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Population structure of penaeid shrimps sampled in Tudor Creek (Kenya) between January and May 1986
Citable as data publication
Wakwabi E.O.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Population structure of penaeid shrimps sampled in Tudor Creek (Kenya) between January and May 1986. https://doi.org/10.14284/167
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Description
Data on relative abundances, counts, sex ratio, length and sizes of penaeid shrimps and corresponding abiotic parameters using different sampling gears in the waters of Tudor Creek. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Population dynamics, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Mombasa, Tudor Creek, Caridea, Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868, Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815, Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837, Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798, Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844

Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 39,66; MinLat: -4 - MaxLong: 39,66; MaxLat: -4 [WGS84]
ISW, Kenya, Mombasa, Tudor Creek

Temporal coverage
1 January 1986 - 12 May 1986

Taxonomic coverage
Caridea [WoRMS]
Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 [WoRMS]
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [WoRMS]
Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 [WoRMS]
Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844 [WoRMS]

Parameters

Count
pH
Relative abundance
Salinity
Sex ratio
Total length
Water temperature

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre (KMFRI)data creator
Wakwabi, Enock

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

Publication
Based on this dataset
Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp.

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2016-07-04
Information last updated: 2016-08-11
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