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

URLhttps://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_challenger135_1997
Repository URL http://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/
Node OBIS Deep Sea
Published2024-07-05 09:43
First registered2024-07-04 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

Citation
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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

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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
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

199520002005201020152020202501000200030004000500060007000

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/ 7,185
Area sampled of the bed http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/AREABEDS/1/ 7,184
Length of sampling track http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/LENTRACK/ 7,184
Sampling instrument name http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/Q01/current/Q0100002/ 7,184
Preserved wet weight of biological entity specified elsewhere http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/PWWBIOXX/1/ 7,180
Length of biological entity specified elsewhere [Subgroup: preserved] http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/OBSPRELX/ 3,898
Count of colonial individuals per colony of biological entity specified elsewhere http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/NCOLIVXX/1/ 49
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/OCOUNT01 2

Occurrences

scientificNameeventDatedecimalLongitudedecimalLatitudecollectionCodecatalogNumber