PHYTOPLANKTON AND FLORA COMPOSITION OF SOUTH WESTERN REGION OF THE NIGERIAN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS

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Onuminya T, Ogundipe O (2022): PHYTOPLANKTON AND FLORA COMPOSITION OF SOUTH WESTERN REGION OF THE NIGERIAN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS. v1.7. University of Lagos. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=checklist_of_phyplankton_in_epe_lagoon&v=1.7

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 0888a0e6-25fc-46e8-a8c7-d5a0fc591ed5.  University of Lagos publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Nigeria.

Keywords

Checklist; Phytoplankton; Epe Lagoon; Lagos Lagoon; Lekki Lagoon; Apese lagoon; Ondo waters; Lagos flora; Yewa lagoon; Badagry lagoon; Observation

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

The record covers Ijede, Itokin, Imope, Imoru, Ejirin jetty, Epe jetty, Abomiti, Imu, Saga river and Oshun river

Taxonomic Coverage

The data comprises of phytoplanktons and other floral diversity of the South Western Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments.

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

Mobilization of Nigerian Coastal Biodiversity Data for Publication to GBIF

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Random sampling was used

Method step description:

1. Twelve locations were identified for collection on a monthly basis throughout the study period.

Bibliographic Citations

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