs: salinity tolerance and ecophysiology of two Kenyan Neosarmatium species. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (ECOMAMA): Brussel. 152 pp., more
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Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2017-05-24
Metadatarecord created: 2016-06-22
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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