Dataset

Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery Cruise 296, 2005.

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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 Discovery III Cruise 296, in 2005. Lampitt, R.S. et al. (2010). RSS Discovery Cruise 296, 14-23 Jul 2005. Cork, Eire to Lisbon, Portugal. PAP observatory development. Southampton, UK: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, 76pp. (National Oceanography Centre Southampton Cruise Report, No. 52).| https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/d296.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 Cruise 296, 2005.. Version 1.2. The Discovery Collections. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_discovery296_2005&v=1.2

Published: July 05, 2024 at 10:00

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

URL: https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_discovery296_2005

Contacts:

Tammy Horton
National Oceanography Centre

Amanda Serpell-Stevens
National Oceanography Centre

Georgina Valls Domedel
National Oceanography Centre

Brian James Bett
National Oceanography Centre

2,115
occurrence records
4,070
measurements and facts
45
taxa
21
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 291
13.8%

Measurement types

DNA derived data