Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery III cruise 226, 1997

URLhttps://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_discovery226_1997
Repository URL http://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/
Node OBIS Deep Sea
Published2024-07-05 09:40
First registered2024-07-04 13:33
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 226 in 1997. Rice, A.L. et al. (1997). RRS Discovery Cruise 226, 12 Mar – 10 Apr 1997. BENGAL: High resolution temporal and spatial study of the Benthic Biology and Geochemistry of a northeastern Atlantic abyssal Locality. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Cruise Report, No. 13, 76 pp.| https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/d226.pdf

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 226, 1997. Version 1.2. The Discovery Collections. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_discovery226_1997&v=1.2
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
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 14,200
Species level 13,183
Absence records 0
Event records 4
MoF records 24,223
Sequence records 0
Species 32
Taxa 62
Time range 1997 - 1997

This dataset has appeared in 764 downloads in 2025, with a total of 9,143,976 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 817

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
Amperima rosea (E. Perrier, 1886)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		8,693
Kolga nana (Théel, 1879)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		1,825
Oneirophanta mutabilis Théel, 1879
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		792
Psychropotes longicauda Théel, 1882
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		634
Annelida Lamarck, 1802 [as Annelides]
Phylum Annelida 		369
Molpadiodemas villosus (Théel, 1886)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		336
Pseudostichopus aemulatus Solis-Marin & Billett in Solis-Marin et al., 2004
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		289
Echiuroidea
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		146
Actinauge abyssorum Carlgren, 1934
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia 		124
Culeolus Herdman, 1881
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea 		116

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Data providers

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

Measurement types

measurementType measurementTypeID Records
Sampling platform name http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/Q01/current/Q0100001/ 14,204
Area sampled of the bed http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/AREABEDS/1/ 14,203
Length of sampling track http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/LENTRACK/ 14,203
Sampling instrument name http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/Q01/current/Q0100002/ 14,203
Preserved wet weight of biological entity specified elsewhere http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/PWWBIOXX/1/ 14,195
Length of biological entity specified elsewhere [Subgroup: preserved] http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/OBSPRELX/ 9,890
Count of colonial individuals per colony of biological entity specified elsewhere http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/NCOLIVXX/1/ 80
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/OCOUNT01 4

Occurrences

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