Description
This dataset contains macrophyte species occurrence records collected in 2024 from floodplain water bodies within the Dnipro-Orilskyi Nature Reserve, located in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, central Ukraine. The data were obtained through standardized field surveys across 16 aquatic habitats representing a range of hydrological conditions and successional stages. For each sampling site, the presence and relative abundance of vascular aquatic and semi-aquatic plant species were recorded using a semi-quantitative scale (1–5). Geographic coordinates were recorded using handheld GPS devices. This dataset contributes to long-term biodiversity monitoring of freshwater vegetation in protected floodplain ecosystems and provides a basis for assessing ecological changes driven by river regulation and climatic impacts.
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 37,752 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:
Lisovets O., Tutova H., Ruchiy V., Kunakh O., Zhukov O. (2025). Macrophyte species occurrences in floodplain water bodies of the Dnipro-Orilskyi Nature Reserve, Ukraine (2024). Version 1.1. Bohdan Khmelnytsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.15468/p3d2rh
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Bohdan Khmelnytsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 0c5f8889-6c23-487d-9c3a-5f88f7995eee. Bohdan Khmelnytsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence Aquatic macrophytes Freshwater biodiversity Floodplain ecosystems Vascular plants Mosses Ferns Field survey Dnipro-Orilskyi Nature Reserve Ukraine Protected areas Hydrology Post-regulation succession GBIF
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Geographic Coverage
The geographic coverage includes aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats within the Dnipro-Orilskyi Nature Reserve, located in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, central Ukraine. The study area represents a floodplain landscape shaped by the Dnipro and Oril rivers, encompassing oxbow lakes, shallow ponds, and temporarily inundated meadows. The surveyed sites fall within the approximate range of 48.88–48.95° N latitude and 35.11–35.20° E longitude.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [48.88, 35.114], North East [48.945, 35.202] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The dataset includes vascular aquatic and semi-aquatic macrophyte species from the classes Magnoliopsida and Liliopsida, representing diverse taxonomic groups typical of temperate freshwater ecosystems. Most of the recorded taxa belong to families such as Potamogetonaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Alismataceae, and Cyperaceae. Species were identified based on morphological traits in the field and verified using regional floristic guides. The taxonomic coverage reflects the species composition of floodplain water bodies in a protected area of the Dnipro River basin.
| Phylum | Bryophyta (Mosses), Polypodiophyta (Ferns) |
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| Class | Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons), Liliopsida (Monocotyledons) |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2024-05-01 / 2024-08-31 |
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Project Data
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| Title | Assessment of Aquatic Vegetation and Biodiversity Monitoring in the Dnipro-Orilskyi Nature Reserve (2024) |
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Sampling Methods
At each site, macrophyte sampling was conducted by visually inspecting the waterbody from the shoreline and shallow wading, covering all accessible microhabitats. All vascular aquatic and semi-aquatic plant species, including mosses and ferns, were identified in situ based on morphological features using regional floras. Relative abundance was estimated using a semi-quantitative scale (1–5), and GPS coordinates were recorded for each surveyed location. Sampling was standardized across sites by covering comparable areas and habitat types within each waterbody. No destructive collection methods were applied.
| Study Extent | The study was conducted in July and August 2024 within the territory of the Dnipro-Orilskyi Nature Reserve, covering 16 floodplain water bodies of various sizes and hydrological regimes. These included oxbow lakes, shallow ponds, and periodically inundated depressions distributed across the central and eastern sections of the reserve. The selected sites represented a gradient of ecological conditions shaped by groundwater inputs, surface water dynamics, and successional stages. All sampling locations were georeferenced using GPS. |
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Method step description:
- 1. Selection of 16 representative water bodies within the Dnipro-Orilskyi Nature Reserve based on hydrological typology and accessibility. 2. Field survey of macrophyte species (including mosses and ferns) conducted in July–August 2024 using visual identification and estimation of relative abundance. 3. Recording of species presence and abundance using a semi-quantitative scale from 1 (rare) to 5 (dominant). 4. Georeferencing of sampling sites using handheld GPS devices. 5. Standardization of observations across sites to ensure consistency in sampling effort. 6. Data entry, validation, and harmonization in accordance with Darwin Core standards. 7. Generation of metadata (EML) and publication through the GBIF IPT platform.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 0c5f8889-6c23-487d-9c3a-5f88f7995eee |
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| https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=macrophytes_dnipro_oril_2024 |