About the Authors
- Juan José Cruz-Motta
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* E-mail: juancruz@usb.ve
Affiliations Departamento de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela, Centro de Biodiversidad Marina, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela
- Patricia Miloslavich
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Affiliations Departamento de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela, Centro de Biodiversidad Marina, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela
- Gabriela Palomo
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Affiliation Laboratorio de Ecosistemas Costeros, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Katrin Iken
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Affiliation School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
- Brenda Konar
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Affiliation School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
- Gerhard Pohle
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Affiliation The Huntsman Marine Science Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada
- Tom Trott
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Affiliation Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
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Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia, University of Pisa, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
- César Herrera
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Affiliation Centro de Biodiversidad Marina, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela
- Alejandra Hernández
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Affiliation Centro de Biodiversidad Marina, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela
- Adriana Sardi
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Affiliation Centro de Biodiversidad Marina, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela
- Andrea Bueno
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Affiliation Centro de Biodiversidad Marina, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela
- Julio Castillo
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Affiliation Centro de Biodiversidad Marina, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela
- Eduardo Klein
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Affiliations Departamento de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela, Centro de Biodiversidad Marina, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela
- Edlin Guerra-Castro
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Affiliation Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela
- Judith Gobin
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Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, The University of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
- Diana Isabel Gómez
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Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras “Jose Benito Vives De Andreis”, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
- Rafael Riosmena-Rodríguez
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Affiliation Programa de Investigación en Botánica Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, México
- Angela Mead
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Affiliation University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Gregorio Bigatti
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Affiliation Centro de Estudios Nacionales Patagónicos, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
- Ann Knowlton
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Affiliation School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
- Yoshihisa Shirayama
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Affiliation Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Shirahama, Wakayama, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JJCM PM KI BK LBC. Performed the experiments: JJCM GP KI BK GP TT LBC CH AH AS AB JG DIG GB YS. Analyzed the data: JJCM GP KI BK LBC CH AH AS AB JC EK EGC ALK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJCM PM GP KI BK JG DIG. Wrote the paper: JJCM GP KI BK TT. Provided data: JC EK RR-R AM.