First observation of a skate egg case nursery in the Ross Sea

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Finucci, Brittany, Chin, Caroline, O'Neill, Helen L., White, William T., Pinkerton, Matthew H.
• Other Authors: Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment, University of Auckland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2024
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Adare; Cape Adare; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15688; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfb.15688

Abstract Areas of importance to Southern Ocean skates are poorly defined. Here, we identify a deepwater skate egg case nursery in a discrete location at ~460 m depth off Cape Adare in the Southern Ocean. This is the first confirmed observation of a skate nursery area in the Ross Sea and only the sec...