Population and seascape genomics of a critically endangered benthic elasmobranch, the blue skate Dipturus batis

• Published in: Evolutionary Applications
• Main Authors: Aurélien Delaval, Michelle Frost, Victoria Bendall, Stuart J. Hetherington, David Stirling, Galice Hoarau, Catherine S. Jones, Leslie R. Noble
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: blue skate; climate change; conservation; Dipturus batis; population genomics; seascape genomics; Evolution; QH359-425; Rockall Trough; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13327; https://doaj.org/article/14cc62406f7647e9812441f8a25a15f9

Abstract The blue skate (Dipturus batis) has a patchy distribution across the North‐East Atlantic Ocean, largely restricted to occidental seas around the British Isles following fisheries‐induced population declines and extirpations. The viability of remnant populations remains uncertain and could b...