5423c2f9d3505bd6a17a0ee286e1d7a8 English dataset Polly Hadžiabdić British Oceanographic Data Centre Head of the BODC Requests Team Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ pointOfContact 2026-03-16T08:26:04 MEDIN 3.1.1 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP Deep Sea Benthic Biodiversity British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048DEEPBENTHICBIO 2017-10-03 publication 2015-06-16 creation 2026-03-16 revision EDMED5775 http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ The deep sea benthic biodiversity dataset encompasses a wide range of benthic sampling and observational activities carried out by the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) since 1973. Data include analyses of samples obtained by fish trawls, benthic imagery and core sampling. The principle regions covered are the Arctic, North Atlantic and Rockall Trough and the Portuguese coast. Sampling has been carried out on numerous cruises, funded through various initiatives (ranging from NERC to commercially-funded ventures). A wide range of methods and equipment were used to obtain the information. These include Agassiz trawls, bed hop cameras, dredges, grabs, epibenthic sledges, corers and landers. Sampling of the macro and megabenthic community in the Rockall Trough (N.E. Atlantic) was primarily undertaken at two deep-sea permanent stations (54deg 40 N, 12deg 16 W in 2900m depth and 57deg 19 N, 10deg 28 W in 2200m depth) on a seasonal and interannual basis. Macrofauna samples were normally retained on 0.42mm sieves and sometimes 0.25mm. Net mesh sizes down to 0.3mm were also used. Sample processing was normally to major taxa then to family and, where possible, species groups. Partial sample processing of common echinoderms and bivalve molluscs for length/frequency/season data was carried out with most samples. Collaboration on taxonomy, where necessary, was with the Natural History Museum, London or the recognised experts in the field. These data help to build up a temporal and spatial record of regional biodiversity and consequently are a valuable tool to monitor the state of marine habitats. Unknown Scottish Association for Marine Science Unknown Argyll Oban PA37 1QA United Kingdom laurence.mee@sams.ac.uk http://www.sams.ac.uk owner Unknown Scottish Association for Marine Science Unknown Argyll Oban PA37 1QA United Kingdom laurence.mee@sams.ac.uk http://www.sams.ac.uk originator British Oceanographic Data Centre Director Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ custodian British Oceanographic Data Centre Director Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ distributor asNeeded Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 revision Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts Shellfish morphology, age and physiology Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision unknown SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision otherRestrictions No limitations apply Data are freely available otherRestrictions No conditions apply English biota oceans -22.00 20.00 37.00 85.00 SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision North Atlantic Ocean SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision Arctic Ocean 1973-01-01 2003-07-30 Documents https://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/contact_us/contact_details/ Enquiries contact details BODC's address, telephone and fax numbers for general enquiries offlineAccess dataset COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. Submissions (as received) are placed in a long-term accession and stored in triplicate across multiple sites. Appropriate data are transferred into a standard internal format with source variable names mapped to controlled vocabularies, documentation assembled, and metadata loaded into BODC databases. Access to these data is through direct request, the BODC website and through partner repositories such as SeaDataNet. Access control is attained by assigning a data policy to each set of data and this policy is used to administer access when data are requested. Discovery metadata is aligned with EU INSPIRE (through MEDIN) and SeaDataNet community standards. Data are converted to open community formats including Ocean Data View ASCII and SeaDataNet NetCDF, with data described using terms from the NERC vocabulary server. BODC submission agreements are documented on the BODC website and customer service is assured with a dedicated requests team that serve data following local regulations including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004. true This dataset was created by the organisations with the "originator" role in this metadata record and provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre for long term archive and management.Instrument(s) used to collect data: pelagic trawl nets; cameras; unconsolidated sediment corers; sediment dredges; beam trawls; sediment grabs.