A Checklist of Flora and Fauna of Clough Creek, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Linus Ajikah1, Temitope Onuminya2, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe2, Temitope Onuminya3, Ferdinard Akomaye4

1 University of Witwatersrand, Evolutionary Studies Institute East Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa; 2 University of Lagos, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, 23401, AKOKA, Nigeria; 3 University of Lagos, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, 23401, Akoka, Nigeria; 4 University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria

Corresponding author(s): Linus Ajikah (linusajikah@gmail.com)Temitope Onuminya (tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng)Oluwatoyin Ogundipe (oogundipe@unilag.edu.ng), Temitope Onuminya (tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng)

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Resource Citation

Ajikah L, Onuminya T, Ogundipe O (2022): A Checklist of Flora and Fauna of Clough Creek, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. v1.0. University of Calabar. Dataset/Checklist. http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=cloughcreek&v=1.0

Abstract

This is a species list of biodiversity of Clough Creek in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

Keywords: Checklist, flora, fauna, Bayelsa, Clough creek, Inventoryregional

Project details

Project title: Implementation of the Biodiversity Information and data System for Coastal Ecosystems in Nigeria - BID-AF2020-022-NAC
Personnel: Linus Ajikah, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Temitope Onuminya, Ferdinand Akomaye
Funding: GBIF-BID
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Nigerian Coastal Zone

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Ferns, Grasses, Higher plants, Insects, Birds, Mammals, Molluscs, Gastropods, Amphibians, Reptiles and Fishes are represented in the record.
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Tracheophyta, Arthropoda, Chordata, Mollusca

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The collection was made in Bayelsa state around the Clough creek coastal environments.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: June 15, 2021

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive A Checklist of Flora and Fauna of Clough Creek, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=cloughcreek
Publication date of data: 2022-07-21
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-07-21
Hierarchy level: Dataset