Publications by authors named "Sophie L Loca"
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- * The current research identifies these skates as two distinct species and highlights the consequences of this taxonomic uncertainty on fisheries management and conservation efforts.
- * The study employs a comprehensive taxonomic approach, integrating molecular data and various data sources, revealing that the flapper skate has a more limited distribution than previously thought, mostly found in Norway and parts of Ireland and Scotland, with fewer occurrences in Portugal and the Azores.
Essential fish habitats (EFHs) are critical for fish life-history events, including spawning, breeding, feeding or growth. This study provides evidence of EFHs for the critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) in the waters around the Orkney Isles, Scotland, based on citizen-science observation data. The habitats of potential egg-laying sites were parametrised as >20 m depth, with boulders or exposed bedrock, in moderate current flow (0.
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