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Non-encrusting macroalgal zonation on rocky cliffs around Mombasa (Kenya) sampled between April and August 1985
Citable as data publication
Oyieke H.A.; Ruwa R.K.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Non-encrusting macroalgal zonation on rocky cliffs around Mombasa (Kenya) sampled between April and August 1985. https://doi.org/10.14284/178
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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
Presence and absence of macroalgae and their zonation patterns at several localities around Mombasa sampled between April and August 1985. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 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 > Macroalgae
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Cliffs, Environment, Eulittoral zone, Exposed habitats, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, ISW, Kenya, coast, Kanamai, ISW, Kenya, coast, Mombasa, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Shelly, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Tiwi, Littoral zone, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Rocky substrata, Sea regions, Seaweed zonation, Sheltered habitats, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali, ISW, Kenyan Coast, Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, Rhodophyta
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 39,5833; MinLat: -4,2333 - MaxLong: 39,7109; MaxLat: -3,9 [WGS84]
ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali [Marine Regions]
ISW, Kenyan Coast [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
April 1985 - August 1985
Taxonomic coverage
Chlorophyta [WoRMS]
Phaeophyta [WoRMS]
Rhodophyta [WoRMS]
Parameter
Presence/absence of biota
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre (KMFRI), more, data creator
Oyieke, H.A.
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
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Dataset information:
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2016-11-10
Metadatarecord created: 2016-07-06
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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