About the Authors
- Francisco Kelmo
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* E-mail: kelmo@ufba.br
Affiliation Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus Universitário de Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- James J. Bell
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Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Martin J. Attrill
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Affiliation Marine Institute, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Co-author James Bell is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member, however, this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FK. Performed the experiments: FK. Analyzed the data: FK JJB MJA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FK MJA. Wrote the paper: FK JJB MJA. Led data analysis and interpretation: FK JJB MJA. Coordinated the overall research objectives and organised the sampling, identification of organisms and data collation throughout the survey, developed sampling methodology, input information on species biology and wrote the paper: FK.