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Mangrove crabs and their relationship with the environment in mangrove forests of Dabaso and Gazi (Kenya) sampled in 1998 and 1999
Citable as data publication
Gillikin D.P.; Tack J.; Vannini M.; De Wachter B; Free University of Brussels: Belgium; University of Florence: Italy; University of Antwerp: Belgium; (2016): Mangrove crabs and their relationship with the environment in mangrove forests of Dabaso and Gazi (Kenya) sampled in 1998 and 1999. https://doi.org/10.14284/157
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This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
Counts of observed mangrove crabs and their relationship with the environment (abiotic data for the location where the crabs were found). The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Gillikin, D. P. (2000). Factors controlling the distribution of Kenyan brachyuran mangrove crabs: salinity tolerance and ecophysiology of two Kenyan Neosarmatium species. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (ECOMAMA): Brussel. 152 pp.
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Invertebrates, Biology > Plants
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Environmental data, ISW, Kenya, coast, Dabaso, Mangrove crab, Mangrove forests, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Gazi, Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh., Brachyura, Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796), Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B. Robinson, Epixanthus dentatus (White, 1848), Eurycarcinus natalensis (Krauss, 1843), Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839), Neosarmatium meinerti (De Man, 1887), Neosarmatium smithi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853), Rhizophora mucronata Poir., Selatium elongatum (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869), Sesarma guttatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1869, Sesarma leptosoma Hilgendorf, 1869, Sesarma ortmanni Crosnier, 1965, Thalamita crenata Rüppell, 1830, Uca (Austruca) annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), Uca (Paraleptuca) chlorophthalmus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), Uca (Gelasimus) vocans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 39,51; MinLat: -4,41 - MaxLong: 39,98; MaxLat: -3,35 [WGS84]
Coordinates: MinLong: 39,51; MinLat: -4,41 - MaxLong: 39,98; MaxLat: -3,35 [WGS84]
ISW, Kenya, Gazi
Temporal coverage
1998 - 1999
Taxonomic coverage
Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. [WoRMS]
Brachyura [WoRMS]
Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796) [WoRMS]
Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B. Robinson [WoRMS]
Epixanthus dentatus (White, 1848) [WoRMS]
Eurycarcinus natalensis (Krauss, 1843) [WoRMS]
Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839) [WoRMS]
Neosarmatium meinerti (De Man, 1887) [WoRMS]
Neosarmatium smithi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) [WoRMS]
Rhizophora mucronata Poir. [WoRMS]
Selatium elongatum (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869) [WoRMS]
Sesarma guttatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1869 [WoRMS]
Sesarma leptosoma Hilgendorf, 1869 [WoRMS]
Sesarma ortmanni Crosnier, 1965 [WoRMS]
Thalamita crenata Rüppell, 1830 [WoRMS]
Uca (Austruca) annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) [WoRMS]
Uca (Paraleptuca) chlorophthalmus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) [WoRMS]
Uca (Gelasimus) vocans (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Parameters
% Coverage
Carbon (C)
Count
Nitrogen (N)
Organic matter (OM)
pH
Presence/absence of biota
Salinity
Temperature
Carbon (C)
Count
Nitrogen (N)
Organic matter (OM)
pH
Presence/absence of biota
Salinity
Temperature
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager
University of Florence, data creator, data creator
Vannini, Marco
Universiteit Antwerpen (UA), data creator, data creator
De Wachter, Bart
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), data creator, data creator
Tack, Jurgen
Gillikin, David
Gillikin, David
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Publication
Based on this dataset
Gillikin, D. P. (2000). Factors controlling the distribution of Kenyan brachyuran mangrove crabs: salinity tolerance and ecophysiology of two Kenyan Neosarmatium species. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (ECOMAMA): Brussel. 152 pp.
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2016-06-22
Information last updated: 2016-06-22
