About the Authors

Martha Valdez-Moreno

mvaldez@ecosur.mx

Affiliation El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Carolina Quintal-Lizama

Affiliation El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Ricardo Gómez-Lozano

Affiliation Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Cozumel, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

María del Carmen García-Rivas

Affiliation Reserva de la Bisofera Banco Chinchorro, Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Xcalak Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MVM. Performed the experiments: MVM CQL. Analyzed the data: MVM CQL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CQL RGL MCGR. Wrote the paper: MVM CQL RGL MCGR.