Environmental influence on the bottom and near-bottom megafauna communities of the Dogger Bank: a long-term survey

Table 1 Methods and range of temperature records, including sampling effort

Year	Samples	Gear	Range	Year	Samples	Gear	Range
1991	37 (+0)	Dtp	su	2001	37 (+15)	Dtp	su
1992	37 (+0)	Dtp	su	2002	37 (+8)	RCM	–
1993	24 (+0)	Dtp	su, sed	2003	37 (+16)	CTD	wc
1994	37 (+8)	Dtp	su, sed	2004	37 (+14)	Dtp	su
1995	37 (+18)	Dtp	su, [sed]	2005	22 (+0)	CTD	wc
1996	37 (+16)	Dtp	su, sed	2006	37 (+16)	CTD	wc
1997	37 (+15)	Dtp, CTD	su, wc	2008	37 (+3)	CTD	wc
1999	37 (+15)	Dtp, CTD	[su], wc	2009	37 (+16)	Dtp, RCM	su, wc

Columns 1 and 5: cruise years. Columns 2 and 6: number of samples per cruise. Curved brackets indicate the number of additional sampling passes (48-h sampling) on station 40. Columns 3 and 7: gear used (Dtp = Digital temperature probe; CTD = CTD probe; RCM = RCM9 probe). Columns 4 and 8: range of water body where measurement was taken (su surface, sed sediment, wc water column). Box brackets indicate where only a minor part of stations was probed (1995 sed—11:37; 1999 su—15:37)

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