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Counts of hyperbenthos of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in October 1994 Citable as data publication Luhunga B.Y.; Mees J.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME). VUB; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Counts of hyperbenthos of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in October 1994. https://doi.org/10.14284/79 Contact: Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description The spatial community structure of the hyperbenthos of Gazi bay was investigated during one week in October 1994. 38 stations were sampled using a hyperbenthic sledge. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Luhunga, B.Y. (1997). Spatial community structure of the hyperbenthos of Gazi Bay, Kenya. MSc Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 68 pp. more A total of 36 taxa were encountered in this study. The dominant taxa (constituting >4% of the community) were the Amphipoda Gammaridea, Mysidacea, Gastropoda, Isopoda, zoea larvae of Brachyura, Polychaeta, larvae and early post-larvae of Pisces Teleostei and Chaetognatha for the day samples, and Mysidacea and Amphipoda Gammaridea for the night samples, Ostracoda, Copepoda, Cumacea and Natantia being locally dominant. Other important taxa (between 0.1 and 3% of the total community) were Opisthobranchia, Amphipoda Caprellidea, Nematoda, Bivalvia, Tanaidacea, Oligochaeta, juveniles and megalopae of Brachyura, Scyphozoa, juvenile Pisces Teleostei, Ascidiacea, Anthozoa and Plathelminthes. Coleoptera, Anomura, Ophiuroidea, Cephalopoda, Leptostraca, Cephalochordata, Pycnogonida, zoea larvae of shrimp, Hydrozoa, Brachyura Corystidae and unidentified eggs were rare (<0.1c /1 0 of the total community). Lineage Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Hyperbenthos, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay, Anomura, Anthozoa, Ascidiacea, Bivalvia, Brachyura, Caprellidae Leach, 1814, Caridea, Chaetognatha, Coleoptera, Copepoda, Crustacea, Cumacea, Gammaridea, Hydrozoa, Isopoda, Mysida, Nebaliacea, Nematoda, Oligochaeta, Ophiuroidea, Opisthobranchia, Ostracoda, Pisces, Polychaeta, Prosobranchia, Pycnogonida, Scyphozoa, Tanaidacea, Turbellaria Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 39,5092; MinLat: -4,45 - MaxLong: 39,5323; MaxLat: -4,4068 [WGS84] ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage 18 October 1994 - 25 October 1994 Taxonomic coverage Anomura [WoRMS] Anthozoa [WoRMS] Ascidiacea [WoRMS] Bivalvia [WoRMS] Brachyura [WoRMS] Caprellidae Leach, 1814 [WoRMS] Caridea [WoRMS] Chaetognatha [WoRMS] Coleoptera [WoRMS] Copepoda [WoRMS] Crustacea [WoRMS] Cumacea [WoRMS] Gammaridea [WoRMS] Hydrozoa [WoRMS] Isopoda [WoRMS] Mysida [WoRMS] Nebaliacea [WoRMS] Nematoda [WoRMS] Oligochaeta [WoRMS] Ophiuroidea [WoRMS] Opisthobranchia [WoRMS] Ostracoda [WoRMS] Pisces [WoRMS] Polychaeta [WoRMS] Prosobranchia [WoRMS] Pycnogonida [WoRMS] Scyphozoa [WoRMS] Tanaidacea [WoRMS] Turbellaria [WoRMS] Parameter Count of hyperbenthos Contributors Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME), more, data creator Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, data creator, data creator Related datasets Publication Based on this dataset Luhunga, B.Y. (1997). Spatial community structure of the hyperbenthos of Gazi Bay, Kenya. MSc Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 68 pp., more URLs Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field survey Release date: 2016-11-10 Metadatarecord created: 2013-10-31 Information last updated: 2025-03-26 | ||||
