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Historical Kenyan-Belgian research datasets (1873-1999) Citable as data publication Knockaert C.; Tyberghein L.; Goffin A.; Vanhaecke D.; Ong'anda H.; Wakwabi E.O.; Mees J.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2019): Historical Kenyan-Belgian research datasets (1873-1999). Marine Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.14284/331 Contact: Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Notes: All data are publicly available in Open Access and can be used under the license of CCBy with acknowledgement of the authors. Description Belgium and Kenya have a long tradition of collaboration in marine sciences. In 2012 the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Institute (KMFRI) and the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) renewed this collaboration with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). A first step already started under the umbrella of LifeWatch with the recovery of biotic datasets resulting from joint Belgian-Kenyan marine research activities. This data collection combines all biotic data recovered from theses and reports resulting in the Eastern African region conducted between 1873 and 1999. Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos, Biology > Birds, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish, Biology > Macroalgae, Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Historical data, Historical datasets, ISW, Africa, East, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Gazi Bay Temporal coverage 1873 - 1999 Contributors Related datasets Child datasets: Abundance and habitat of echinoderms collected during the Bangor-Watamu Expedition in 1969, more Abundance of Echinothrix diadema and its substrate coverage in the Mombasa Marine National Park and Reserve (Kenya) in September-October 1997, more Abundance of marine flora along the Kenyan coast between July 1986 and February 1987, more Algal community on the pneumatophores of mangrove trees of Gazi Bay in July and August 1987, more Caulerpales (Chlorophyta) of the Kenyan coast (July 1985 - September 1989), more Ceramiaceae along the East-African coast sampled between 1985 and 1997, more Cladophorales (Chlorophyta) sampled at the Kenyan coast between 1985 and 1992, more Codiales (Chlorophyta) sampled at Kenya, Zanzibar and the Seychelles between 1985 and 1993, more Community analysis and feeding ecology of the ichthyofauna in Gazi Bay sampled in August 1993, more Community structure and seasonal fluctuation of macrobenthos in a Ceriops tagal mangrove sediment at Gazi Bay in 1992 and 1993, more Concentrations of phytoplankton, chlorophyll, POC, dry weight measurements and abiotic data in the surface water of Gazi creek (Kenya) sampled in August 1989, more Counts of epibenthic fish species sampled at Gazi Bay on 17 and 19 July 1996, more Counts of hyperbenthos of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in October 1994, more Counts of isopods sampled at Gazi Bay (Kenya) between 18 and 25 October 1994, more Counts of Mysidacea from Gazi (Kenya), Uroa (Zanzibar) and Ambon (Indonesia) sampled between October 1994 and July 1996, more Counts of Mysidacea sampled at night in Gazi Bay in October 1994, more Dictyotales (Phaeophyta) of Kenya and Tanzania sampled between 1985 and 1994, more Diet composition of the fish community in Gazi Creek (May-June 1990), more Distribution and abundance of corals along the Kenyan coast, more Diversity of meiobenthos in tropical seagrass beds of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled from 16 to 19 July 1996, more Ecomorphology of the mangrove oyster Crassostrea cucullata in a mangrove swamp in Gazi (Kenya) in May 1991, more Epibenthic and fish community in Gazi Bay sampled from 12-15 October 1994, more Epiphytic macroalgae and microphytobenthos in the mangroves of Gazi Bay sampled in 1987, 1989 and 1991, more Epiphytic macroalgae vegetation on pneumatophores in the mangrove of Gazi Bay sampled between August and September 1989, more Epiphytic meiofauna and nematode community from seagrasses in Gazi and Nyali (Kenya) sampled in August 1989, more Faunal species composition of brackish water crabs at Gazi, Kanamai, Bamburi and Mkomani (Kenya), more Faunistic factors in the regeneration of mangroves of Gazi Bay and Mida Creek (Kenya), more Fish community in Gazi Creek sampled between November 1990 and April 1991, more Fish fauna of Port Reitz and Tudor Creek (Kenya) in 1985, more Harpacticoid copepods in tropical seagrass beds of Gazi Bay (Kenya) and Mbweni (Zanzibar) sampled in July and August 1996, more Ichthyofauna of a