Epiphytic macroalgae and microphytobenthos in the mangroves of Gazi Bay sampled in 1987, 1989 and 1991
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Coppejans E.; Laboratory for Plant Morphology, Systematic and Ecology; University of Ghent: Belgium; (2016): Epiphytic macroalgae and microphytobenthos in the mangroves of Gazi Bay sampled in 1987, 1989 and 1991. https://doi.org/10.14284/159
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Inventory of epiphytic macroalgae on pneumatophores, rhizophores and Thalassodendron ciliatum and relative abundances of microphytobenthos sampled in the mangroves of Gazi Bay for 3 studies carried out between July 1987 and September 1991. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P.; Okemwa, E. N. (1993). Dynamics and assessment of Kenyan mangrove ecosystems n° TS2-0240-C (GDF): final report (April 1993). Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 244 pp. more
Summary of data from theses of De Schryver 1990, De Wit 1988 and Van Zele 1992 Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos, Biology > Macroalgae, Biology > Plants Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Algae and seagrasses, Centrales, Epiphytic algae, Mangroves, Microphytobenthos, Pennales, Pneumatophores, Vegetation, ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay, Chlorophyta, Cyanobacteria, Phaeophyta, Rhodophyta, Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forsskål) Hartog, 1970 Geographical coverage ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
July 1987 - September 1991 Taxonomic coverage
Parameters
Presence of biota Relative abundance Contributors
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Parent dataset: Historical Kenyan-Belgian research datasets (1873-1999), more
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Based on this dataset
Polk, P.; Okemwa, E. N. (1993). Dynamics and assessment of Kenyan mangrove ecosystems n° TS2-0240-C (GDF): final report (April 1993). Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 244 pp., more
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2016-06-24
Information last updated: 2016-06-24
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