Survey data for marine litter biofoulers from the North Sea, Irish Sea, English Channel between December 2020 and July 2024

The data includes survey names, station names, replicate details including date, depth, latitude and longitude. The samples were collected from UK waters between December 2020 and July 2024 to analyse the biofouling communities living on the seafloor litter, with a secondary aim of identifying non-native species among the fouling communities. Survey data for trawl samples taken on the following surveys: CEND 18/20 : December 2020 : 8 replicates, CEND 06/21 : April 2021 : 12 replicates, CEND 15/22 : September 2022 : 13 replicates, CEND 01/23 : January 2023 : 12 replicates, CEND 04/23 : March 2023 : 1 replicate, CEND 09/23 : July 2023 : 13 replicates, CEND 10/23 : July 2023 : 2 replicates, CEND 14/23 : September 2023 : 9 replicates, CEND 19/23 : December 2023 : 6 replicates, CEND 04/24 : March 2024 : 6 replicates, CEND 12/24 : July 2024 : 6 replicates.