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Counts of epibenthic fish species sampled at Gazi Bay on 17 and 19 July 1996
Citable as data publication
Dethier K.; Mees J.; Sectie Mariene Biologie; Vakgroep Morfologie, Systematiek en Ecologie. Universiteit Gent: Belgium; (2016): Counts of epibenthic fish species sampled at Gazi Bay on 17 and 19 July 1996. https://doi.org/10.14284/94
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Description
This dataset contains individual counts of fish species sampled in the seagrass beds and mangrove creeks of Gazi Bay (10 locations, 41 species) on 17 and 19 July 1996. Sampling was carried out using a beam trawl (fine mesh: 6mm width). The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Dethier, K. (1997). Epibenthische visgemeenschappen en diversiteit in een tropische baai (Gazi Bay, Kenya)= Epibenthic fish communities and diversity in a tropical bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya). Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 16 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 > Benthos, Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Demersal fishes, Environment, Epibenthos, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Mangroves, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, Seagrass beds, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Gazi Bay, Anguilliformes, Aulopiformes, Perciformes, Pisces, Pleuronectiformes, Scorpaeniformes, Syngnathiformes, Tetraodontiformes
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 39,5121; MinLat: -4,4311 - MaxLong: 39,5272; MaxLat: -4,4121 [WGS84]
ISW, Kenya, Coast, Gazi Bay [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
17 July 1996 - 19 July 1996
Taxonomic coverage
Anguilliformes [WoRMS]
Aulopiformes [WoRMS]
Perciformes [WoRMS]
Pisces [WoRMS]
Pleuronectiformes [WoRMS]
Scorpaeniformes [WoRMS]
Syngnathiformes [WoRMS]
Tetraodontiformes [WoRMS]
Parameters

Count of fish
Presence/absence of biota
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, data creator, data creator
Dethier, Katleen
Mees, Jan
Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Historical Kenyan-Belgian research datasets (1873-1999)
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Publication
Based on this dataset
Dethier, K. (1997). Epibenthische visgemeenschappen en diversiteit in een tropische baai (Gazi Bay, Kenya)= Epibenthic fish communities and diversity in a tropical bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya). Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 16 pp.
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2017-02-27
Metadatarecord created: 2013-11-12
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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