Fish species occurrences in selected rivers in the Albert system

Occurrence
Latest version published by National Fisheries Resources Research Institute on Jul 30, 2024 National Fisheries Resources Research Institute

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Description

Fish species occurrences in selected rivers in the Albert system

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Olokotum M, Kamya A, Nakiyende H (2024). Fish species occurrences in selected rivers in the Albert system. Version 1.0. National Fisheries Resources Research Institute. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt-uganda.gbif.fr/resource?r=birdsinswamps&v=1.0

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is National Fisheries Resources Research Institute. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: daf46e91-0854-46bf-bbca-1d6885acc56c.  National Fisheries Resources Research Institute publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Uganda.

Keywords

Occurrence; Lake Albert; Rivers; Uganda; Fish; Observation

Contacts

Mark Olokotum
  • Originator
  • Senior Research Officer
National Fisheries Resources Research Institut
Jinja
UG
Ashiraf Kamya
  • Originator
  • Research Technician
National Fisheries Resources Research Institut
Jinja
UG
Herbert Nakiyende
  • Originator
  • Research Officer
National Fisheries Resources Research Institut
Jinja
UG
Laban Musinguzi
  • Point Of Contact
  • Senior Research Officer
National Fisheries Resources Research Institut
Jinja
UG

Geographic Coverage

Rivers in the Lake Albert system

Bounding Coordinates South West [1.664, 31.201], North East [2.285, 31.707]

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period 2023-2024

Project Data

No Description available

Title Tirenga project

Sampling Methods

The fish were sampled using multiple fishing gear especially an electro fisher.

Study Extent Selected rivers in the Lake Albert system, Uganda. These were sampled in 2023 and 2024.

Method step description:

  1. Sampling of fish was followed by identification to lowest taxonomic level possible.

Additional Metadata