A Checklist of Zooplanktons, Macrobenthos and Animals of South Western Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments

Checklist
Latest version published by University of Lagos on Jul 21, 2022 University of Lagos
Publication date:
21 July 2022
Published by:
University of Lagos
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This is a checklisst of animals found in the south western region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments.

Data Records

The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 343 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Onuminya T, Ogundipe O (2022): A Checklist of Zooplanktons, Macrobenthos and Animals of South Western Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments. v1.2. University of Lagos. Dataset/Checklist. http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=swanimalschecklist&v=1.2

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Lagos. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: ce8ca286-d7d0-433d-8487-949dff1b0311.  University of Lagos publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Nigeria.

Keywords

Checklist; Zooplanktons; Reptiles; Fishes; Macrobenthos; Mammals; Crustaceans; Birds; Derivedfromoccurrence

Contacts

Temitope Onuminya
  • Metadata Provider
  • Publisher
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Associate Professor
University of Lagos
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
23401 AKOKA
LAGOS
NG
+2347030241452
Oluwatoyin Ogundipe
  • Originator
  • Principal Investigator
Professor
University of Lagos
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
23401 AKOKA
LAGOS
NG
+2348023201618
Victor Oroleke
  • Processor
Technical Assistant
University of Lagos
Department of Botany
Akoka
Lagos
NG

Geographic Coverage

This record covers south western states of Nigeria.

Bounding Coordinates South West [6.392, 2.637], North East [8.385, 5.614]

Taxonomic Coverage

The data comprises of members of the Kingdom Protozoa, Animalia (including Molluscs, Reptiles, Pisces, Aves, Mammals, Rotifers, Cnidarians) and Chromista.

Phylum AVES, Arthropoda, Chordata, Cnidaria, Rotifera, Ctenophora, Ciliophora, Amoebozoa

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1958-01-06 / 2018-09-30

Project Data

Mobilization of Nigerian Coastal Biodiversity Data for Publication to GBIF

Title Implementation of the Biodiversity Information and data System for Coastal Ecosystems in Nigeria - BID-AF2020-022-NAC
Identifier BID-AF2020-022-NAC
Funding GBIF-BID Grant

The personnel involved in the project:

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers ce8ca286-d7d0-433d-8487-949dff1b0311
http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=swanimalschecklist