Biodiversity and environmental data from impact assessment of terminal operations in Tema, Ghana
Citation
Hemmingsen C V (2019). Biodiversity and environmental data from impact assessment of terminal operations in Tema, Ghana. Version 1.4. Natural History Museum of Denmark. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/w8u83l accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
This data was collected during fieldwork for a thesis project researching plant biodiversity and abundance as you move away from the Port of Tema, Ghana. The project is being written in close cooperation between the University of Copenhagen, APM Terminals, and Meridian Port Services (MPS). The data will be used to create a small-scale Environmental Impact Assessment for APM Terminals.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The samples were collected during a 3 week period in August 2018, in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana.Sampling
Data were collected along two transects (T1 and T2), as well as at two reference points (SAK and SON). T1 ran the length from the container terminal and 1000m along the shore, while T2 ran 1000m from the edge of the Sakumono Lagoon and into the heart of the lagoon. Samples were collected at 0m, 50m, 150m, 250m, 500m, 750m, and 1000m. The reference point SAK is placed at the "industrial end" of Sakumono Lagoon and will be used to infer the input level of pollution to the lagoon from the mainland, i.e. not from the terminal/shoreline. The reference point SON is placed within the Songor Lagoon, 50 km outside of Tema, and is used as a reference point for a non-contaminated site.Quality Control
N/AMethod steps
- The vegetation data were collected using a quadrat (0,1 m2 frame), which was thrown into the vegetation 5 times within a 5m radius of the collection point (e.g. T1, the point of distance 50m). The quadrat was divided by 25 squares within the frame, which made it possible to determine an approximate percentile coverage of the different species within the frame. All of the species within the quadrat were noted, collected and put in a vegetation press for later identification. Physical data were collected using a multiparameter probe, capable of measuring salinity, pH and air temperature. The physical data will be used along with heavy metal data (collected in both vegetation and soil samples; not available for publishing) to infer the impact the terminal operations may have on the biodiversity of terrestrial vegetation.
Taxonomic Coverages
Plantae
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Acanthaceaerank: family
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Aizoaceaerank: family
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Amaranthaceaerank: family
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Apocynaceaerank: family
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Cleomaceaerank: family
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Convolvulaceaerank: family
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Cucurbitaceaerank: family
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Cyperaceaerank: family
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Euphorbiaceaerank: family
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Fabaceaerank: family
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Malvaceaerank: family
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Phyllanthaceaerank: family
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Poaceaerank: family
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Rubiaceaerank: family
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Typhaceaerank: family
Geographic Coverages
Tema, Ghana
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Cathrine Valentin Hemmingsenoriginator
University of Copenhagen
DK
email: cathrinevalentin@live.dk
Cathrine Valentin Hemmingsen
metadata author
University of Copenhagen
DK
email: cathrinevalentin@live.dk
Isabel Calabuig
custodian steward
position: Node manager, Data curator
DanBIF, Natural History Museum of Denmark
DK
email: icalabuig@snm.ku.dk
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Cathrine Valentin Hemmingsen
administrative point of contact
University of Copenhagen
DK
email: cathrinevalentin@live.dk
Isabel Calabuig
administrative point of contact
position: Node manager, Data curator
DanBIF, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Copenhagen
DK
email: icalabuig@snm.ku.dk
homepage: http://danbif.dk/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5515-7900