{"id":1975,"date":"2023-09-18T13:06:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/?page_id=1975"},"modified":"2023-11-14T13:44:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:44:57","slug":"ecsi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/ecsi\/","title":{"rendered":"eCSI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-parallax\" style=\"min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div role=\"img\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2035 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/Coiba_Pixvae-3-banner.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:22vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5c27d8-ec, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5c27d8-ec[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5c27d8-ec\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;color:#ffffff;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5c27d8-ec mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5c27d8-ec[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5c27d8-ec\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading_5c27d8-ec wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5c27d8-ec\"><strong><strong>Using eDNA to understand<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\"><em><strong><strong>the diversity, distribution and ecological role of sharks and rays in the Tropical Eastern Pacific<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id_0e5c87-fd > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id_0e5c87-fd > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id_0e5c87-fd > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);}.kb-row-layout-id_0e5c87-fd > .kt-row-column-wrap > div:not(.added-for-specificity){grid-column:initial;}.kb-row-layout-id_0e5c87-fd > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 6fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id_0e5c87-fd > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 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.kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_69555c-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_69555c-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_69555c-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_69555c-7c{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_69555c-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_69555c-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column_69555c-7c\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-row-layout-id_246e69-3b > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id_246e69-3b > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id_246e69-3b > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(80% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(20% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)));}.kb-row-layout-id_246e69-3b > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id_246e69-3b > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id_246e69-3b > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id_246e69-3b alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column_d711b3-79 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_d711b3-79 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_d711b3-79 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_d711b3-79 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_d711b3-79 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_d711b3-79 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_d711b3-79{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_d711b3-79 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_d711b3-79 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column_d711b3-79\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p><em>Funding: Mark and Rachel Rohr Foundation<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>eCSI: \u201ce\u201d (environmental DNA) \u201cC\u201d (Conservation), \u201cS\u201d (Shark) \u201cI\u201d (Investigation)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#006a3a\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Human activities are responsible for major declines in population sizes and local species extinctions in most ecosystems across the globe. Marine \u201cdefaunation\u201d has disproportionately impacted elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) because of their high economic value. Yet, the magnitude and ecological consequences of the decline of most coastal and highly mobile species, remain difficult to quantify because of the absence of historical data, and, as inherently shy and elusive animals, they are difficult to census and study. <strong>The paucity of information on the distribution and ecology of elasmobranchs also challenges the design of effective conservation strategies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_a373f4-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_a373f4-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_a373f4-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_a373f4-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_a373f4-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_a373f4-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_a373f4-8c{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_a373f4-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_a373f4-8c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column_a373f4-8c\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-image_8d5edb-d3 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image_8d5edb-d3\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"173\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/logosharkoficial-01-logo-173x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1996\" 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class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-tiles.kb-gallery-id-_439f52-90{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-tiles.kb-gallery-id-_439f52-90 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-_439f52-90.kb-gallery-ul.kb-gallery-type-tiles .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner img, .kb-gallery-id-_439f52-90.kb-gallery-ul.kb-gallery-type-tiles > .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{height:300px;}.kb-gallery-id-_439f52-90 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-_439f52-90 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_439f52-90 aligncenter aligncenter wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-tiles kb-gallery-id-_439f52-90 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/Coiba_Pixvae-2-683x1024.jpg\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/Coiba_Pixvae-2.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/Coiba_Pixvae-2.jpg\" data-id=\"2041\" class=\"wp-image-2041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/Coiba_Pixvae-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/Coiba_Pixvae-2-200x300.jpg 200w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/Costa-Rica-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/Costa-Rica-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/Costa-Rica-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/Costa-Rica-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/Costa-Rica-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/opcion-2--1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/opcion-2--scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/opcion-2--scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"2053\" class=\"wp-image-2053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/opcion-2--1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/opcion-2--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/opcion-2--768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/opcion-2--1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/matthieuleray\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2023\/09\/opcion-2--2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are increasingly advocated as a strategy for protecting and managing shark and ray populations. MPAs are meant to decrease fishing pressure while simultaneously reducing local stressors. Yet, they are often designed without sufficient information on the biology and ecology of sharks and rays. For MPAs already in place, substantial uncertainty remains regarding which species benefit and how. This is because many traditional survey and monitoring methods for sharks and rays cannot deliver information at the pace needed to support conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this project, we use <strong>environmental DNA<\/strong> (i.e., DNA shed in the seawater in the form of mucus, blood, and waste) sequencing to significantly scale up our understanding of the diversity and distribution of elasmobrachs in the Tropical Eastern Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-_921918-83{overflow:hidden;}.kb-gallery-type-carousel.kb-gallery-id-_921918-83 .kt-blocks-carousel .kt-blocks-carousel-init:not( .splide-initialized ){margin-left:-5px;margin-right:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-carousel.kb-gallery-id-_921918-83 .kt-blocks-carousel .kt-blocks-carousel-init:not( .splide-initialized ) .kb-slide-item{padding-left:5px;padding-right:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-_921918-83 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and rays in the Tropical Eastern Pacific.