Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery III cruise 222B, 1996.

These data record the results of processing otter trawl catches (OTSB14; Merrett & Marshall, 1980) from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC, UK) long-term study of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP), including the PAP-Sustained Observatory time-series. The data concern catches recovered during the RRS Discovery III cruise 222B in 1996. Rice, A.L. et al. (1996). RRS Discovery Cruise 222, Leg 2, 29 Aug 24 Sep 1996. BENGAL: High resolution temporal and spatial study of the Benthic Biology and Geochemistry of a northeastern Atlantic abyssal Locality. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Cruise Report No. 4, 86 pp.| https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/d222b.pdf