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DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.170v1/supp-1

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Competing Interests

Adrian Munguia-Vega is an employee of Comunidad y Biodiversidad A.C.

Author Contributions

Adrian Munguia-Vega conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, wrote the paper.

Brad Erisman conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, wrote the paper.

Alexis Jackson conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, wrote the paper.

Silvio Guido Marinone conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.

Marcia Moreno-Baez performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.

Alfredo Giron performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.

Tad Pfister conceived and designed the experiments, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.

Octavio Aburto-Oropeza contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, wrote the paper.

Jorge Torre conceived and designed the experiments, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, wrote the paper.

Animal Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

We obtained approval of our sampling protocol by the University of California Santa Cruz IACUC protocol Berng1101

Field Study Permissions

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

Scientific collection permits were acquired from SAGARPA (No. DGOPA.09151.260809.2885 and DAPA/2/020511/01197)

Grant Disclosures

The following grant information was disclosed by the authors:

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (grant award #2008- 32210, #2013-39400)

University of California Office of the President (UC-HBCU Initiative grant)

Marine Conservation Institute (Mia J. Tegner memorial research grant)

Ecology Project International

CenTread

Dr. Earl H. Myers and Ethel M. Myers Oceanographic and Marine Biology Trust

FCT (SFRH/BPD/26901/2006)

Friends of Long Marine Lab

Pew Fellowship Program on Marine Conservation

Walton Family Foundation

DNA Deposition

The following information was supplied regarding the deposition of DNA sequences:

Genbank Accesion numbers have been recently requested and will be provided prior to publication

Funding

This work was funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, National Geographic (Young Explorers Grant #8928-11), the University of California Office of the President (UC-HBCU Initiative grant), Marine Conservation Institute (Mia J. Tegner memorial research grant), Ecology Project International, CenTread, the Dr. Earl H. Myers and Ethel M. Myers Oceanographic and Marine Biology Trust, FCT (SFRH/BPD/26901/2006) and the Friends of Long Marine Lab. Additional funding for this research was provided by Dr. Exequiel Ezcurra through the Pew Fellowship Program on Marine Conservation, and several grants from the Walton Family Foundation. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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