Fish species occurrence and composition in Lakes Edward and George, 2016

Occurrence
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24 May 2021
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Description

This dataset presents occurrence records and composition of fish species collected in lakes Edward and George, Uganda.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 229 records.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Nakiyende H (2021): Fish species occurrence and composition in Lakes Edward and George, 2016. v1.1. National Fisheries Resources Research Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt-uganda.gbif.fr/resource?r=edward_system_fish&v=1.1

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: 549a14ba-7a14-4da7-a94a-9b18a3b8f04a.  National Fisheries Resources Research Institute publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Uganda.

Keywords

Occurrence; Fish; Uganda; Lake Edward; Lake George

Contacts

Herbert Nakiyende
  • Metadata Provider
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
UG
Herbert Nakiyende
  • Metadata Provider
  • Research officer
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Jinja
UG
Laban Musinguzi
  • Editor
  • Research officer
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Jinja
UG
Laban Musinguzi
  • Editor
UG

Geographic Coverage

The study area is lakes Edward and George.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-0.516, 29.603], North East [0.118, 30.325]

Taxonomic Coverage

Fishes in Actinopterygii and Sarcopterygii

Genus Haplochromis
Species Bagrus docmak, Clarias gariepinus, Haplochromis aeneocolor, Haplochromis angustifrons, Haplochromis eduardianus, Haplochromis elegans, Haplochromis labiatus, Haplochromis macropsoides, Haplochromis mylodon, Haplochromis nigripinnis, Haplochromis nubilus, Haplochromis oregosoma, Haplochromis orthostoma, Haplochromis pappenheimi, Haplochromis petronius, Haplochromis schubotzi, Haplochromis schubotziellus, Haplochromis squamipinnis, Haplochromis taurinus, Haplochromis limax, Labeobarbus altianalis, Oreochromis leucostictus, Oreochromis niloticus, Protopterus aethiopicus

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period 2016

Project Data

The project supported studies to increase the understanding and awareness of aquatic biodiversity in Uganda.

Title Agricultural Technology and Agribusiness Advisory Services (AATAS)
Funding World Bank & Government of Uganda
Study Area Description The study area was lakes Edward and George.
Design Description Sampling was conducted in selected sites on lakes Edward and George. At each site, sampling was done near the shoreline and ~200-500 m away from the shoreline.

The personnel involved in the project:

Herbert Nakiyende

Sampling Methods

Fish capture utilized gillnets set overnight. The nets used were of mesh sizes of 1 to 5.5 inches in increments of 0.5 inches.

Study Extent Sampling was conducted in nearshore and open areas of lakes Edward and George. Sampling was conducted in two research expeditions conducted in February and May, 2016.
Quality Control All scientific names were validated using FishBase (Froese & Paully, 2021) and the Catalog of Fishes (Fricke et al. 2021).

Method step description:

  1. Quality control All scientific names were validated using FishBase (Froese & Paully, 2021) and the Catalog of Fishes (Fricke et al. 2021).

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Froese, R. & Pauly D. (Eds). 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version ((02/2021). http://www.fishbase.org
  2. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & R. van der Laan (eds) 2021. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: genera, species, references.(http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 23 05 2021.

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 549a14ba-7a14-4da7-a94a-9b18a3b8f04a
http://ipt-uganda.gbif.fr/resource?r=edward_system_fish