Document of dataset 5421

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
DOI
https://www.doi.org/10.14284/168
title in English
Faunal species composition of brackish water crabs at Gazi, Kanamai, Bamburi and Mkomani (Kenya)
Abstract in English
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.
License
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html
bibliographicCitation
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)
Release date
Jan 13 2017 12:00AM

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
1985-06-02
End date
1986-06-18

Geographical coverage

Spatial
ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali

Thesaurus terms

Keyword
Bio-geographical regions
Biota
Brackishwater crab
Environment
Geoscientific Information
Habitats and biotopes
ISW, Kenya, coast, Bamburi
ISW, Kenya, coast, Kanamai
ISW, Kenya, coast, Mkomani
ISW, Kenya, Coast, Shelly
ISW, Kenya, Coast, Tiwi
Mangrove forests
Metadata non conformant
Metadata not evaluated
No limitations to public access
Oceans
Sea regions
Seepage
Species diversity
WGS84 (EPSG:4326)
XYZ ASCII

Themes

theme
Biology > Benthos
Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Biology > Invertebrates

Taxonomic terms

Taxon keywords
Brachyura
Cardisoma carnifex
Eurycarcinus natalensis
Macrophthalmus boscii
Macrophthalmus milloti
Scylla serrata
Sesarma elongatum
Sesarma guttatum
Sesarma meinerti
Thalamita crenata
Uca annulipes
Uca chlorophthalmus
Uca vocans
Xanthidae

Ownerships

contactPoint
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
contributor
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
creator
Reninson Ruwa
creator
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre
creator
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

Publication references

related reference
Based on this dataset /id/publication/18635

Dataset references

is part of
Historical Kenyan-Belgian research datasets (1873-1999)
record
European Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Special collections

part of special collection
available through EurOBIS
EMODNET
VLIZ-KMFRI collaboration in marine sciences

Document metadata

date created
2016-07-05
date modified
2025-03-26