Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment
Citation
De Wever A (2015). Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-9235-6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-25.Description
The Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (FADA) database contains authoritative species lists for several taxonomic groups and distribution data at the level of faunistic regions. The groups currently published (26-06-2015) include Halacaridae, Cnidaria-Hydroida, Cladocera, Copepoda, Mysidaceae, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera, Macrophytes, Bivalvia, Nematomorpha, Rotifera, Turbellaria, Fish, Mammals, Diptera-Chironomidae-Tanytarsini, Diptera-Culicidae, Coleoptera-Psephenidae, Coleoptera-Dytiscidae, Coleoptera-Gyrinidae, Coleoptera-Haliplidae, Coleoptera-Donaciinae and GastrotrichaPurpose
Provide taxonomic checklists specific for freshwater.Sampling Description
Quality Control
Consistency in higher taxonomy checked during import.Method steps
- Expert opinion on faunistic distribution.
Taxonomic Coverages
This is a series of authoritative freshwater species list with accepted, original and synonym scientific names
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Halacaridae
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Cnidaria-Hydroida
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Cladocera
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Copepoda
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Mysidaceae
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Ephemeroptera
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Plecoptera
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Macrophytes
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Bivalvia
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Nematomorpha
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Rotifera
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Fish
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Mammals
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Trichoptera
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Platyhelminthes-Turbellaria
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Diptera-Chironomidae-Tanytarsini
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Diptera-Culicidae
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Coleoptera-Psephenidae
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Coleoptera-Dytiscidae
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Coleoptera-Gyrinidae
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Coleoptera-Haliplidae
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Coleoptera-Donaciinae
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Gastrotricha
Geographic Coverages
Global coverage
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Aaike De Weveroriginator
position: Database manager
RBINS
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
Telephone: +3226274390
email: aaike.dewever@naturalsciences.be
homepage: http://www.naturalsciences.be
Aaike De Wever
metadata author
position: Database manager
RBINS
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
Telephone: +3226274390
email: aaike.dewever@naturalsciences.be
homepage: http://www.naturalsciences.be
Estelle Balian
author
Telephone: +3226274319
Hendrik Segers
author
Telephone: +3226274310
Christian Lévêque
author
Koen Martens
author
Telephone: +3226274315
Aaike De Wever
administrative point of contact
position: Database manager
RBINS
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
Telephone: +3226274390
email: aaike.dewever@naturalsciences.be
homepage: http://www.naturalsciences.be