Dataset

Faunal species composition of brackish water crabs at Gazi, Kanamai, Bamburi and Mkomani (Kenya)

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Occurrence (presence/absence) of the crabs at Kanamai Beach, Bamburi, Mkomani and the Gazi mangrove forest, and salinity measurements at various seepage points in Gazi, Nyali, Bamburi, Kanamai, Mkomani, Shelly and Tiwi measured during the months of June, July and August 1985. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp.

Citation
Ruwa R.K.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Faunal species composition of brackish water crabs at Gazi, Kanamai, Bamburi and Mkomani (Kenya). (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5421) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/168
Published
September 17, 2025 at 08:38
First registration
September 29, 2017 at 00:00
License
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URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=mangrove_1985_1986
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=mangrove_1985_1986

Contacts

Reninson Ruwa
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

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

48
total submitted occurrences
48
accepted occurrences
27
taxa
25
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 48
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 48
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 48
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 48
100.0%
ON_LAND 48
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data