Name: Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery III cruise 231, 1998.
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Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery III cruise 231, 1998.

URL

https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_discovery231_1998

Repository URL

http://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/

Node

OBIS Deep Sea

Published

2024-07-05 09:44

First registered

2024-07-04 13:24

Abstract

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 231 in 1998. Rice, A.L. et al. (1998). RRS Discovery Cruise 231, 28 Feb-30 Mar 1998. BENGAL: High resolution temporal and spatial study of the BENthic biology and Geochemistry of a north-eastern Atlantic abyssal Locality. Southampton Oceanography Centre Cruise Report, No. 18, 84pp.|https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/d231.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 Discovery III cruise 231, 1998.. Version 1.2. The Discovery Collections. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_discovery231_1998&v=1.2

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License

Keywords

megabenthos, marine invertebrates, demersal fish, abundance, biomass, body size, morphometrics, temporal variations, deep sea, abyssal plain, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic

Contacts

Creator	Tammy Horton National Oceanography Centre
Creator	Amanda Serpell-Stevens National Oceanography Centre
Creator	Georgina Valls Domedel National Oceanography Centre
Creator	Brian James Bett National Oceanography Centre
Contact	Tammy Horton National Oceanography Centre
Metadata Provider	Tammy Horton National Oceanography Centre

report issue source DwC-A to mapper

Occurrence records	15,877
Species level	13,718
Absence records	0
Event records	7
MoF records	23,524
Sequence records	0
Species	32
Taxa	59
Time range	1998 - 1998

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	0
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Scientific name	Records
Amperima rosea (E. Perrier, 1886) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	9,443
Oneirophanta mutabilis Théel, 1879 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	1,301
Molpadiodemas villosus (Théel, 1886) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	761
Annelida Lamarck, 1802 [as Annelides] Phylum Annelida	592
Pseudostichopus aemulatus Solis-Marin & Billett in Solis-Marin et al., 2004 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	569
Psychropotes longicauda Théel, 1882 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	553
Elpidiidae Théel, 1882 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	425
Culeolus Herdman, 1881 Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea	376
Amphianthus bathybium Hertwig, 1882 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	193
Echiuroidea Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	190

Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery III cruise 231, 1998.

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Missing and invalid fields

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Records

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Occurrences

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	1,350