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assess where <strong>critically endangered and vulnerable species<\/strong> of sharks and rays are present in the study area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Generate genomic resources<\/strong> for all shark and ray species of the Tropical Eastern Pacific.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This project will provide data that will be very valuable for the development of effective sustainable management strategies, especially in areas where artisanal fisherman communities subsist and rely on the resources provided by these marine ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#006a3a\">Collaborators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_1682b8-f4, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_1682b8-f4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_1682b8-f4\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_1682b8-f4 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_1682b8-f4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_1682b8-f4\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading_1682b8-f4 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_1682b8-f4\">Yehudi N. Rodr\u00edguez Arriati\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_e3fe2d-32, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_e3fe2d-32[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_e3fe2d-32\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-sm, 0.9rem);font-style:normal;color:#006a3a;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_e3fe2d-32 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_e3fe2d-32[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_e3fe2d-32\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading_e3fe2d-32 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_e3fe2d-32\">Universidad Maritima de Panama (UMIP)<\/h4>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_600ae2-fd, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_600ae2-fd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_600ae2-fd\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_600ae2-fd mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_600ae2-fd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_600ae2-fd\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_600ae2-fd wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_600ae2-fd\">Facultad de Ciencias del Mar (FACIMAR)<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_577fce-16, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_577fce-16[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_577fce-16\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_577fce-16 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_577fce-16[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_577fce-16\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_577fce-16 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_577fce-16\">Elasmobranch Ecology and Conservation<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_02706f-52, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_02706f-52[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_02706f-52\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_02706f-52 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_02706f-52[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_02706f-52\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_02706f-52 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_02706f-52\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Yehudi-N-Rodriguez-Arriatti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_82c61f-94, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_82c61f-94[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_82c61f-94\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_82c61f-94 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_82c61f-94[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_82c61f-94\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading_82c61f-94 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_82c61f-94\">Ilena Zanella\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c26aa9-38, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c26aa9-38[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c26aa9-38\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-sm, 0.9rem);font-style:normal;color:#006a3a;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c26aa9-38 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c26aa9-38[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c26aa9-38\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading_c26aa9-38 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c26aa9-38\">Misi\u00f3n Tibur\u00f3n\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_34f48b-f0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_34f48b-f0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_34f48b-f0\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_34f48b-f0 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_34f48b-f0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_34f48b-f0\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_34f48b-f0 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_34f48b-f0\">Elasmobranch Ecology and Conservation<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9915a4-8f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9915a4-8f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_9915a4-8f\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9915a4-8f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9915a4-8f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_9915a4-8f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_9915a4-8f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_9915a4-8f\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.misiontiburon.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c3e68c-ba, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c3e68c-ba[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c3e68c-ba\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c3e68c-ba mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c3e68c-ba[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c3e68c-ba\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading_c3e68c-ba wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c3e68c-ba\">\u00c1ngel Javier Vega<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_a48fca-21, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_a48fca-21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_a48fca-21\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-sm, 0.9rem);font-style:normal;color:#006a3a;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_a48fca-21 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_a48fca-21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_a48fca-21\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading_a48fca-21 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_a48fca-21\">Universidad de Panam\u00e1, Centro Universitario de Veraguas<\/h4>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_285861-5b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_285861-5b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_285861-5b\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_285861-5b mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_285861-5b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_285861-5b\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_285861-5b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_285861-5b\">Marine Ecology\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_81b95f-b2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_81b95f-b2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_81b95f-b2\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_81b95f-b2 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_81b95f-b2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_81b95f-b2\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_81b95f-b2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_81b95f-b2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cruveraguas.up.ac.pa\/es\/invest-enlac-interes\/302-angel-vega\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9586ee-a4, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9586ee-a4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_9586ee-a4\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9586ee-a4 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9586ee-a4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_9586ee-a4\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading_9586ee-a4 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_9586ee-a4\">Marcelo Merten Cruz\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_028e6f-a7, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_028e6f-a7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_028e6f-a7\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-sm, 0.9rem);font-style:normal;color:#006a3a;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_028e6f-a7 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_028e6f-a7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_028e6f-a7\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading_028e6f-a7 