Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery III cruise 226, 1997

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 226 in 1997. Rice, A.L. et al. (1997). RRS Discovery Cruise 226, 12 Mar – 10 Apr 1997. BENGAL: High resolution temporal and spatial study of the Benthic Biology and Geochemistry of a northeastern Atlantic abyssal Locality. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Cruise Report, No. 13, 76 pp.| https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/d226.pdf