Fish species occurrence data from the nature protection sector

Occurrence
Latest version published by Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition on Mar 3, 2025 Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition
Publication date:
3 March 2025
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

The dataset contains both presence and absence occurrence records of fish species from Croatia, reported by various institutions of the nature protection sector.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 51,770 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

MEPGT-IEN, (2025). Fish species occurrence data from the nature protection sector. Version 1.0. Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt-bioatlas.bioportal.hr/resource?r=slatkovodne_ribe&v=1.0

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has not been registered with GBIF

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Chordata; Occurrence; Observation; Chordata; fish

Contacts

MEPGT-IEN
  • Originator
Institute for Environment and Nature, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition
Zagreb
HR
Gabrijela Božić
  • Metadata Provider
  • Publisher
  • Point Of Contact
advisor
Institute for Environment and Nature, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition
Zagreb
HR

Geographic Coverage

Republic of Croatia

Bounding Coordinates South West [42.505, 13.511], North East [46.536, 19.384]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Animalia
Order Cypriniformes, Acipenseriformes, Gadiformes, Salmoniformes, Scorpaeniformes, Perciformes, Gasterosteiformes, Characiformes, Anguilliformes, Esociformes, Petromyzontiformes, Clupeiformes, Cyprinodontiformes, Siluriformes
Family Cottidae, Umbridae, Percidae, Cobitidae, Ictaluridae, Esocidae, Gasterosteidae, Blenniidae, Poeciliidae, Anguillidae, Acipenseridae, Siluridae, Petromyzontidae, Gobiidae, Centrarchidae, Nemacheilidae, Salmonidae, Cyprinodontidae, Odontobutidae, Serrasalmidae, Cyprinidae, Lotidae, Clupeidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1770-01-01 / 2023-10-01

Project Data

No Description available

Title Fish species occurrence data gathered through various projects, e.g. financed by the public institutions for management of protected areas of nature, various literature and other sources.

Sampling Methods

The occurrence records are the result of various projects, with differing sampling methodologies. These can be found in the reports for each project, denoted by the associated references.

Study Extent Whole of Croatia

Method step description:

  1. See the corresponding associated references for details.

Additional Metadata