Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Challenger cruise 79, 1991 ...

• 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; Deacon
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/9bcmx7; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/726468ea-c99d-4da0-aebd-b56c6d034ac0

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...