Relative abundance and diversity of sharks and predatory fishes across Marine Protected Areas of the Tropical Eastern Pacific

• Simon J. McKinley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Charles Darwin Foundation, Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3106-2354

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• Sarah F. Hansen,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Charles Darwin Foundation, Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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• Denisse Fierro-Arcos,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Battery Point, Australia

  Affiliation Charles Darwin Foundation, Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5039-6272

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• Megan E. Cundy,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences and Ocean Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

  Affiliation Charles Darwin Foundation, Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7975-0434

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• Magdalena Mossbrucker,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Charles Darwin Foundation, Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5250-8901

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• Gabriel M. S. Vianna,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Charles Darwin Foundation, Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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• Jenifer Suarez-Moncada,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Galapagos National Park Directorate, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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• Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Pelagios-Kakunja A.C., La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Fins Attached Marine Research and Conversation, Colorado Springs, Colarado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4318-2655

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• Sandra Bessudo-Lion,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fundación Malpelo y Otros Ecosistemas Marinos, Bogotá, Colombia,

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• Enric Sala,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington DC, United States of America

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• Pelayo Salinas-de-León

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pelayo.salinas@fcdarwin.org.ec

  Affiliations Charles Darwin Foundation, Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington DC, United States of America, Guy Harvey Research Institute and Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Research Center, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9155-8373

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