A Checklist of Flora and Fauna of Ikot-Abasi, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria

Linus Ajikah1, Temitope Onuminya2, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe2, Ferdinard Akomaye3

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 Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria

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

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Resource Citation

Ajikah L, Onuminya T, Ogundipe O (2022): A Checklist of Flora and Fauna of Ikot-Abasi, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria. v1.1. University of Calabar. Dataset/Checklist. https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=ikot_abasi&v=1.1

Abstract

This is a checklist of biodiversity of coastal areas of Ikot-Abasi, Akwa-Ibom state, Nigeria.

Keywords: Checklist, flora, fauna, Ikot-Abasi, south-south coastal Nigeria., 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 Environments

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Tracheophytes, Chordates, Arthropods and Molluscs are represented in the collection.
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Tracheophyta, Arthropoda, Chordata, Mollusca

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The study are is the Ikot-Abasi Area of Akwa-Ibom 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: July 1, 2018 - February 5, 2020

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive A Checklist of Flora and Fauna of Ikot-Abasi, Akwa-Ibom 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=ikot_abasi
Publication date of data: 2022-09-02
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