Dataset

Kenyan reef corals sampled in November 1990

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This dataset contains a taxonomic list of corals found at the Kenyan reefs (i.e. in Nyali, Bamburi South & North, Vipingo, Malindi) during a sampling campaign in November 1990. Corals were collected by snorkeling and SCUBA diving. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Melles, A. (1991). Taxonomic and sclerochronological studies of Kenyan reef corals. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 83 pp.

Citation: Melles A.; Borel Best M.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME). VUB: Belgium; National Museum of Natural History: The Netherlands; (2016): Kenyan reef corals sampled in November 1990. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4504) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/109

Published: September 17, 2025 at 10:14

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=kenyan_reef_corals_1990

Maya Borel Best
Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Gerald Ganssen
Universiteit van Amsterdam; Earth and Life Sciences

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

Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Naturalis Biodiversity Center

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

82
occurrence records
82
measurements and facts
71
taxa
60
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
eventDate 82
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 82
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 82
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 82
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data