Scavenging Amphipods, Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory, North Atlantic, 1985-2016

Tammy Horton

doi:10.15468/2akju5

Scavenging Amphipods, Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory, North Atlantic, 1985-2016

Citation

Horton T (2019): Scavenging Amphipods, Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory, North Atlantic, 1985-2016. v1.2. The Discovery Collections. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_scavenging_amphipods&v=1.2 https://doi.org/10.15468/2akju5 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Samples of the scavenging amphipod assemblage have been collected at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) in the North Atlantic (48° 50' N 016° 30' W, 4850 m) for more than 30 years. Samples were collected by means of baited traps deployed at the PAP-SO between 1985 and 2016, covering a period of well-characterised changes in the upper ocean. From the 19 trap samples analysed, a total of 16 species were identified from 106,259 amphipod specimens.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

19 samples of scavenging amphipods collected at Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) in the North Atlantic (48° 50' N 016° 30' W, 4850 m) by baited traps deployed between 1985 and 2016.

Sampling

Free-fall baited traps (baited with mackerel).

Method steps

See publication:

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Deep-sea scavenging amphipods, Lysianassidira

Alicelloidea
rank: superfamily
Lysianassoidea
rank: superfamily

Geographic Coverages

Porcupine Abyssal Plain

Bibliographic Citations

Tammy Horton, Michael H. Thurston, Rianna Vlierboom, Zoe Gutteridge, Corinne A. Pebody, Andrew R. Gates & Brian J. Bett. (2020) Are abyssal scavenging amphipod assemblages linked to climate cycles? Progress in Oceanography, 184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102318 -

Contacts

Tammy Horton
originator
position: Research Scientist
National Oceanography Centre
European Way
Southampton
SO14 3ZH
Hampshire
GB
email: tammy.horton@noc.ac.uk
homepage: http://www.noc.ac.uk/people/txh
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4250-1068

Tammy Horton
metadata author
position: Research Scientist
National Oceanography Centre
European Way
Southampton
SO14 3ZH
Hampshire
GB
email: tammy.horton@noc.ac.uk
homepage: http://www.noc.ac.uk/people/txh
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4250-1068

Tammy Horton
administrative point of contact
position: Research Scientist
National Oceanography Centre
European Way
Southampton
SO14 3ZH
Hampshire
GB
email: tammy.horton@noc.ac.uk
homepage: http://www.noc.ac.uk/people/txh
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4250-1068