Coastal Flora of South Eastern Nigeria

Temitope Onuminya1, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe1, Victor Oroleke2

1 University of Lagos, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, 23401, AKOKA, Nigeria; 2 University of Lagos, 

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

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

Onuminya T, Ogundipe O (2022): Coastal Flora of South Eastern Nigeria. v1.2. University of Lagos. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=se_plants&v=1.2

Abstract

This is an occurrence record of coastal flora of South-Eastern Nigeria.

Keywords: Occurrence, Planktons, higher plants, south-east Nigeria, Observation

Project details

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

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The dataset includes phytoplankton and higher plants.
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Zygnematophyceae, Magnoliopsida, Trebouxiophyceae, Liliopsida, Euglenoidea, Dinophyceae, Cyanobacteriia, Chrysophyceae, Chlorophyaceae, Bacillariophyceae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The area covered include Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states of south-eastern Nigeria.
Coordinates: 5°15'18''N and 7°4'4.8''N Latitude; 6°27'36''E and 8°44'42''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: October 1, 2010 - July 1, 2020

Methods

Method step description: 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Coastal Flora of South Eastern Nigeria
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=se_plants
Publication date of data: 2022-10-15
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-07-17
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Lucy Chinomsso et. al (2020) Assessment of water quality and plankton Taxa of Nworie river In Owerri, Southeastern Nigeria. Journal of environmental science, Toxicology and food technology, Vol 14 pp 43-50
Agaoru, C.G (2012). Crustacean Ecology in Opi lake, Nigeria. Unpulished Masters Project in Hydrobiology in the department of Zoology, University of Nigeria. 66pp.