A Checklist of Biodiversity in the Ogun River, Ogun State, Nigeria

Temitope Onuminya1, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe1, Victor Oroleke1

1 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): A Checklist of Biodiversity in the Ogun River, Ogun State, Nigeria. v1.1. University of Lagos. Dataset/Checklist. https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=checklistofbiodiversityintheogunriver&v=1.1

Abstract

This is a checklist of biodiversity in some communities around the Ogun River, Ogun state, Nigeria

Keywords: Checklist, Plants, Animals, Ogun River, Nigeria, Coastal Biodiversity, Inventoryregional

Project details

Project title: Implementation of the Biodiversity Information and data System for Coastal Ecosystems in Nigeria - BID-AF2020-022-NAC
Personnel: Temitope Onuminya, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Victor Oroleke
Funding: GBIF-BID Grant
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Nigerian Coastal Environments

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Both Plants and Animal  Taxa are represented.
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Family: Phacidae, Euglenaceae, Astasiidae, Peniaceae, Selenastraceae, Amoebidae, Daphnidae, Atrochidae, Bacillariaceae, Bosminidae, Brachionidae, Campylomonadaceae, Canthocamptidae, Chamaesiphonaceae, Chlamydomonadaceae, Chlorellaceae, Chromulinaceae, Closteriaceae, Cyprididae, Desmidiaceae, Diaptomidae, Eunotiaceae, Fragilariaceae, Gomphonemaceae, Heterogloeaceae, Merismopediaceae, Mesotaeniaceae, Naviculaceae, Nostocaceae, Oscillatoriaceae, Ophiocytiaceae, Parameciidae, Peridiniaceae, Pinnulariaceae, Pleurochloridaceae, Polyphemidae, Selenastraceae, Spirostomidae, Staphylinidae, Testudinellidae, Tabellariaceae, Stephanodiscaceae, Tetrasporaceae, Ulotrichaceae, Zynemataceae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The collection was done in Ogun River, Ogun State, Nigeria
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: December 1, 2011 - July 31, 2012

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive A Checklist of Biodiversity in the Ogun River, Ogun State, Nigeria
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=checklistofbiodiversityintheogunriver
Publication date of data: 2022-08-06
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-08-06
Hierarchy level: Dataset