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Indian Ocean Islands - Historic Freshwater Insect Taxa

Citation

Ross-Gillespie V (2019). Indian Ocean Islands - Historic Freshwater Insect Taxa. Version 1.5. BioFresh. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hpsdwn accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-01-31.

Description

Species occurrence records for freshwater aquatic insect taxa namely the EPT (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera) as well as freshwater diatom taxa from the Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles). The species records have been collated from existing historical museum records and collections as well as from published scientific literature sources. The data set is a work in progress and more data will be added to it over time. The focus initially will be on Madagascar, followed by the smaller islands in no particular order. Detailed metadata can be found in the Freshwater Metadatabase (http://data.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/metadb/bf_mdb_view.php?entryID=FAI_1).

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Data extracted from museum records and literature.

Sampling

Data extracted from museum records and literature.

Method steps

  1. Commonly used series of method steps regarding macro-invertebrates (e.g. sampling, identification, data management).

Taxonomic Coverages

Macro invertebrates: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera
  1. Macro invertebrates
    rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Madagascar

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Ross-Gillespie, V., Pereira-Da-Conceicoa, L., Price, B., Sartori, M., Eustache, M., Hampson, P. and Schmidt-Kloiber, A. (2018). Metadata to "Indian Ocean Islands-Historic Freshwater Aquatic Insect and Diatom Database". Freshwater Metadata Journal (in review). -

Contacts

Vere Ross-Gillespie
originator
position: Scientist
GroundTruth
9 Quarry Road Hilton
3245
ZA
Telephone: +27 33 343 2229
email: vere@groundtruth.co.za
homepage: http://www.groundtruth.co.za
Vere Ross-Gillespie
metadata author
position: Scientist
GroundTruth
9 Quarry Road Hilton
3245
ZA
Telephone: +27 33 343 2229
email: vere@groundtruth.co.za
Astrid Schmidt Kloiber
publisher
position: Scientist
BOKU Vienna
AT
Telephone: +43 1 47654 81225
email: astrid.schmidt-kloiber@boku.ac.at
Vere Ross-Gillespie
content provider
position: Scientist
GroundTruth
ZA
email: vere@groundtruth.co.za
Lyndall Pereira-Da-Conceicoa
content provider
position: Scientist
Natural History Museum-London
GB
email: l.pereira@nhm.ac.uk or lyndall.pereira@gmail.com
Benjamin Price
content provider
position: Scientist
Natural History Museum-London
GB
email: b.price@nhm.ac.uk
Michel Sartori
content provider
position: Scientist
Cantonal Museum of Zoology Lausanne
CH
email: michel.sartori@vd.ch
Miasa Eustache
administrative point of contact
position: Scientist
University of Toamasina, Institut Supérieur de Sciences, Environnment & Développement Durable (ISSEDD)
Toamasina
MG
Telephone: +261 321198116
email: miasaeustache@gmail.com
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