Mura-Jornet, Isidora
Pimentel, Carolina
Dantas, Gisele P. M.
Petry, Maria Virginia
González-Acuña, Daniel
Barbosa, Andrés
Lowther, Andrew D.
Kovacs, Kit M.
Poulin, Elie
Vianna, Juliana A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2330-7825
Funding for this research was provided by:
Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH T_27-10, RT_12-14)
FONDECYT (110060)
FONDECYT (1150517)
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (482501/2013-8)
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (INCT-APA 574018/2008-5)
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (CGL2004-01348,, CGL2007-60369, CTM2011-24427)
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT PIA ACT172065 GAB)
Article History
Received: 25 September 2017
Accepted: 3 June 2018
First Online: 13 June 2018
Change Date: 25 July 2018
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: Correction to: BMC Evolutionary Biology (2018) 18:90
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1207-0
Change Details: .
Ethics approval
: Samples from the WAP were collected with permits in accordance to Annex II, Article 3 of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, and under regulation of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) provided by the Chilean Antarctic Authorities (INACH), the Brazilian Antarctic Authorities through PROANTAR and Environmental Ministry, and the Spanish Polar Committee. Permits incorporated authorizations for sample collection for all locations including special authorizations for Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPAs). Bioethics permits were provided by Universidad de Concepción and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, which were required for INACH permits. Samples from Bouvetøya were collected under Animal Ethics and sampling Permit #7001 issued by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.
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