Dataset

Microphytoplankton along four transects off the Kenyan coast in 1992

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List of all the microphytoplankton species recorded along four transects during the Southeast monsoon in the period June 18 to July 7, 1992. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Wawiye, O. (1995). Microphytoplankton distribution off the Kenyan coast. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 41, app. pp.

Citation: Wawiye O.; Tackx M.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME); Laboratory for Ecology and Systematics. VUB: Belgium; (2015): Microphytoplankton along four transects off the Kenyan coast in 1992. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4405) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/74

Published: September 17, 2025 at 10:10

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=microphytoplankton_kenyan_coast_1993

Nicole Podoor

Ahmed M'harzi

Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program

Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek

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

228
occurrence records
456
measurements and facts
188
taxa
152
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 228
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 228
100.0%
scientificNameID 3
1.3%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 228
100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 40
17.5%
NOT_MARINE 36
15.8%
MARINE_UNSURE 15
6.6%
NO_MATCH 3
1.3%

Measurement types

DNA derived data