DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17272011
title: Movement Ecology of Flapper Skate (MEFS) Project Datasets

description: Movement Ecology of Flapper Skate (MEFS) Project Datasets

Introduction 

This repository collates the core Movement Ecology of Flapper Skate (MEFS) project datasets. The MEFS project was established to examine the movements of flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) in the Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area in Scotland (Thorburn et al., 2022). 

Datasets

The repository includes the following processed datasets:

* skateids - A dataset that defines the individuals that were tagged;* moorings - A dataset that defines the deployment and retrieval of passive acoustic telemetry receivers;* acoustics - A dataset comprising passive acoustic telemetry detections;* archival - A dataset comprising archival time series;

Archival and acoustic datasets are linked to individual and/or receiver characteristics by keys. The two main keys are:

* individual_id - a unique identifier for each individual;* receiver_id - a unique identifier for each unique receiver deployment;

To access the data in the form of an R package, see https://github.com/edwardlavender/MEFS. Access to this repository can be granted by E. Lavender. 

Project-specific datasets

The data form the basis for multiple research projects. For project-specific inputs, contact E. Lavender and/or J. Thorburn. 

Usage 

Data can be provided by NatureScot and the Marine Directorate pending scientific review and a completed material transfer agreement. Requests for the data should be submitted to James Thorburn (J.Thorburn2@napier.ac.uk). Data usage is subject to the conditions in the material transfer agreement. The data come with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. 

Acknowledgements 

Data were collected by Marine Scotland Science (now Marine Directorate), via projects SP004 and SP02B0, and Scottish Natural Heritage (now NatureScot), via project 015960, and made available through the Movement Ecology of Flapper Skate (MEFS) project funded by the same institutions (led by J. Thorburn). The MEFS project was developed via a PhD Studentship at the University of St Andrews, jointly funded by NatureScot, via the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS), and the Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling. MASTS is funded by the Scottish Funding Council (grant reference HR09011) and contributing institutions. Data collation and processing is described in Lavender (2022).

References

Lavender, E. (2022). Modelling the movements of flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) in relation to a Scottish Marine Protected Area. PhD Thesis. Univ. of St Andrews. 

Thorburn, J., Lavender, E., Cole, G., Smout, S., & James, M. (2022). Movement Ecology of the Flapper Skate. Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS). https://masts.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/MEFS-report.pdf

Citation

To cite the dataset, please use the following citation:

Movement Ecology of Flapper Skate Project. (2016). Movement Ecology of Flapper Skate Project Datasets [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17272010

Please also cite the relevant publication(s).