Fish species occurrences in the Tana River Basin, Kenya, digitized from the Ichthyology collection at the National Museums of Kenya and from recent field expeditions
Latest version published by National Museums of Kenya on Oct 18, 2019
The dataset contains species occurrence records for fish from the Tana River Basin. The records were digitized from specimen labels of the Ichthyology collection at the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, supplemented by data from recent fieldwork in the Tana River Basin.
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 626 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
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| Data as a DwC-A file | download 626 records in English (23 KB) - Update frequency: unknown |
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| Metadata as an EML file | download in English (15 KB) |
| Metadata as an RTF file | download in English (12 KB) |
Versions
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Njagi E, Shigoley M, Gathua J (2019): Fish species occurrences in the Tana River Basin, Kenya, digitized from the Ichthyology collection at the National Museums of Kenya and from recent field expeditions. v1.3. National Museums of Kenya. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.museums.or.ke/ipt/resource?r=fishtrb&v=1.3
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is National Museums of Kenya. 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: b599e4ee-884e-45f6-ae2e-6823db051693. National Museums of Kenya publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Kenya.
Keywords
Fish; species occurrence; museum specimen; Tana River Basin; Kenya; Specimen
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Geographic Coverage
Tana River Basin, south eastern Kenya
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-2.011, 38.429], North East [0.015, 40.25] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Fish
| Class | Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1970-01-01 / 2019-01-01 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Developing a Freshwater Biodiversity Information System for the Tana River Basin, Kenya, for Improved Ecosystem Management and Development Planning. |
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| Identifier | 60704 JRS-NMK |
| Funding | JRS Biodiversity Foundation - https://jrsbiodiversity.org/ |
| Study Area Description | Tana River Basin is located in south eastern Kenya approximately between latitudes 0°0’53” and 2°0’41’’ South, and longitudes 38°25’43” and 40°15’ East, covering an area of about 95,000 km2 (Baker et al 2015). It is bordered by the Ewaso Ng’iro North Catchment to the north, the Rift Valley to the west, Athi Basin to the south and Somalia and the Indian Ocean to the east. The Tana River winds from its headwaters in the forests of Mount Kenya and the Nyandarua Ranges including the Aberdares and rapidly descends down the mountain slopes where there is intensive agriculture, then through the arid and semi-arid areas and finally terminates in a large delta at the Indian Ocean. The basin is generally divided into three distinct ecosystems that are recognized based on their elevation, climate and vegetation cover (Van Beukering and De Moel, 2015). The upper catchment above 1000 m a.s.l. consists of forested regions with high relief and higher rainfall. The middle catchment between 300-1000 m is flatter, drier and semi-arid to arid with rangelands that support pastoralism. The lower catchment below 300 m a.s.l. is semi-arid to moist at the coast with dry coastal forests and mangroves swamps and forms a delta with a large floodplain before discharging into the Indian Ocean. |
| Design Description | Label data from the specimen collection at the Ichthyology Section, National Museums of Kenya, were digitized. |
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Sampling Methods
The study included an assessment of the NMK Ichthyology collection and literature material on work done on the fishes of the Tana River Basin. It also included field expeditions in the Tana River Basin to collect and study specimens.
| Study Extent | Tana River Basin sampled at different time periods and at different localities. |
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| Quality Control | Species identifications have been checked by various ichthyologists working at the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) for accuracy and correct taxonomy. |
Method step description:
- Information was mined from Specimen labels at the Ichthyology collection, National Museums of Kenya. The data was cleaned and validated by ichthyology experts. The data was then transformed to Darwin Core standards and uploaded to GBIF through the IPT at the National Museums of Kenya.
Bibliographic Citations
- Baker, T.; Kiptala, J.; Olaka, L.; Oates, N.; Hussain, A.; McCartney, M. 2015. Baseline review and ecosystem services assessment of the Tana River Basin, Kenya. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 107p. (IWMI Working Paper 165). https://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2015.223
- Van Beukering, P; De Moel, H. (eds) (2015). The Economics of Ecosystem Services of the Tana River Basin. Available at https://www.ivm.vu.nl/en/Images/R15-03_Tana_River_Basin_TEEB_report_tcm234-757604.pdf
Additional Metadata
| Purpose | The dataset was created as a contribution towards fish species occurrences records for the Tana River Basin Biodiversity Information System portal. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | b599e4ee-884e-45f6-ae2e-6823db051693 |
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