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Authors
Ramos, Barbara
González-Acuña, Daniel
Loyola, David E.
Johnson, Warren E.
Parker, Patricia G.
Massaro, Melanie
Dantas, Gisele P. M.
Miranda, Marcelo D.
Vianna, Juliana A.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (11110060 and 1150517)
Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH T12-13)
Universidad Andres Bello (DI-410-13/I)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (482501/2013-8 and 490403/2008-5)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2009/08624)
Directorate for Biological Sciences (ANT 0944411)
Ministry of Science and Innovation, New Zealand (C01X1001)
Saint Louis Zoo
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Article History
Received: 5 April 2017
Accepted: 28 December 2017
First Online: 16 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All samples were collected with permits in accordance to Annex II, Article 3 of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, and the regulation from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) provided by the Chilean Antarctic Authorities (permits INACH 44/2012, 45/2016, 46/2016) and the Brazilian Antarctic Authorities through the PROANTAR and Environmental Ministry (N°21/2011 and N 20/2012), and other permits from Subsecretaria de Pesca (Chile, 04/2008, 110/2012, 2086/2014) from other locations. The permits incorporated authorization for sample collection for all locations including special authorization to the studied protected areas. A bioethics permit was provided by Universidad de Concepción and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, which was required to obtain INACH permits and Fondecyt project.
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