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Title: Dugong Sites and Dolphin Schools on the Eastern Coast of Kenya, 1998

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Dates

  • Issued: 1998
  • Coverage: 1998

Publishers

  • World Resources Institute

Summary

This dataset portrays locations of dugong sites (an herbivorous marine mammal related to the manatee) and dolphin schools on the eastern coast of Kenya This data was used in Map 6.4 and Map 6.5 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. United Nations Environment Programme. (1998). Dugong Sites and Dolphin Schools on the Eastern Coast of Kenya, 1998. World Resources Institute. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/qt245cz2120 Original report and data available on http://www.unep.org/eafatlas/dbke.htm Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, WRI, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. WRI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Subjects

  • Environment
  • Kenya
  • Dugong
  • Dolphins
  • Biology and Ecology
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (39.386181, 41.52771, -1.759097, -4.702984)
  • Geometry: BBOX (39.386181, 41.52771, -1.759097, -4.702984)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

UNEP executive series. Dugong Sites and Dolphin Schools on the Eastern Coast of Kenya, 1998. World Resources Institute. Point data. https://purl.stanford.edu/qt245cz2120

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English