Presence of the genus Dictyopteris (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in the western Indian Ocean between 1985 and 1999
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De Smet I.; Coppejans E.; Laboratorium Plantkunde; Vakgroep Biologie; Faculteit Wetenschappen. Universiteit Gent: Belgium; (2016): Presence of the genus Dictyopteris (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in the western Indian Ocean between 1985 and 1999. https://doi.org/10.14284/96
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Data on the presence of the genus Dictyopteris at different locations (Kenya, Seychelles, Tanzania, Mauritius, Socotra, South Africa, Egypt) in the western Indian Ocean. The dataset is based on herbarium material collected during expeditions conducted in 1985-1999. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: De Smet, I. (2000). Taxonomische en biogeografische studie van het genus Dictyopteris (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in de westelijke Indische Oceaan. Taxonomic and biogeographic study of the genus Dictyopteris (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in the western Indian Ocean.. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 192 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 > Macroalgae, Biology > Plants Keywords: Marine/Coastal · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Herbarium specimens · ISW, Egypt, Arab Rep. · ISW, Mascarene I., Mauritius I. · ISW, West Indian Ocean · ISW, Yemen, Socotra · Kenya · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · Seychelles · South Africa · Tanzania · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone · Republic of Mauritius · Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone · Socotra · South African Exclusive Economic Zone · Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone · West Indian Ocean · Dictyopteris J.V.Lamouroux, 1809 Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 28,9333; MinLat: -32,2167 - MaxLong: 57,5831; MaxLat: 28,5068 [WGS84] Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [Marine Regions] Republic of Mauritius [Marine Regions] Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [Marine Regions] Socotra [Marine Regions] South African Exclusive Economic Zone [Marine Regions] Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone [Marine Regions] West Indian Ocean [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
1985 - 1999 17 February 1999 - 14 March 1999 (EurOBIS harvested data) Taxonomic coverage
Dictyopteris J.V.Lamouroux, 1809 [WoRMS]
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Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data) Presence of biota Contributors
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De Smet, I. (2000). Taxonomische en biogeografische studie van het genus Dictyopteris (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in de westelijke Indische Oceaan. Taxonomic and biogeographic study of the genus Dictyopteris (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in the western Indian Ocean.. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 192 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: 2026-01-26
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