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Zooplankton abundance for six 24hrs sampling series across Port Reitz Creek (Mombasa, Kenya) in 1985 and 1986
Citable as data publication
Okemwa E.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI): Kenya; (2016): Zooplankton abundance for six 24hrs sampling series across Port Reitz Creek (Mombasa, Kenya) in 1985 and 1986. https://doi.org/10.14284/102
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Description
Qualitative abundance of zooplankton taxa found during six 24h-series across Likoni Ferry (April, june, August, October, December 1985 and February 1986). The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Okemwa, E. (1987). Analysis of six 24-hours series of zooplankton sampling across a tropical creek, the Port Reitz, Mombasa, Kenya, in: Martens, E.E. (1987). Kenyan-Belgian Project in Marine Sciences: Second Quarterly Report. pp. 36-47
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 > Plankton > Zooplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, ISW, Kenya, coast, Port Reitz, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Amphipoda, Annelida, Aphroditidae Malmgren, 1867, Branchiopoda, Chaetognatha, Chordata, Cirripedia, Cnidaria, Copepoda, Cumacea, Decapoda, Echinodermata, Insecta, Isopoda, Lophophorata, Mollusca, Mysida, Ostracoda, Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815, Platyhelminthes, Pycnogonida, Stomatopoda
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 39,62; MinLat: -4,05 - MaxLong: 39,62; MaxLat: -4,05 [WGS84]
ISW, Kenya Stations [Marine Regions]
Port Reitz Creek
Coordinates: Long: 39,62; Lat: -4,05 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
24 April 1985 - 26 February 1986
Taxonomic coverage
Amphipoda [WoRMS]
Annelida [WoRMS]
Aphroditidae Malmgren, 1867 [WoRMS]
Branchiopoda [WoRMS]
Chaetognatha [WoRMS]
Chordata [WoRMS]
Cirripedia [WoRMS]
Cnidaria [WoRMS]
Copepoda [WoRMS]
Cumacea [WoRMS]
Decapoda [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Insecta [WoRMS]
Isopoda [WoRMS]
Lophophorata [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Mysida [WoRMS]
Ostracoda [WoRMS]
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Platyhelminthes [WoRMS]
Pycnogonida [WoRMS]
Stomatopoda [WoRMS]
Parameters

Zooplankton abundance
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre (KMFRI), data creator
Okemwa, Ezekiel
Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Historical Kenyan-Belgian research datasets (1873-1999)
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Publication
Based on this dataset
Martens, E.E. (1987). Kenyan-Belgian Project in Marine Sciences: Second Quarterly Report. Kenyan Belgian Cooperation in Marine Sciences: Brussel. 144 pp.
Okemwa, E. (1987). Analysis of six 24-hours series of zooplankton sampling across a tropical creek, the Port Reitz, Mombasa, Kenya, in: Martens, E.E. Kenyan-Belgian Project in Marine Sciences: Second Quarterly Report. pp. 36-47
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2017-02-27
Metadatarecord created: 2013-11-06
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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