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Distribution and abundance of corals along the Kenyan coast Citable as data publication Muthiga N.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Distribution and abundance of corals along the Kenyan coast. https://doi.org/10.14284/166 Contact: Availability: This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Description Tentative checklist of hermatypic coral species and distribution of coral genera along the Kenyan coast. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp. more The checklist includes corals identified in the field, and corals that are part of the KMFRI collection and the University of Nairobi, Zoology Department collection. Scope Themes: Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Invertebrates Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Checklists, Coral reefs, Corals, ISW, Kenya, coast, Bamburi, ISW, Kenya, coast, Kanamai, ISW, Kenya, coast, Malindi, marine national park, ISW, Kenya, coast, shimoni, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Tiwi, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Diani, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali, ISW, Kenya, Mida Creek, ISW, Kenyan Coast, Kenya, Kiunga Marine National Reserve, Acropora Oken, 1815, Anthozoa, Favia Oken, 1815, , Pocillopora Lamarck, 1816, Porites Link, 1807, Scleractinia, Stylophora Schweigger, 1820 Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 39,3667; MinLat: -4,6167 - MaxLong: 41,2393; MaxLat: -2,0226 [WGS84] ISW, Kenya, Coast, Diani ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali [Marine Regions] ISW, Kenya, Mida Creek [Marine Regions] ISW, Kenyan Coast [Marine Regions] Kenya, Kiunga Marine National Reserve Taxonomic coverage Parameter Presence/absence of biota Contributors Related datasets Publication Based on this dataset Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp., more Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2016-07-01 Information last updated: 2016-08-11 |