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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.
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 > Plankton > Zooplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Population dynamics, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, 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), more, data manager
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre (KMFRI), more, data creator
Wakwabi, Enock
Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Historical Kenyan-Belgian research datasets (1873-1999), more
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
Publication
Based on this dataset
Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp., more
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Dataset information:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2017-01-13
Metadatarecord created: 2016-07-04
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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