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Macrobenthos of the mangroves of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in September 1990 Citable as data publication 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. https://doi.org/10.14284/162 Contact: Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description 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. Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Granulometry, Macrobenthos, Mangroves, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay, Ampeliscidae Krøyer, 1842, Amphinomidae Lamarck, 1818, Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh., Bivalvia, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lam., Capitellidae Grube, 1862, Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B. Robinson, Cirratulidae Ryckholt, 1851, Cnidaria, Corophiidae Leach, 1814, Cumacea, Decapoda, Echiura, Eunicidae Berthold, 1827, Gastropoda, Glyceridae Grube, 1850, Hesionidae Grube, 1850, Insecta, Lacydoniidae Bergström, 1914, Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867, Nematoda, Nephtyidae Grube, 1850, Nereidae [auctt.], Oligochaeta, Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942, Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909, Paratanaidae Lang, 1949, Phyllodocidae Örsted, 1843, Pisces, Polynoidae Kinberg, 1856, Polyodontidae Augener, 1918, Rhizophora mucronata Poir., Sipuncula, Sonneratia alba Sm., Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825, Spionidae Grube, 1850, Syllidae Grube, 1850, Terebellidae Johnston, 1846 Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 39,51; MinLat: -4,42 - MaxLong: 39,51; MaxLat: -4,41 [WGS84] ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage September 1990 Taxonomic coverage Ampeliscidae Krøyer, 1842 [WoRMS] Amphinomidae Lamarck, 1818 [WoRMS] Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. [WoRMS] Bivalvia [WoRMS] Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lam. [WoRMS] Capitellidae Grube, 1862 [WoRMS] Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B. Robinson [WoRMS] Cirratulidae Ryckholt, 1851 [WoRMS] Cnidaria [WoRMS] Corophiidae Leach, 1814 [WoRMS] Cumacea [WoRMS] Decapoda [WoRMS] Echiura [WoRMS] Eunicidae Berthold, 1827 [WoRMS] Gastropoda [WoRMS] Glyceridae Grube, 1850 [WoRMS] Hesionidae Grube, 1850 [WoRMS] Insecta [WoRMS] Lacydoniidae Bergström, 1914 [WoRMS] Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867 [WoRMS] Nematoda [WoRMS] Nephtyidae Grube, 1850 [WoRMS] Nereidae [auctt.] [WoRMS] Oligochaeta [WoRMS] Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942 [WoRMS] Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 [WoRMS] Paratanaidae Lang, 1949 [WoRMS] Phyllodocidae Örsted, 1843 [WoRMS] Pisces [WoRMS] Polynoidae Kinberg, 1856 [WoRMS] Polyodontidae Augener, 1918 [WoRMS] Rhizophora mucronata Poir. [WoRMS] Sipuncula [WoRMS] Sonneratia alba Sm. [WoRMS] Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 [WoRMS] Spionidae Grube, 1850 [WoRMS] Syllidae Grube, 1850 [WoRMS] Terebellidae Johnston, 1846 [WoRMS] Parameters Gravel fraction Macrobenthos density Mud content Organic matter (OM) Presence/absence of biota Sand fraction Contributors Related datasets Publication Based on this dataset 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., more Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2016-06-29 Information last updated: 2016-06-29 | ||||
