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Zooplankton community of Shirazi bay (Kenya) sampled between April and December 1998 Citable as data publication Anyango C.; Daro N.; Ecological Marine Management Programme (ECOMAMA); Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek; Vakgroep Biologie; Faculteit Wetenschappen. VUB: Belgium; (2016): Zooplankton community of Shirazi bay (Kenya) sampled between April and December 1998. https://doi.org/10.14284/91 Contact: Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description Density on zooplankton taxa and related environmental variables (chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen and biological oxygen demand) for 30 samples taken in Shirazi Bay from 15 April to 16 December 1998. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Anyango, C. (2000). The zooplankton community of Shirazi Bay, Kenya. MSc Thesis. VUB: Brussel. 81 pp. more The species composition of the zooplankton community of Shirazi Bay, Kenya was studied in 1998. A total of 30 samples were analyzed. Chlorophyll a, biological oxygen demand and dissolved oxygen concentrations were also determined each time, and were later used to analyse the species data. Maximum values of zooplankton abundance were reported in mid-April (1161 ± 169 indiv.m^-3), and the lowest was at the end of April (300 ± 35 indiv.m^-3). Total abundance of zooplankton varied from 911 ± 165 indiv.m^-3 in station 3 to 262 ± 54 indiv.m^-3 in station 5. The most important taxa encountered included: Calanoida, Brachyura, Oikolpeura, Amphipoda, Mysidaceae, Polychaeta and Chaetognatha. Calanoida was the most dominant taxon sampled and it made up 46% of the total zooplankton abundance. Scope Themes: Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Environmental variables, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Shirazi bay, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenyan Coast, Acari, Amphipoda, Bivalvia, Brachyura, Calanoida, Chaetognatha, Crustacea, Cumacea, Cyclopoida, Decapoda, Gastropoda, Harpacticoida, Hydrozoa, Insecta, Isopoda, Mysida, Oikopleura Mertens, 1830, Ostracoda, Poecilostomatoida, Polychaeta, Pycnogonida, Siphonophora, Tintinnina Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 39,41; MinLat: -4,59 - MaxLong: 39,44; MaxLat: -4,52 [WGS84] Temporal coverage 15 April 1998 - 16 December 1998 Taxonomic coverage Acari [WoRMS] Amphipoda [WoRMS] Bivalvia [WoRMS] Brachyura [WoRMS] Calanoida [WoRMS] Chaetognatha [WoRMS] Crustacea [WoRMS] Cumacea [WoRMS] Cyclopoida [WoRMS] Decapoda [WoRMS] Gastropoda [WoRMS] Harpacticoida [WoRMS] Hydrozoa [WoRMS] Insecta [WoRMS] Isopoda [WoRMS] Mysida [WoRMS] Oikopleura Mertens, 1830 [WoRMS] Ostracoda [WoRMS] Poecilostomatoida [WoRMS] Polychaeta [WoRMS] Pycnogonida [WoRMS] Siphonophora [WoRMS] Tintinnina [WoRMS] Parameters Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit volume of the water body [BODC] Biochemical oxygen demand Chlorophyll a Density Dissolved oxygen (O2) Contributors Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Ecological Marine Management Programme (ECOMAMA), more, data creator Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek (ECOL), more, data creator, data creator University of Nairobi, more, data creator Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre (KMFRI), more, data creator Related datasets Publication Based on this dataset Anyango, C. (2000). The zooplankton community of Shirazi Bay, Kenya. MSc Thesis. VUB: Brussel. 81 pp., more Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2016-03-24 Information last updated: 2016-03-24 | ||||
