Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery Cruise 296, 2005. ...

• 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
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/dk2q7p; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/ad289f3f-19bc-4fa9-bf9a-65378a09db5e

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 Discovery III Cruise 296, in 2005. Lampitt, R.S. et al. (2010). RSS Discovery Cruise 296, 14-23 Jul 2005. Cork, Eire to Lisbon, Portugal. PAP observatory development. Southampton, UK: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, 76pp. (National Oceanography Centre Southampton Cruise Report, No. 52).| https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/d296.pdf ...