NatureScot and Marine Scotland combined pit tag survey skate occupied 10km grid square data - Flapper skate and blue skate (formerly common skate) Dipturus intermedius and Dipturus batis ...

• Main Author: NatureScot
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NatureScot 2023
• Subjects: Common skate; Dipturus batis; Squalus acanthias
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/xf9ypv; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/abf93ebb-74fa-4f6b-9aba-39bbca9827b5

Pit tag surveys of flapper skate and blue skate (formerly common skate) Dipturus intermedius and Dipturus batis, were carried out by NatureScot (Scottish Natural Heritage as was) and Marine Scotland in the Firth of Lorn and Sound of Jura between June 2011 and March 2020. Data were combined to produce presence of skate in 10km grid squares and the most recent observation date [DD/MM/YYYY] assigned to the record (between April 2017 and March 2020). See also: Thorburn, J., Dodd, J. & Neat, F. 2018. Spatial ecology of flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius – Dipturus batis complex) and spurdog (Squalus acanthias) in relation to the Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Marine Protected Area and Loch Etive. Scottish Natural Heritage Research Report No. 1011 ...