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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, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, ISW, Kenya, Gazi, Mangrove swamps, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Oysters, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, 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]
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
