Dataset

Spatial and temporal ichthyofauna community of a tropical mangrove Bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya) sampled between 1994 and 1996

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Catch data on fish and invertebrates for monthly beam trawl samples taken at 38 locations in Gazi Bay between October 1994 and September 1996. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Wakwabi, E.O. (1999). The ichthyofauna of a tropical mangrove bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya): community structure and trophic organisation. PhD Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 217 pp.

Citation: Wakwabi E.O.; Vincx M.; Marine Biology Section; Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Spatial and temporal ichthyofauna community of a tropical mangrove Bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya) sampled between 1994 and 1996. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5395) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/152

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:34

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=ichthyofauna_gazi_bay_1994_1996

3,770
occurrence records
7,540
measurements and facts
301
taxa
234
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 3,770
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 3,770
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 3,770
100.0%
scientificNameID 1
0.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 3,770
100.0%
ON_LAND 671
17.8%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 30
0.8%
NO_MATCH 1
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data