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Ecomorphology of the mangrove oyster Crassostrea cucullata in a mangrove swamp in Gazi (Kenya) in May 1991
Citable as data publication
Joseck D.M.; Vanden Berghe E.; Zoology Department. University of Nairobi: Kenya; (2016): Ecomorphology of the mangrove oyster Crassostrea cucullata in a mangrove swamp in Gazi (Kenya) in May 1991. https://doi.org/10.14284/86
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This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
Data on environmental factors, physical properties and live biomass of Crassostrea cucullata species sampled in a mangrove swamp in Gazi (May 1991). The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Joseck, D. M. (1991). Aspects of ecomorphology of the mangrove oyster, Crassostrea cucullata, BORN (Bivalvia). BSc Thesis. University of Nairobi/KBP Kenya: Nairobi. 55 pp.
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 > Productivity - biomass
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Mangrove swamps, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Oysters, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Gazi, Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 39,515; MinLat: -4,435 - MaxLong: 39,515; MaxLat: -4,435 [WGS84]
Coordinates: MinLong: 39,515; MinLat: -4,435 - MaxLong: 39,515; MaxLat: -4,435 [WGS84]
ISW, Kenya, Gazi
Temporal coverage
May 1991
Taxonomic coverage
Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778) [WoRMS]
Parameters
Dry weight biomass
Shell length
Shell weight
Shell length
Shell weight
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager
Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Historical Kenyan-Belgian research datasets (1873-1999)
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Publication
Based on this dataset
Joseck, D. M. (1991). Aspects of ecomorphology of the mangrove oyster, Crassostrea cucullata, Born (Bivalvia). BSc Thesis. University of Nairobi/KBP Kenya: Nairobi. 55 pp.
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2017-02-27
Metadatarecord created: 2013-11-18
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
