Dataset

Zooplankton community and pelagic copepods in Tudor creek (Mombasa, Kenya) between 1984 and 1987

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List of zooplankton taxa and copepoda species for 5 stations in Tudor creek sampled between December 1984 and December 1987. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Okemwa, E. (1990). A study of the pelagic copepods (Copepoda; Crustacea) in a tropical marine creek Tudor, Mombasa, Kenya, with a special reference to their community structure, biomass and productivity. PhD Thesis. VUB: Brussel. 225 pp.

Citation: Okemwa E.; Polk P.; Daro M.H.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME); Laboratorium voor Ekologie en Systematiek. VUB: Belgium; (2016): Zooplankton community and pelagic copepods in Tudor creek (Mombasa, Kenya) between 1984 and 1987. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4577) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/118

Published: September 17, 2025 at 09:29

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=copepods_mombasa_1984_1987

651
occurrence records
468
measurements and facts
149
taxa
87
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 583
89.6%
maximumDepthInMeters 651
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 651
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 651
100.0%
ON_LAND 651
100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 61
9.4%
NOT_MARINE 1
0.2%

Measurement types

DNA derived data