Dataset

Abundance of marine flora along the Kenyan coast between July 1986 and February 1987

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Qualitative abundance of marine flora (Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, Rhodophyta) for 11 locations along the Kenyan coast. Data for July 1986 and February 1987. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Wamukoya, G. (1987). Seasonal changes in marine flora along Kenya coast, in: Martens, E.E. (1987). Kenyan-Belgian Project in Marine Sciences: Second Quarterly Report. pp. 96-102

Citation: Wamukoya G.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI): Kenya; (2016): Abundance of marine flora along the Kenyan coast between July 1986 and February 1987. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5254) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/106

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:30

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=marine_flora_kenyan_1986_1987

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

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

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

1,980
occurrence records
1,980
measurements and facts
91
taxa
84
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,980
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 1,980
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 1,980
100.0%
scientificNameID 11
0.6%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 1,980
100.0%
ON_LAND 1,440
72.7%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 44
2.2%
NO_MATCH 11
0.6%

Measurement types

DNA derived data