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_028e6f-a7\">Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil<\/h4>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f3fb9b-46, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f3fb9b-46[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_f3fb9b-46\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f3fb9b-46 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f3fb9b-46[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_f3fb9b-46\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_f3fb9b-46 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_f3fb9b-46\">Marine Conservation and Environmental DNA\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c82288-94, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c82288-94[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c82288-94\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c82288-94 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c82288-94[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c82288-94\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_c82288-94 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c82288-94\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Marcelo-Merten-Cruz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_41a4df-2b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_41a4df-2b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_41a4df-2b\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_41a4df-2b mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_41a4df-2b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_41a4df-2b\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading_41a4df-2b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_41a4df-2b\">Laetitia GE Wilkins\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_99466d-2c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_99466d-2c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_99466d-2c\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-sm, 0.9rem);font-style:normal;color:#006a3a;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_99466d-2c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_99466d-2c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_99466d-2c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading_99466d-2c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_99466d-2c\">Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_618246-4c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_618246-4c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_618246-4c\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_618246-4c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_618246-4c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_618246-4c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_618246-4c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_618246-4c\">Marine Host-Microbe Ecology and Evolution\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_2bb7b2-5c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_2bb7b2-5c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_2bb7b2-5c\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_2bb7b2-5c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_2bb7b2-5c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_2bb7b2-5c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_2bb7b2-5c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_2bb7b2-5c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoevoint.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c1322a-c0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c1322a-c0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c1322a-c0\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c1322a-c0 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c1322a-c0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c1322a-c0\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading_c1322a-c0 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c1322a-c0\">Benedict Yuen\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_21d0c3-43, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_21d0c3-43[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_21d0c3-43\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-sm, 0.9rem);font-style:normal;color:#006a3a;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_21d0c3-43 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_21d0c3-43[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_21d0c3-43\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading_21d0c3-43 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_21d0c3-43\">Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_b35739-fc, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_b35739-fc[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_b35739-fc\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_b35739-fc mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_b35739-fc[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_b35739-fc\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_b35739-fc wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_b35739-fc\">Marine Host-Microbe Ecology and Evolution<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5c8166-3a, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5c8166-3a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5c8166-3a\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5c8166-3a mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5c8166-3a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5c8166-3a\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_5c8166-3a wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5c8166-3a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoevoint.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_748e7e-c7, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_748e7e-c7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_748e7e-c7\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_748e7e-c7 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_748e7e-c7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_748e7e-c7\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading_748e7e-c7 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_748e7e-c7\">Oscar Puebla<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9a479a-6a, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9a479a-6a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_9a479a-6a\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-sm, 0.9rem);font-style:normal;color:#006a3a;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9a479a-6a mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9a479a-6a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_9a479a-6a\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading_9a479a-6a wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_9a479a-6a\">Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Germany<\/h4>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_aa02e3-4a, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_aa02e3-4a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_aa02e3-4a\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_aa02e3-4a mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_aa02e3-4a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_aa02e3-4a\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_aa02e3-4a wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_aa02e3-4a\">Fish Ecology and Evolution\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5c9e7a-7b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5c9e7a-7b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5c9e7a-7b\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5c9e7a-7b mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5c9e7a-7b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5c9e7a-7b\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_5c9e7a-7b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5c9e7a-7b\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.puebla-lab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_026dc0-e3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_026dc0-e3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_026dc0-e3\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_026dc0-e3 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_026dc0-e3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_026dc0-e3\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading_026dc0-e3 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_026dc0-e3\">Martin 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Germany\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_43cbad-54, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_43cbad-54[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_43cbad-54\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_43cbad-54 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_43cbad-54[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_43cbad-54\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_43cbad-54 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_43cbad-54\">Fish Ecology and Evolution\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_7357dd-0a, 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