Name: Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Challenger Cruise 142, 1999.
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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 Challenger Cruise 142 in 1999. Billett, D.S.M. et al. (2000). RRS Challenger Cruise 142, 19 Apr-19 May 1999. Temporal and spatial variability of benthic communities at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain and in the Porcupine Seabight. Southampton Oceanography Centre Cruise Report, No. 30, 79pp.| https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/ch142_99.pdf

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 Challenger Cruise 142, 1999.. Version 1.2. The Discovery Collections. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_challenger142_1999&v=1.2

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July 05, 2024 at 09:50

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Archive

https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/archive.do?r=pap_megafauna_challenger142_1999

Contacts

Tammy Horton
National Oceanography Centre

Amanda Serpell-Stevens
National Oceanography Centre

Georgina Valls Domedel
National Oceanography Centre

Brian James Bett
National Oceanography Centre

20,976

total submitted occurrences

20,976

accepted occurrences

31,984

measurements and facts

taxa

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		1,454	6.9%

Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Challenger Cruise 142, 1999.

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data