Name: Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Challenger cruise 135, 1997
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Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Challenger cruise 135, 1997

URL

https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_challenger135_1997

Repository URL

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

Node

OBIS Deep Sea

Published

2024-07-05 09:43

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 Challenger cruise 135 in 1997. Billett, D.S.M. et al. (1998). RRS Challenger Cruise 135, 15 Oct-30 Oct 1997. 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. 19, 49pp.| https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/ch135_97.pdf

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Rights

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

Statistics

Occurrence records	7,182
Species level	6,135
Absence records	0
Event records	3
MoF records	11,197
Sequence records	0
Species	29
Taxa	56
Time range	1997 - 1997

This dataset has appeared in 781 downloads in 2025, with a total of 4,698,057 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	630

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 IUCN Red List All taxa IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Amperima rosea (E. Perrier, 1886) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	4,167
Oneirophanta mutabilis Théel, 1879 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	613
Annelida Lamarck, 1802 [as Annelides] Phylum Annelida	304
Ellipinion Hérouard, 1923 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	279
Psychropotes longicauda Théel, 1882 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	214
Molpadiodemas villosus (Théel, 1886) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	168
Pseudostichopus aemulatus Solis-Marin & Billett in Solis-Marin et al., 2004 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	164
Actinauge abyssorum Carlgren, 1934 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	155
Amphianthus bathybium Hertwig, 1882 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	120
Iosactis vagabunda Riemann-Zürneck, 1997 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	104

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Data providers

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

Measurement types

Occurrences

	scientificName	eventDate	decimalLongitude	decimalLatitude	collectionCode	catalogNumber