Abundance and habitat of echinoderms collected during the Bangor-Watamu Expedition in 1969
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Humphreys W.F.; Western Australia Museum: Australia; (2016): Abundance and habitat of echinoderms collected during the Bangor-Watamu Expedition in 1969. https://doi.org/10.14284/97
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This dataset contains presence-absence data, abundance and habitat descriptions for echinoderm species collected during the Bangor-Watamu Expedition in 1969. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Humphreys, W.F. (1981). The echinoderms of Kenya's marine parks and adjacent regions. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika: zoologische documentatie = Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale: documentation zoologique, 19. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika: Tervuren. 39 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 > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Invertebrates Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Digitization, Environment, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Watamu, ISW, Kenya, Mida Creek, Kenya, Kilifi, Marine parks, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, Museum collections, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, ISW, Kenya, Mida creek, Asteroidea, Crinoidea, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Holothuroidea, Ophiuroidea Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 39,15; MinLat: -6,1833 - MaxLong: 41,0538; MaxLat: -2,1173 [WGS84] ISW, Kenya, Mida creek [Marine Regions] Kenya, Kilifi [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
1969 Taxonomic coverage
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Abundance Habitat type Presence/absence of biota Contributors
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Humphreys, W.F. (1981). The echinoderms of Kenya's marine parks and adjacent regions. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika: zoologische documentatie = Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale: documentation zoologique, 19. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika: Tervuren. 39 pp., more
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Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2016-11-10
Metadatarecord created: 2013-11-04
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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