Published May 16, 2023 | Version Final
Dataset Open

Supplementary file 1 from: Moliner Cachazo L, Makati K, Chadwick MA, Catford JA, Price BW, Mackay AW, Guiry MD, Murray-Hudson M, Murray-Hudson F (2023) A review of the freshwater diversity in the Okavango Delta and Lake Ngami (Botswana): taxonomic composition, ecology, comparison with similar systems and conservation status. Aquatic Sciences

Creators

  • 1. Department of Geography, King's College London, Bush House, North East Wing, 40 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BG United Kingdom
  • 2. Okavango Research Institute, Private Bag 286, Shorobe Road, Maun, Botswana
  • 3. Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
  • 4. Department of Geography, University College of London, North West Wing, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
  • 5. AlgaeBase, University of Galway, University Rd, Galway, H91 TK33, Ireland

Description

Dataset with 2,204 freshwater species from the Okavango Delta and Lake Ngami (Botswana), with additional 355 species found in other areas of Botswana that are likely to be present in the study region. The dataset covers the following groups: amphibians, birds, fishes, macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, mammals, reptiles, phytoplankton, and zooplankton. The following information is given for each species: status in the Okavango Delta and Lake Ngami (present/potentially present); conservation status globally, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, species name, cited synonyms, common name, habitat, presence in high water, presence in low water, ecology, distribution in continental Africa, confirmed locations in the Okavango Delta, site coordinates, references, notes.

Notes

This dataset was submitted as supplementary material to Aquatic Sciences.

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Funding

UK Research and Innovation
The London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership 2 NE/S007229/1