949cff8a-d15c-4213-86f4-3804e8f5fea8
http://ipt-uganda.gbif.fr/resource?r=river_kagerafish
Fish Biodiversity Assessments for Conservation and Hydropower Developments
Mark
Olokotum
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Research officer
Jinja
343
UG
Mark
Olokotum
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Research officer
Jinja
343
UG
Laban
Musinguzi
Research Officer
labanmusinguzi@firi.go.ug
user
2022-02-02
eng
This data is from two surveys conducted to monitor development of small hydropower development projects and assess fish biodiversity as part of Environmental Impact Assessment to establish a conservation area. The monitoring for a hydropower development project was on River Kagera where a small hydropower dam is under development. The second survey was in Kiyanja/Kyazanga wetland in Lwengo district within the Lake Victoria basin.
Occurrence
Uganda
River Kagera
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
Observation
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Occurrence
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The dataset covers River Kagera in Isingiro district (western Uganda) and a semi-permanent wetland in Lwengo district (western Uganda).
30.001
32.536
0.088
-1.197
All fish were identified to genus and species
species
Astatoreochromis alluaudi
genus
Astatotilapia
species
Bagrus docmak
species
Clarias gariepinus
species
Clarias liocephalus
species
Ctenopoma muriei
species
Enteromius apleurogramma
species
Enteromius jacksoni
species
Enteromius kerstenii
species
Gnathonemus longibarbis
genus
Hapagochromis
genus
Haplochromis
species
Hippopotamyrus grahami
species
Labeo victorianus
species
Labeobarbus altianalis
species
Lacustricola pumilus
species
Mastecembelus frenatus
species
Oreochromis leucostictus
species
Oreochromis niloticus
species
Petrocephalus catastoma
species
Pollimyrus nigricans
species
Protopterus aethiopicus
species
Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor
species
Schilbe intermedius
species
Synodontis afrofischeri
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Laban
Musinguzi
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Research officer
Jinja
343
Taxonomic identification of the fish was made according to Greenwood (1966).
The datasets cover River Kagera section and Kiyanja/Kyazanga wetland in the Lake Victoria basin. The assessments were conducted in March to April 2020 and August 2020 respectively.
On river Kagera, sampling locations were selected from zones of direct influence of the development hydropower plant. In addition, areas further upstream and downstream away from the development were also sampled. Fish sampling was done using a multi gear approach. Traps, gillnets (1-2.5 inches) and an electrofisher were used. Fishermens' catches from Known localities were also useful in gathering fish observations.
Experimental gillnets of mesh sizes of 1-2.5 inches were used in the river at intervals of at least two hours. Electrofishing was conducted at selected habitats. This was conducted using a SUM electrofisher equipped with a battery and a 2 m long floating copper cathode. Minnow traps were set in littoral areas along the riverbanks. In the wetland, only electrofishing was conducted at the selected sites following guidance. Upon retrieval, all the catch was identified to species level according to Greenwood (1966). The fish species were counted and weighed.
Appropriate fish identification guides were used.
Advancing freshwater biodiversity data and information access, utility and relevance for conservation decision making in Uganda
Laban
Musinguzi
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=m2Dzl1gAAAAJ&hl=en
principalInvestigator
This dataset was part of a project to advance access to quality freshwater data and information in Uganda by harnessing capacity in data mobilization, data available through GBIF and engagements with data user institutions. The goal was to advance utility of the data in conservation decision making, advocacy, education and reporting on biodiversity. Limited capacity of users to develop biodiversity information from primary biodiversity data, coupled with some deficiencies in data available through GBIF, is a main barrier to data use. This project worked to improve the quality of the data the National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI) published through GBIF and used all the data available to develop freshwater biodiversity information to guide conservation planning. The quality of the occurrences were improved by linking them with abundance data and coordinates. Then, using all data available in GBIF, the project developed information products tailored to conservation planning. The information was envisaged to have a direct entry point into policies and practices of Uganda’s agricultural sector. The sector had been identified by the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) through a national biodiversity information Political and Economic Analysis (PEA), as the biggest sector threatening biodiversity. The information products developed were tailored to the information needs of the sector as defined in the PEA.
The project was funded by European Union through the Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Co-funding was available from the JRS Biodiversity Foundation, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, and Government of Uganda
The project was a national project, mobilizing data from all water bodies in Uganda
NaFIRRI implemented biodiversity informatics projects in the past but freshwater biodiversity data remained in less useful formats especially for aquatic invertebrates and algae. Data mobilization in this project involved identifying and digitizing all available data from existing soft and hard copy records. Taxa occurrences and associated abundance data where applicable, were mobilized and published through GBIF. The goal was to fill the data gaps.
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dataset
Olokotum M (2022): Fish Biodiversity Assessments for Conservation and Hydropower Developments. v1.2. National Fisheries Resources Research Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt-uganda.gbif.fr/resource?r=river_kagerafish&v=1.2
Greenwood, P.H. (1966) The fishes of Uganda. Uganda Society, Kampala.
2020-2021
949cff8a-d15c-4213-86f4-3804e8f5fea8/v1.2.xml