Xavier, Raquel http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8800-3924
Pereira, Ana
Pagan, Andres
Hendrick, Gina C.
Nicholson, Matthew D.
Rosado, Daniela
Soares, Marta C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5213-2377
Pérez-Losada, Marcos http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2585-4657
Sikkel, Paul C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (PTDC/MAR-BIO/0902/2014 -POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016550, PTDC/BIA-MIC/27995/2017 POCI-01-0145-FEDER-027995, IF/00359/2015, PD/BD/114357/2016, SFRH/BD/117943/2016, SFRH/BD/144928/2019)
National Science Foundation (OCE-1536794)
Article History
Received: 12 January 2020
Accepted: 26 May 2020
First Online: 22 June 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest and declare that this work was funded the by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the COMPETE program and by National Funds through FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology (project PTDC/MAR-BIO/0902/2014 -POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016550; project PTDC/BIA-MIC/27995/2017 POCI-01-0145-FEDER-027995; SFRH/BD/144928/2019; PD/BD/114357/2016; SFRH/BD/117943/2016; IF/00359/2015) and the National Science Foundation grant OCE-1536794 (PC Sikkel, PI). All animal subjects were handled in compliance with Arkansas State University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) protocol number 778227-1, P.C. Sikkel, PI. All collecting activities were conducted as permitted by the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) and the Puerto Rico Departamento De Recursos Naturales Y Ambientales (DRNA).
: No human subjects were involved and, therefore, no informed consent was required. All animal subjects were handled in compliance with Arkansas State University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) protocol number 778227-1, P.C. Sikkel, PI. All collecting activities were conducted as permitted by the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) and the Puerto Rico Departamento De Recursos Naturales Y Ambientales (DRNA).
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