About the Authors

Carlinda Raílly Medeiros

carlindarailly@gmail.com

Affiliation Postgraduate program in Ecology and Conservation, State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Luiz Ubiratan Hepp

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Integrated Regional University of Alto Uruguai and Missões, Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Joana Patrício

Affiliation MARE–Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences, School of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Joseline Molozzi

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CRM LUH JM. Formal analysis: CRM LUH JM. Funding acquisition: JP. Investigation: CRM JM. Methodology: JP. Project administration: JM JP. Resources: JM JP. Supervision: JM JP. Validation: JM LUH. Visualization: CRM LUH JM. Writing – original draft: CRM LUH JM JP. Writing – review & editing: CRM LUH JM JP.