Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery III cruise 185, 1989

URLhttps://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_discovery185_1989
Repository URL http://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/
Node OBIS Deep Sea
Published2024-07-05 09:25
First registered2024-07-04 11:44
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 RRS Discovery III cruise 185 in 1989. Rice, AL, 1990. RRS Discovery Cruise 185, 18 Aug - 17 Sep 1989. Abyssal benthic biology at the European Community Station (48° 50' N, 16° 30' W). Wormley, UK, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory, 51pp. (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory Cruise Report 217). https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/114253/

CitationHorton 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 185, 1989. Version 1.3. The Discovery Collections. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_discovery185_1989&v=1.3
RightsThis 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, samplingEvent
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
User Tammy Horton

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Statistics

Occurrence records 2,956
Species level 2,156
Absence records 0
Event records 4
MoF records 2,967
Sequence records 0
Species 31
Taxa 56
Time range 1989 - 1989

This dataset has appeared in 770 downloads in 2025, with a total of 1,934,600 records.

Data quality

Dropped records

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

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 980

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
No missing or invalid fields.

Spatial issues

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

Top taxa

IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Oneirophanta mutabilis Théel, 1879
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		969
Peniagone diaphana (Théel, 1882)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		293
Annelida Lamarck, 1802 [as Annelides]
Phylum Annelida 		242
Zoantharia Gray, 1832
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia 		241
Molpadiodemas villosus (Théel, 1886)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		153
Psychropotes longicauda Théel, 1882
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		117
Decapoda Latreille, 1802
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		112
Amperima rosea (E. Perrier, 1886)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		79
Actinauge abyssorum Carlgren, 1934
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia 		73
Hyphalaster inermis Sladen, 1883
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea 		59

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Data providers

Name OceanExpert ID
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton 8387
National Oceanography Centre

Measurement types

Occurrences

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