Fish communities of Tagwai dam, Niger state, Nigeria.

Ojutiku, R. O.; Kolo, R. J.; Izediunor, B.C

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“…In Tables 2 and 3 the Clupeid (clupeidae) was the highest in abundance followed by Tilapia (ciichlidea) which was in agreement with the findings of Ojutiku et al (2009) on the same dam. The abundant nature of this species as attributed to absence of predator fishes such as Lates niloticus and Hapsetus odoe was evident as it was in agreement with the report of Ojutiku et al (2009). Synodontis, Clarias, and Labeo species while in relative.…”

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“…This is in agreement with the finding of Nguyen (2006) who reported African catfish as among over exploited freshwater fish. However, there was reduction in the family from 6 to 5 as against the Ojutiku et al (2009) and Mishanu (2002). Capture fisheries in essence poses high risk to conservation of fish species as a result of obnoxious fishing methods adopted by fishermen (Moses, 1983).…”

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“…It has been reported that, human activities have rendered many species into extinction (Magin et al, 1994) as was the case with Lake Victoria which some 30 years ago habituated over 300 species of cichlidis but has been decimated greatly (Witte et al, 1992). Mishanu (Ojutiku et al, 2009) studied biodiversity of Tagwai dam 2002 and reported that it containing 9 families, 5 genera (Ojutiku et al, 2009). Therefore, the present study seeks to determine the prevailing condition of the fish community in the Tagwai dam, Niger State-Nigeria.…”

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“…This concept has been applied in the Sierra Nevada area. Some studies have been carried out on this dam (Maishanu, 2002, Ojutiku, 2008 both reports indicated fluctuations in species abundance and diversity (Ojutiku, et al 2009). The relevance of biodiversity of aquatic resource can be observed in the convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) which during its world conference 1992, world conference on environment held in Rio de janeiro in 1992, members were convinced to sign two conventions; one dealing with Biodiversity and the other on the climate change (Russel et al, 1994).…”

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Fish Species Diversity And Abundance Of Tagwai Dam Minna, Niger State

Orire¹,

Sadiku²,

Emmanuel³

2013

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Fish species diversity of Tagwai Dam (Longitude 6 o 39 to 6 o 44 East and Latitude 34 o to 9 o 37 North to Southwest of Minna were studied. The sampling was conducted fortnightly for three. Five species from five genera and five families were identified. These were Clupeidae, Cichlidae, Bagridae, Clarridae, Mochokidae and Cyprinidae. The total count for species during the sampling period was 13,773. Clupeidae were the most dominant species with a total counts of (7,897) while Labeo (Cyprinidae) had the least population. There were significant differences (P<0.05) in the weight of the samples of species obtained. There was also significant difference (P<0.05) between the Tilapia species and Clupeid species. However, but there was no significant difference (P> 0.05) among the species of Clarias, Synodontis and Labeo whose population were the lowest. Adoption of fish conservation and management strategies and enforcements of fisheries by-laws are necessary to improve the fishery resource of the Tagwai dam coupled with regular biodiversity study of the Dam.

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A georeferenced dataset for occurrence records of the phylum Rotifera in Africa

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We report a dataset of all known and published occurrence records of animals of the phylum Rotifera, including Bdelloidea, Monogononta, and Seisonacea (with the exclusion of Acanthocephala) for Africa and surrounding islands and archipelagos. The dataset includes 24,704 records of 914 taxa (subspecies: 38; species: 783; genus: 76; family: 17), gathered from 610 published papers. The published literature spans from 1854 to 2022, with the highest number of records in the decades 1990-1999 and 2010-2019. The African countries with the highest number of taxa are Nigeria, Algeria, South Africa, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, whereas no records are yet available for a dozen countries. The number of species known from each country can be explained mostly by sampling efforts, measured as the number of papers published for each country up to now. The dataset is available through the Open Science Framework (OSF) and in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

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Fish communities of Tagwai dam, Niger state, Nigeria.

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Fish Species Diversity And Abundance Of Tagwai Dam Minna, Niger State

Fish Species Diversity And Abundance Of Tagwai Dam Minna, Niger State

A georeferenced dataset for occurrence records of the phylum Rotifera in Africa

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