Zooplanktons, Macrobenthos and Animals of South Western Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments

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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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): Zooplanktons, Macrobenthos and Animals of South Western Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments. v1.2. University of Lagos. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=swanimals&v=1.2

Abstract

This is a compilation of animals found in the south western region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments.

Keywords: Occurrence, Zooplanktons, Reptiles, Fishes, Macrobenthos, Mammals, Crustaceans, Birds, 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, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe
Funding: GBIF-BID Grant

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The data comprises of members of the Kingdom Protozoa, Animalia (including Molluscs, Reptiles, Pisces, Aves, Mammals, Rotifers, Cnidarians)  and Chromista.
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Arthropoda, Chordata, Cnidaria, Rotifera, Ctenophora, Ciliophora, Amoebozoa
Class: AVES

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The record covers south western states of Nigeria.
Coordinates: 6°21'32.4''N and 8°25'44.4''N Latitude; 2°42'50.4''E and 5°40'8.4''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 6, 1958 - September 30, 2018

Methods

Method step description: 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Zooplanktons, Macrobenthos and Animals of South Western Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=swanimals
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: 2022-06-17
Hierarchy level: Dataset

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