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Distribution and abundance of corals along the Kenyan coast

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.

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Publication Date
2021-12-02
Title

Distribution and abundance of corals along the Kenyan coast

Abstract

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.

Dataset Language

en

 
Dataset Creator
  Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

Dataset Creator
  Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre - Nyawira Muthiga

Metadata Provider
  Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

BE

https://www.vliz.be
Associated Party

custodianSteward

  Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

BE

Dataset Contact
  Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

BE

Keywords (ASFA)
  • 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

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ISW, Kenya, Coast, Diani

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ISW, Kenya, Coast, Diani

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ISW, Kenya, Mida Creek

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ISW, Kenyan Coast

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

Kenya, Kiunga Marine National Reserve

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205469

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Acropora

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1292

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

class

Taxonomic Rank Value

Anthozoa

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205122

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Favia

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153786

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Millepora

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206938

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Pocillopora

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206485

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Porites

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1363

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

order

Taxonomic Rank Value

Scleractinia

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204068

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Stylophora

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

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Extra metadata added by VLIZ to add parameter, platform info, as well as GBIF fields

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parameter

Presence/absence of biota

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2021-12-02T15:02:54+01:00

Hierarchy Level

dataset

Citation

Muthiga N.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Distribution and abundance of corals along the Kenyan coast. ( http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=datasetdasid=5418) http://dx.doi.org/10.14284/166

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

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HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://www.emodnet-biology.eu/portal/index.php?dasid=5418

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://www.emodnet-biology.eu/toolbox/en/download/occurrence/dataset/5418

Physical

Object Name

Metadata

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
http://www.eurobis.org//imis?dasid=5418