Kenyan seagrass bed and the diet of Plotosus lineatus (Gazi Bay, August 1993), more Inventory of intertidal benthic diatoms of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in September 1991, more Kenyan reef corals sampled in November 1990, more Length, width and weight of Echinotrix diadema and E. Calamaris species sampled in Mombasa Marine National Park (Kenya) from December 1994 to March 1995, more Macrobenthos of the mangroves of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in September 1990, more Macrofaunal composition and zonation on sandy beaches at Gazi, Kanamai and Malindi Bay Kenya between April and December 1986, more Mangrove crabs and their relationship with the environment in mangrove forests of Dabaso and Gazi (Kenya) sampled in 1998 and 1999, more Marine phytal Harpacticoida from Kenya with emphasis on seagrass dwelling species, more Meiobenthos of 5 mangrove vegetation types at Gazi Bay (Kenya) in August 1989, more Microphytoplankton along four transects off the Kenyan coast in 1992, more Monthly transect study of Gracilaria salicornia and other algae at MacKenzie Point (February-March-April-May 1986), more Non-encrusting macroalgal zonation on rocky cliffs around Mombasa (Kenya) sampled between April and August 1985, more Phytal harpacticoid fauna at Gazi creek, McKenzie Point and Fort Jesus (1986-1988), more Planktonic copepods from coastal and inshore waters of Tudor Creek, Mombasa (December 1984-March 1985), more Population structure of penaeid shrimps sampled in Tudor Creek (Kenya) between January and May 1986, more Presence of the genus Dictyopteris (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in the western Indian Ocean between 1985 and 1999, more Presence of the genus Padina (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in the western Indian Ocean between 1985 and 1999, more Seagrasses and associated macroalgae at West Gazi bay during July and August 1987 and abiotic data of the corresponding sampling locations, more Seagrasses and macroalgae of the Eastern and Western creek of Gazi Bay (September-December 1991), more Seasonal fluctuation of the meiobenthos community in Avicennia marina mangrove sediments at Gazi Bay (Kenya) between 1992 and 1993, more Seasonal variation of the zooplankton community at Gazi, Lamu and Malindi (Kenya) sampled between 1990 and 1992, more Siphonocladales (Chlorophyta) sampled at the Kenyan coast between 1985 and 1992, more Soil characteristics of the mangrove vegetation in Gazi Bay (Kenya), more Spatial and temporal ichthyofauna community of a tropical mangrove Bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya) sampled between 1994 and 1996, more Species diversity, abundance and monthly occurrence of the fish species in Gazi creek sampled from March 1991 to April 1992, more Summary of benthos at Gazi Bay, Kenya (EC-project 1989-1992), more Temporal patterns in density and feeding ecology of Asterropteryx semipunctatus and Gnatholepis sp.1 in Gazy Bay (Kenya) in 1995, more The feeding ecology of Sphaeramia orbicularis (Pisces: Apogonidae) in the East Creek of Gazi Bay (Kenya) in August 1993, more Typhloplanoida from the southern hemisphere (Zanzibar, Kenya, Kerguelen, Australia and Weddell Sea), more Vegetation of the tidal channels in Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled between July and September 1989, more Waterbird observations in Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams (Kenya) in 1995, more Zooplankton abundance for six 24hrs sampling series across Port Reitz Creek (Mombasa, Kenya) in 1985 and 1986, more Zooplankton and phytoplankton densities in the oyster farms of Gazi Creek (Kenya) sampled in October 1992, more Zooplankton community and pelagic copepods in Tudor creek (Mombasa, Kenya) between 1984 and 1987, more Zooplankton community in Gazi Creek sampled monthly between 1990 and 1991, more Zooplankton community of Shirazi bay (Kenya) sampled between April and December 1998, more Zooplankton composition and abundance in Gazi Creek (Kenya) sampled from March 1990 to April 1991, more Zooplankton respiration data from Fort Jesus and measurements of dry weight and length of copepods collected at Tudor Creek between August 1985 and June 1986, more Publication Based on this dataset Knockaert, C. et al. (2019). Biodiversity data rescue in the framework of a long-term Kenya-Belgium cooperation in marine sciences. Scientific Data 6(85): 1-6. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0092-8, more Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Data collection Metadatarecord created: 2017-09-25 Information last updated: 2019-04-08 | ||||
