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Fish community in Gazi Creek sampled between November 1990 and April 1991
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Ntiba J.M.; Wakwabi E.O; Okoth B.K.; Kimani E.N; Mwatha G.K.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI): Kenya; (2016): Fish community in Gazi Creek sampled between November 1990 and April 1991. https://doi.org/10.14284/112
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Description
Counts and size ranges of the observed fish species sampled between November 1990 and April 1991 in Gazi Creek (Kenya). The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Ntiba, J.M.; Wakwabi, E.O.; Okoth, B.K.; Kimani, E.N.; Mwatha, G.K. (1991). The fish community in Gazi Creek, in: Delbeke, K. (Ed.) (1991). Kenya - Belgium project in marine sciences "Higher Institute for Marine Sciences" VLIR - KMFRI Project and CEC Project "Dynamics and Assessment of Kenyan Mangrove Ecosystems" No. TS2-0240-C (GDF): Progress Report November 1990 -June 1991. pp. 67-71

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Fish community, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Gazi Creek, Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835, Anguillidae Rafinesque, 1810, Apogonidae Günther, 1859, Atherinidae Risso, 1827, Belonidae Bonaparte, 1835, Bothidae Smitt, 1892, Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815, Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815, Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816, Dactylopteridae Gill, 1861, Engraulidae Gill, 1861, Fistulariidae Stark, 1828, Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859, Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816, Lethrinidae Bonaparte, 1831, Lutjanidae Gill, 1861, Monacanthidae Nardo, 1843, Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898, Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815, Ostraciidae Rafinesque, 1810, Pisces, Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831, Scaridae Rafinesque, 1810, Siganidae Richardson, 1837, Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846, Sphyraenidae Rafinesque, 1815, Synodontidae Gill, 1861, Terapontidae Richardson, 1842, Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831

Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 39,5; MinLat: -4,4167 - MaxLong: 39,5; MaxLat: -4,4167 [WGS84]
ISW, Kenya, Gazi Creek

Temporal coverage
November 1990 - April 1991
Monthly

Taxonomic coverage
Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 [WoRMS]
Anguillidae Rafinesque, 1810 [WoRMS]
Apogonidae Günther, 1859 [WoRMS]
Atherinidae Risso, 1827 [WoRMS]
Belonidae Bonaparte, 1835 [WoRMS]
Bothidae Smitt, 1892 [WoRMS]
Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816 [WoRMS]
Dactylopteridae Gill, 1861 [WoRMS]
Engraulidae Gill, 1861 [WoRMS]
Fistulariidae Stark, 1828 [WoRMS]
Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859 [WoRMS]
Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816 [WoRMS]
Lethrinidae Bonaparte, 1831 [WoRMS]
Lutjanidae Gill, 1861 [WoRMS]
Monacanthidae Nardo, 1843 [WoRMS]
Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 [WoRMS]
Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Ostraciidae Rafinesque, 1810 [WoRMS]
Pisces [WoRMS]
Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831 [WoRMS]
Scaridae Rafinesque, 1810 [WoRMS]
Siganidae Richardson, 1837 [WoRMS]
Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 [WoRMS]
Sphyraenidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Synodontidae Gill, 1861 [WoRMS]
Terapontidae Richardson, 1842 [WoRMS]
Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831 [WoRMS]

Parameters
Count of fish
Fish length

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre (KMFRI)data creator
Ntiba, J.M.
Wakwabi, Enock
Okoth, B.K.
Kimani, E.N.
Mwatha, G.K.

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Historical Kenyan-Belgian research datasets (1873-1999), more
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Delbeke, K. (Ed.) (1991). Kenya - Belgium project in marine sciences "Higher Institute for Marine Sciences" VLIR - KMFRI Project and CEC Project "Dynamics and Assessment of Kenyan Mangrove Ecosystems" No. TS2-0240-C (GDF): Progress Report November 1990 -June 1991. Kenyan Belgian Cooperation in Marine Sciences: Brussel. 166 pp.
Ntiba, J.M. et al. (1991). The fish community in Gazi Creek, in: Delbeke, K. (Ed.) (1991). Kenya - Belgium project in marine sciences "Higher Institute for Marine Sciences" VLIR - KMFRI Project and CEC Project "Dynamics and Assessment of Kenyan Mangrove Ecosystems" No. TS2-0240-C (GDF): Progress Report November 1990 -June 1991. pp. 67-71

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2016-04-19
Information last updated: 2016-04-19
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