Museum Data for Malawi

Msekiwa Matsimbe1, Salim M'balaka2, Msekiwe Matsimbe3, Msekiwa Matsimbe4

1 LUANAR, P.O Box 219, ; 2 Department of Fisheries, ; 3 ; 4 LUANAR, 

Corresponding author(s): Msekiwa MatsimbeSalim M'balaka, Msekiwe Matsimbe (msekiwa2@yahoo.com)

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Resource Citation

Matsimbe M, M'balaka S (2020): Museum Data for Malawi. v1.2. LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Dataset/Occurrence. http://41.77.13.208:8081/ipt/resource?r=museumdataset&amp;v=1.0 http://41.77.13.208:8081/ipt/resource?r=museumdataset&amp;v=1.0

Abstract

This is specimen data for Lake Malawi

Keywords: Occurrence, Lake Malawi, Shire River, fish, biodiversity, Specimen

Project details

Project title: JRS Freshwater Biodiversity Project
Personnel: Msekiwa Matsimbe

Data published through GBIF: http://41.77.13.208:8081/ipt/resource?r=museumdataset

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: This dataset covers fish of Lake Malawi and Shire River
Taxonomic ranks
Species: Barbus paludinosus, Chilotilapia rhoadesii, Diplotaxodon mesognathus, Docimodus johnstonii, Enteromius macrotaenia (Barbus), Haplochromis placadon, Haplochromis pleurotaenia, Labeo cylindricus, Maylandia zebra, Mchenga flavimanus, Melanochromis auratus, Mylochromis labidodon, Mylochromis lateristriga

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Dataset Covers Lake Malawi and Shire River
Coordinates: 16°53'19.18''S and 8°55'42.55''S Latitude; 33°52'54.61''E and 35°56'50.16''E Longitude 

Natural collections description

Collection name: Bunda Fish Museum
Natural collections description

Collection name: Monkeybay Fisheries Museum
Formation period: 1957-1993
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol
Specimen preservation method: Formalin

Methods

Method step description: Data mobilization from museum specimens entered into excel. Data validation and checks. 
Study extent description: Lake Malawi - Mangochi, Nkhatabay, Nsanje districts
Sampling description: Electrofishing and seine nets

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Museum Data for Malawi
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://41.77.13.208:8081/ipt/archive.do?r=museumdataset
Publication date of data: 2020-06-18
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2020-06-18
Hierarchy level: Dataset