Discovery Collections Midwater Database

This is a biological data base of the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory, U.K. The data are mainly open ocean, with some data from upwelling regions off N.W. Africa and in the Arabian Sea. Data were collected using nets, mainly the IOS RMT1+8 combination net or its multiple version and represent 94000 records in 2100 species. Specific identifications made by various members of staff at the National Institute of Oceanography/Institute of Oceanographic Sciences.本数据集为英国迪肯实验室海洋科学研究所（Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory, U.K.）的生物数据库。数据主要采集自开阔大洋，另有部分数据来自西北非洲近海上升流区与阿拉伯海。数据通过网具采集获取，主要采用IOS RMT1+8组合网及其多网版本，共计涵盖2100个物种的94000条记录。物种分类鉴定工作由英国国家海洋学研究所/海洋科学研究所（National Institute of Oceanography/Institute of Oceanographic Sciences）的多名工作人员完成。