Zooplankton community of Shirazi bay (Kenya) sampled between April and December 1998

Caroline Anyango; Marie Hermande Daro; Marie Hermande Daro; Micky Tackx; Kenneth Muema Mavuti; Melckzedeck Osore

doi:10.14284/91

Zooplankton community of Shirazi bay (Kenya) sampled between April and December 1998

Citation

Anyango C.; Daro N.; Ecological Marine Management Programme (ECOMAMA); Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek; Vakgroep Biologie; Faculteit Wetenschappen. VUB: Belgium; (2016): Zooplankton community of Shirazi bay (Kenya) sampled between April and December 1998. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5248) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/91 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-11.

Description

Density on zooplankton taxa and related environmental variables (chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen and biological oxygen demand) for 30 samples taken in Shirazi Bay from 15 April to 16 December 1998. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Anyango, C. (2000). The zooplankton community of Shirazi Bay, Kenya. MSc Thesis. VUB: Brussel. 81 pp.

Additional info

The species composition of the zooplankton community of Shirazi Bay, Kenya was studied in 1998. A total of 30 samples were analyzed. Chlorophyll a, biological oxygen demand and dissolved oxygen concentrations were also determined each time, and were later used to analyse the species data. Maximum values of zooplankton abundance were reported in mid-April (1161 ± 169 indiv.m^-3), and the lowest was at the end of April (300 ± 35 indiv.m^-3). Total abundance of zooplankton varied from 911 ± 165 indiv.m^-3 in station 3 to 262 ± 54 indiv.m^-3 in station 5. The most important taxa encountered included: Calanoida, Brachyura, Oikolpeura, Amphipoda, Mysidaceae, Polychaeta and Chaetognatha. Calanoida was the most dominant taxon sampled and it made up 46% of the total zooplankton abundance.

Taxonomic Coverages

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Acari
rank: subclass

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1135

Amphipoda
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105

Bivalvia
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106673

Brachyura
rank: infraorder

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1100

Calanoida
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2081

Chaetognatha
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1066

Crustacea
rank: subphylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1137

Cumacea
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1101

Cyclopoida
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1130

Decapoda
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101

Gastropoda
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1102

Harpacticoida
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1337

Hydrozoa
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1307

Insecta
rank: subclass

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1131

Isopoda
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149668

Mysidacea
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103367

Oikopleura
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078

Ostracoda
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1103

Poecilostomatoida
rank: suborder

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883

Polychaeta
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1302

Pycnogonida
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254409

Siphonophora
rank: order

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Tintinnida
rank: suborder

Geographic Coverages

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

ISW, Kenyan Coast > station Shirazi Bay

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Caroline Anyango
originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Ecological Marine Management Programme

Marie Hermande Daro
originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek

Micky Tackx
originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek

Kenneth Muema Mavuti
originator
University of Nairobi

Melckzedeck Osore
originator
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Ecological Marine Management Programme

originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek

metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE

metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE