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

• Main Authors: Horton, Tammy, Serpell-Stevens, Amanda, Domedel, Georgina Valls, Bett, Brian James
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: The Discovery Collections 2024
• Subjects: biomass; Porcupine Abyssal Plain; megabenthos; deep sea; abundance; body size; abyssal plain; demersal fish; Northeast Atlantic; marine invertebrates; temporal variations; morphometrics; Porcupine Seabight
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/4n49jv; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/3d4aab0f-41aa-4df2-a656-1c15e6247af5

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...