Distribution and abundance of corals along the Kenyan coast
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Muthiga N.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Distribution and abundance of corals along the Kenyan coast. https://doi.org/10.14284/166
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Tentative checklist of hermatypic coral species and distribution of coral genera along the Kenyan coast. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp. more
The checklist includes corals identified in the field, and corals that are part of the KMFRI collection and the University of Nairobi, Zoology Department collection. Scope Themes: Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Invertebrates Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Checklists, Coral reefs, Corals, ISW, Kenya, coast, Bamburi, ISW, Kenya, coast, Kanamai, ISW, Kenya, coast, Malindi, marine national park, ISW, Kenya, coast, shimoni, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Tiwi, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Diani, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali, ISW, Kenya, Mida Creek, ISW, Kenyan Coast, Kenya, Kiunga Marine National Reserve, Acropora Oken, 1815, Anthozoa, Favia Oken, 1815, , Pocillopora Lamarck, 1816, Porites Link, 1807, Scleractinia, Stylophora Schweigger, 1820 Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 39,3667; MinLat: -4,6167 - MaxLong: 41,2393; MaxLat: -2,0226 [WGS84] ISW, Kenya, Coast, Diani ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali [Marine Regions] ISW, Kenya, Mida Creek [Marine Regions] ISW, Kenyan Coast [Marine Regions] Kenya, Kiunga Marine National Reserve Taxonomic coverage
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Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp., more
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2016-07-01
Information last updated: 2016-08-11
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