Dataset

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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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.

Citation: 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. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5407) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/157

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:58

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=kenyan_brachyuran_mangrove_crabs_1998_1999

Marco Vannini
University of Florence

Bart De Wachter
Universiteit Antwerpen

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

University of Florence
University of Florence

Universiteit Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

42
occurrence records
24
measurements and facts
23
taxa
22
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 42
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 42
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 42
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 42
100.0%
ON_LAND 22
52.4%

Measurement types

DNA derived data