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

Temitope Onuminya1, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe2, Olakunbi Kunrunmi1, Temitope Onuminya3, George Nodza4

1 University of Lagos, Department of Botany University of Lagos, 23401, Akoka, Nigeria; 2 University of Lagos, Department of Botany, University of Lagos, 23401, Akoka, Nigeria; 3 University of Lagos, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, 23401, AKOKA, Nigeria; 4 University of Lagos, Department of Botany, 23401, Akoka, Nigeria

Corresponding author(s): Temitope Onuminya (tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng)Oluwatoyin Ogundipe (oogundipe@unilag.edu.ng)

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Resource Citation

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

Abstract

This is a checklist of Pyhtoplanktons in Lagos, Epe and Lekki lagoon as observed through sampling of the environment from November 2012 to April 2014

Keywords: Checklist, Phytoplankton, Epe Lagoon, Lagos Lagoon, Lekki Lagoon, Apese lagoon, Ondo waters, Lagos flora, Yewa lagoon, Badagry lagoon, Observation

Project details

Project title: Implementation of the Biodiversity Information and data System for Coastal Ecosystems in Nigeria - BID-AF2020-022-NAC
Personnel: Olakunbi Kunrunmi, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Temitope Onuminya
Funding: GBIF-BID Grant

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=checklist_of_phyplankton_in_epe_lagoon

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The data comprises of phytoplanktons and other floral diversity of the South Western Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments.
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Tracheophyta, Ochrophyta
Class: Baccilariophyceae, Euglenophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Trebouxiophyceae, Zynematophyceae, Dinophyceae, Magnoliopsida, Liliopsida

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The record covers Ijede, Itokin, Imope, Imoru, Ejirin jetty, Epe jetty, Abomiti, Imu, Saga river and Oshun river
Coordinates: 6°23'31.2''N and 8°19'51.6''N Latitude; 2°45'46.8''E and 5°23'20.4''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 6, 1958 - March 31, 2016

Methods

Method step description: Twelve locations were identified for collection on a monthly basis throughout the study period.
Study extent description: Epe lagoon and its environs, Ondo, Oyo and Ogun states
Sampling description: Random sampling was used
Quality control description: Replication was done per site to ensure quality control

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive PHYTOPLANKTON AND FLORA COMPOSITION OF SOUTH WESTERN REGION OF THE NIGERIAN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=checklist_of_phyplankton_in_epe_lagoon
Publication date of data: 2022-10-14
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-01-31
Hierarchy level: Dataset

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