Dataset

Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Challenger cruise 79, 1991

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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 Challenger cruise Ch79 in 1991. Rice, A.L. (1992) RRS Challenger Cruise 79, 12 May - 03 June 1991. Benthic biology at the European Community Station (48,50'N 16,30'W) and in the Porcupine Seabight (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory Cruise Report, 231) Wormley, UK. Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory 52pp.| https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/ch79_91.pdf

Citation: Horton T, Serpell-Stevens A, Valls Domedel G, Bett B J (2024). Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Challenger cruise 79, 1991. Version 1.2. The Discovery Collections. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_challenger79_1991&v=1.2

Published: July 05, 2024 at 09:33

URL: https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_challenger79_1991

Tammy Horton
National Oceanography Centre

Amanda Serpell-Stevens
National Oceanography Centre

Georgina Valls Domedel
National Oceanography Centre

Brian James Bett
National Oceanography Centre

2,392
occurrence records
2,463
measurements and facts
51
taxa
29
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

No missing or invalid fields.

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 708
29.6%

Measurement types

DNA derived data