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Macrobenthos of the mangroves of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in September 1990
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Schrijvers J.; Okondo J.; Vincx M.; Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section, University of Gent: Belgium; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Macrobenthos of the mangroves of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in September 1990. https://doi.org/10.14284/162
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 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
Density of major macrofauna taxa (and families of Amphipoda, Isopoda, Polychaeta and Tanaidacea) and sediment characteristics for 12 sampling sites at Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in September 1990. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P.; Okemwa, E. N. (1993). Dynamics and assessment of Kenyan mangrove ecosystems n° TS2-0240-C (GDF): final report (April 1993). Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 244 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 > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Granulometry, Habitats and biotopes, Macrobenthos, Mangroves, 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 Bay, Ampeliscidae Krøyer, 1842, Amphinomidae Lamarck, 1818, Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh., Bivalvia, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lam., Capitellidae Grube, 1862, Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B. Robinson, Cirratulidae Ryckholt, 1851, Cnidaria, Corophiidae Leach, 1814, Cumacea, Decapoda, Echiura, Eunicidae Berthold, 1827, Gastropoda, Glyceridae Grube, 1850, Hesionidae Grube, 1850, Insecta, Lacydoniidae Bergström, 1914, Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867, Nematoda, Nephtyidae Grube, 1850, Nereidae [auctt.], Oligochaeta, Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942, Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909, Paratanaidae Lang, 1949, Phyllodocidae Örsted, 1843, Pisces, Polynoidae Kinberg, 1856, Polyodontidae Augener, 1918, Rhizophora mucronata Poir., Sipuncula, Sonneratia alba Sm., Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825, Spionidae Grube, 1850, Syllidae Grube, 1850, Terebellidae Johnston, 1846 Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 39,51; MinLat: -4,42 - MaxLong: 39,51; MaxLat: -4,41 [WGS84] ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
September 1990 Taxonomic coverage
Ampeliscidae Krøyer, 1842 [WoRMS]
Amphinomidae Lamarck, 1818 [WoRMS]
Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. [WoRMS]
Bivalvia [WoRMS]
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lam. [WoRMS]
Capitellidae Grube, 1862 [WoRMS]
Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B. Robinson [WoRMS]
Cirratulidae Ryckholt, 1851 [WoRMS]
Cnidaria [WoRMS]
Corophiidae Leach, 1814 [WoRMS]
Cumacea [WoRMS]
Decapoda [WoRMS]
Echiura [WoRMS]
Eunicidae Berthold, 1827 [WoRMS]
Gastropoda [WoRMS]
Glyceridae Grube, 1850 [WoRMS]
Hesionidae Grube, 1850 [WoRMS]
Insecta [WoRMS]
Lacydoniidae Bergström, 1914 [WoRMS]
Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867 [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Nephtyidae Grube, 1850 [WoRMS]
Nereidae [auctt.] [WoRMS]
Oligochaeta [WoRMS]
Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942 [WoRMS]
Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 [WoRMS]
Paratanaidae Lang, 1949 [WoRMS]
Phyllodocidae Örsted, 1843 [WoRMS]
Pisces [WoRMS]
Polynoidae Kinberg, 1856 [WoRMS]
Polyodontidae Augener, 1918 [WoRMS]
Rhizophora mucronata Poir. [WoRMS]
Sipuncula [WoRMS]
Sonneratia alba Sm. [WoRMS]
Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 [WoRMS]
Spionidae Grube, 1850 [WoRMS]
Syllidae Grube, 1850 [WoRMS]
Terebellidae Johnston, 1846 [WoRMS]
Parameters
Gravel fraction Macrobenthos density Mud content Organic matter (OM) Presence/absence of biota Sand fraction Contributors
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Polk, P.; Okemwa, E. N. (1993). Dynamics and assessment of Kenyan mangrove ecosystems n° TS2-0240-C (GDF): final report (April 1993). Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 244 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: 2016-06-29
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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