About the Authors

Christian J. Salvadeo

chsalvadeo@yahoo.com.mx

Affiliations Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Ap. Post 19-B, La Paz, B.C.S. 23081, México, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, La Paz, B.C.S., C.P. 23096, México

Alejandro Gómez-Gallardo U.

Affiliation Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Ap. Post 19-B, La Paz, B.C.S. 23081, México

Mauricio Nájera-Caballero

Affiliation Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Ap. Post 19-B, La Paz, B.C.S. 23081, México

Jorge Urbán-Ramirez

Affiliation Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Ap. Post 19-B, La Paz, B.C.S. 23081, México

Daniel Lluch-Belda

Affiliation Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas-Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Instituto Politécnico Nacional s/n, Playa Palo de Santa Rita, C. P. 23096, La Paz, B.C.S., México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Funding from Exportadora de Sal Sa de CV had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript; and these had no conflicts of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JUR AGG. Performed the experiments: MNC AGG JUR CS. Analyzed the data: CS AGG MNC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS AGG MNC DLB. Wrote the paper: CS AGG MNC JUR DLB.