Dataset

Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery III cruise 250, 2000.

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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 250 in 2000. Collins, M. et al. (2000). RRS Discovery Cruise 250, 15 Sep- 10 Oct 2000. Metabolism, activity and distribution patterns in demersal deep-sea fish. Aberdeen University. | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/report/5358/.

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 250, 2000.. Version 1.2. The Discovery Collections. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_discovery250_2000&v=1.2

Published: July 05, 2024 at 09:54

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_discovery250_2000

Contacts:

Tammy Horton
National Oceanography Centre

Amanda Serpell-Stevens
National Oceanography Centre

Georgina Valls Domedel
National Oceanography Centre

Brian James Bett
National Oceanography Centre

1,243
occurrence records
2,694
measurements and facts
38
taxa
18
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 191
15.4%

Measurement types

DNA derived data