Name: Macrobenthos of the mangroves of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in September 1990
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Density of major macrofauna taxa (and families of Amphipoda, Isopoda, Polychaeta and Tanaidacea) and sediment characteristics for 12 sampling sites at Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in September 1990. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P.; Okemwa, E. N. (1993). Dynamics and assessment of Kenyan mangrove ecosystems n° TS2-0240-C (GDF): final report (April 1993). Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 244 pp.

Citation

Schrijvers J.; Okondo J.; Vincx M.; Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section, University of Gent: Belgium; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Macrobenthos of the mangroves of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in September 1990. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5413) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/162

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Contacts

Jan Schrijvers
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie

Julius Okondo
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

Magda Vincx
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie

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

139

total submitted occurrences

136

accepted occurrences

278

measurements and facts

taxa

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	139	100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	139	100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	139	100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_DEPTH	139	100.0%
NOT_MARINE	3	2.2%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	1	0.7%

Macrobenthos of the mangroves of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in September 1990

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data