051cf809ee1b9ca41d52fd6a24ffbc90 English dataset c4f567e0e9c895f5dbc5038f3e520d6a Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk pointOfContact 2025-10-28 MEDIN 3.1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision WGS 84 1961 Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Bay of Biscay RV Sarsia Cruise October 2025-10-28 publication DASSH-1013 https://www.dassh.ac.uk Records from RV Sarsia Cruise in October 1961 to the European continental slope in the Bay of Biscay. Samples were collected using a dredge of unspecified type and identified by MBA staff. Records supplied by Dr. Eve Southward and collated by DASSH as part of the 'Dredging the Depths' project. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom info@mba.ac.uk owner Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom DASSH Data Manager dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk custodian Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom info@mba.ac.uk originator Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom DASSH Data Manager dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2025-12-16 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-09-28 revision Zoobenthos generic abundance Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-09-28 revision otherRestrictions Open access otherRestrictions CC-BY-4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 biota oceans -5.8000 -5.1833 46.6333 47.2000 SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation Atlantic Ocean SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation Bay of Biscay SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation Celtic Sea Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Western Channel and Celtic Sea ICES Rectangles 2021-01-06 creation 22E4 ICES Rectangles 2021-01-06 creation 23E4 ICES Statistical Areas 2021-01-06 creation VIIIa ICES Statistical Areas 2021-01-06 creation VIIId2 1961-10-04 1961-10-05 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision benthic boundary layer Delimited https://doi.org/10.17031/65d36258d3700 DOI link Data download link download 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 MEDIN data guideline for fish and benthos data by trawl or dredge 2018-10-08 publication Samples were collected using a dredge of unspecified type and identified by MBA staff. Records supplied by Dr. Eve Southward and collated by DASSH as part of the 'Dredging the Depths' project. This data has been reviewed against the DASSH Quality Assessment Criteria (http://doi.org/10.17031/64ccec5c7ba72) and been categorised as medium quality.