On the Brink: Mapping the Last Strongholds of the Critically Endangered Flapper Skate (<i>Dipturus intermedius</i>).

ABSTRACT: The flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) is a Critically Endangered skate distributed throughout the NE Atlantic and requiring urgent conservation measures. Existing models of the flapper skate's distribution are not detailed enough to inform management. The aim of this study was to develop more highly resolved predictions of the skate's distribution across its range, building on existing studies to provide a comprehensive baseline for flapper skate presence. Location The NE Atlantic shelf region. A Bayesian spatial binomial GAMM was used to model the distribution of flapper skate across the NE Atlantic shelf. Following an exhaustive search of fisheries-independent DATRAS catch records, skate presence was modelled as a function of environmental covariates and AIS fishing pressure da

SUBMITTER: Loca SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12209335 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature