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http://ipt-uganda.gbif.fr/resource?r=fishspeciesinshallowhabitats
Fish species occurrence and composition in shallow (wetland) habitats of Northern Lake Victoria (Uganda)
Monic
Nsega
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Principal Research Technician
Nile Crescent, Plot 39/45, Jinja Opposite the wagon ferry terminal
Jinja
343
UG
mnsega@yahoo.com
John
Balirwa
National Fisheries Resources Resources Research Institute
Director of Research
Nile Crescent, Plot 39/45, Jinja opposite the Wagon ferry terminal
Jinja
343
UG
jbalirwa@yahoo.com
Monic
Nsega
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Principal Research Technician
Nile Crescent, Plot 39/45, Jinja Opposite the wagon ferry terminal
Jinja
343
UG
mnsega@yahoo.com
Laban
Musinguzi
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Research officer
Nile Crescent, Plot 39/45, Jinja Opposite the wagon ferry terminal
Jinja
343
UG
labanmusinguzi@firi.go.ug
https://labanmusinguzi.com/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=m2Dzl1gAAAAJ&hl=en
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2019-06-27
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This dataset presents occurrence records and composition of fish species collected in shallow habitats of different vegetation fringes in Lake Victoria, Uganda.
Occurrence
Lake Victoria
Uganda
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
Observation
GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.
The study covered habitats in Northern Lake Victoria, Uganda
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species
Astatoreochromis alluaudi
species
Bagrus docmak
species
Brycinus jacksonii
species
Brycinus sadleri
species
Clarias alluaudi
species
Clarias gariepinus
species
Clarias liocephalus
species
Coptodon zillii
species
Gnathonemus longibarbis
genus
Haplochromis
species
Haplochromis barbarae
species
Haplochromis laparogramma
species
Haplochromis lividus
species
Haplochromis macrops
species
Haplochromis nigricans
species
Haplochromis nubilus
species
Haplochromis nyanzae
species
Hippopotamyrus grahami
species
Labeobarbus altianalis
species
Lates niloticus
species
Mastacembelus frenatus
species
Momyrus kannume
species
Oreochromis esculentus
species
Oreochromis leucostictus
species
Oreochromis niloticus
species
Oreochromis variabilis
species
Protopterus aethiopicus
species
Synodontis afrofischeri
species
Synodontis victoriae
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Monic
Nsega
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Principal Research Technician
Nile Crescent, Plot 39/45, Jinja Opposite the wagon ferry terminal
Jinja
343
UG
mnsega@yahoo.com
Laban
Musinguzi
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Research officer
Nile Crescent, Plot 39/45, Jinja Opposite the wagon ferry terminal
Jinja
343
UG
labanmusinguzi@firi.go.ug
https://labanmusinguzi.com/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=m2Dzl1gAAAAJ&hl=en
Vianny
Natugonza
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Research Officer
Nile Crescent, Plot 39/45, Jinja Opposite the wagon ferry terminal
Jinja
343
UG
viannynatugonza@firi.go.ug
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=KewxfP8AAAAJ&hl=en
Geo-referencing and coordinate conversions
The coordinates associated with the dataset were retrieved from Balirwa (1998). These were transformed to decimal degrees using online coordinate conversion tools including canadensys (http://data.canadensys.net/tools/coordinates) and PGC Coordinate Converter (https://www.pgc.umn.edu/apps/convert/) of the University of Minnesota. The locations verified in Google Earth.
Confirming fish species names
Species names were confirmed using FishBase (Froese & Paully, 2018). For the species that were allocated to the genus Barbus in the original survey data, the currently accepted nomenclature, Labeobarbus for the large hexaploid species was adopted (Van Ginneken et al., 2017; Vreven et al. 2016). All haplochromine cichlids are allocated to genus Haplochromis which is accepted in Fishbase.
Sampling was conducted on the Ugandan part of Lake Victoria, near Jinja. The sampling was from 1993 to 1996.
Sampling was conducted parallel to the shoreline off each dominant vegetation type. For each habitat type, sampling was done within 20 m from the shore and beyond, between 20m and about 70 m away from the shoreline. Fish was captured using gillnets and basket traps set overnight. Complete details of sampling are available in Balirwa (1998).
All scientific names were validated using FishBase (Froese & Paully, 2018).
Lake Victoria wetlands and the ecology of the Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis Niloticus Linné
John
Balirwa
originator
The project studied the ecology of wetlands of Lake Victoria and their importance for fish (Balirwa, 1998).
The study was undertaken on the Ugandan part of Lake Victoria, near Jinja
Detailed information on sampling design is available in Balirwa (1998). Sampling was conducted in shallow habitats (< 2.5m depth) of wetland lake interface. The habitats were differentiated by the dominant plant species in the wetland i.e.: Cyperus papyrus, Vossia cuspidata, Typha domingensis, Phragmites mauritianus and, Eichhonia crassipes. Sampling was conducted
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dataset
Nsega M, Balirwa J (2019): Fish species occurrence and composition in shallow (wetland) habitats of Northern Lake Victoria (Uganda). v1.1. National Fisheries Resources Research Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt-uganda.gbif.fr/resource?r=fishspeciesinshallowhabitats&v=1.1
Balirwa, J.S. (1998) Lake Victoria Wetlands and the ecology of the Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus Linne. PhD Dissertation, Wageningen Agricultural University, Delft, the Netherlands.
Froese, R. & Pauly D. (Eds). 2018. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (06/2017). http://www.fishbase.org
Van Ginneken, M., Decru, E., Verheyen, E. and Snoeks, J. (2017). ‘Morphometry and DNA barcoding reveal cryptic diversity in the genus Enteromius (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Congo basin, Africa’. European Journal of Taxonomy. 310:1–32.
Vreven, E.J.W.M.N., Musschoot, T., Snoeks, J. and Schliewen, U.K. (2016). ‘The African hexaploid Torini (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): review of a tumultuous history’. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177:231–305.
1993-1996
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