Realm: Freshwater
Climate: Tropical
Biome: Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Central latitude: 9.553793
Central longitude: -1.071870
Duration: 2 years, from 2010 to 2012

344 records

53 distinct species

Across the time series Sarotherodon galilaeus is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

fish were sampled using cast nets of 3?cm mesh size and 5?m radius. Sampling commenced from November to February in the dry season and from July to October in the wet season (20102012). Each of the six wetlands (Wuntori, Kukobila, Tugu, Adayili, Nabogo, and Bunglung) was sampled four times each month (once per week), between 08 and 1300 hours. Five net throws per hour of sampling effort were carried out in each site. The total of sampling hours of net throws per site was four hours. Fish were identified in situ to species, with keys developed by Dankwa et al. [19] and Paugy et al. [20]. Species that could not be identified were placed in marked transparent wash bottles, containing formalin solution and sent to the Water Research Institute (WRI) in Tamale, Northern Region of Ghana, for identification.” [Extracted from the main citation source: Nsor & Oboidai, 2016] Additional: the value reported per species, wetland, year and season is the total CPUE/net. The dataset includes all the fish collected with the same methodology (i.e., adults and fingerlings).

Citation(s)

@Article{BioTIME_cit644, Study_id = {780}, Citation_id = {644}, Author = {Nsor, Collins Ayine and Obodai, Edward Adzesiwor}, Journal = {International Journal of Ecology}, Pages = {1598701}, Title = {Environmental Determinants Influencing Fish Community Structure and Diversity in Two Distinct Seasons among Wetlands of Northern Region (Ghana)}, Volume = {2016}, Year = {2016}, Doi = {10.1155/2016/1598701}, Language = {English} }