About the Authors
- Manuel Maldonado
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* E-mail: maldonado@ceab.csic.es
Affiliation Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Blanes, Girona, Spain
- Ricardo Aguilar
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Affiliation Oceana, Madrid, Spain
- Jorge Blanco
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Affiliation Oceana, Madrid, Spain
- Silvia García
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Affiliation Oceana, Madrid, Spain
- Alberto Serrano
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Affiliation Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico Santander, Santander, Spain
- Antonio Punzón
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Affiliation Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico Santander, Santander, Spain
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MM RA. Performed the experiments: MM RA JB SG AP AS. Analyzed the data: MM RA AP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM RA JB SG AS AP. Wrote the paper: MM RA AP AS. Responsible for the taxonomic study and the oceanographic setting: MM. Collected, processed and mapped field data: RA JB SG. Helped collect, process and map field data: AS. Filtered and analyzed VMS data: AP AS. Collected information on plans for exploitation of hydrcarbons at the Balearic Sea: MM RS.