A comparison of vertebral preparation techniques for increasing reader precision and agreement in vertebral band pair identification of Northeast Atlantic skates

• Eleanor S. I. Greenway ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: eleanor.greenway@wur.nl

  Affiliations Aquaculture and Fisheries Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Wageningen Marine Research, Haringkade 1, 1976 CP, IJmuiden, The Netherland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7715-7987

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• Lorenzo L. Elias,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine and Estuarine Biodiversity, Arcadis, Piet Mondriaanlaan 26, 3812 GV, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

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• Antonella Consiglio,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation COISPA Tecnologia & Ricerca, Stazione Sperimentale per lo Studio delle Risorse del Mare, Bari, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3472-2493

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• Andrea Bellodi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Integrated Marine Ecology, Calabria Marine Center, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli (SZN), C.da Torre Spaccata, Amendolara, Italy, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, via T. Fiorelli 1 Cagliari, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9017-1692

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• Blondine Agus,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Integrated Marine Ecology, Calabria Marine Center, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli (SZN), C.da Torre Spaccata, Amendolara, Italy, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, via T. Fiorelli 1 Cagliari, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1180-2362

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• Jurgen Batsleer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wageningen Marine Research, Haringkade 1, 1976 CP, IJmuiden, The Netherland

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• Karen Bekaert,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Animal Sciences Unit, Fisheries and Aquatic Production, Jacobsenstraat 1, Ostend, Belgium

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• Pierluigi Carbonara,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation COISPA Tecnologia & Ricerca, Stazione Sperimentale per lo Studio delle Risorse del Mare, Bari, Italy

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• Manfredi Madia,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, via T. Fiorelli 1 Cagliari, Italy, Sicily Marine Centre, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo, Palermo, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6201-9741

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• Mauro Sinopoli,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sicily Marine Centre, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo, Palermo, Italy

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• Michele Palmisano,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation COISPA Tecnologia & Ricerca, Stazione Sperimentale per lo Studio delle Risorse del Mare, Bari, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9311-8029

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• Ilse Maertens,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Animal Sciences Unit, Fisheries and Aquatic Production, Jacobsenstraat 1, Ostend, Belgium

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• Jan Jaap Poos

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Aquaculture and Fisheries Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Wageningen Marine Research, Haringkade 1, 1976 CP, IJmuiden, The Netherland

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