Permits to sampling in the RNES and RNET marine protected areas were granted by ICNF. The authors are grateful to António Manuel Pereira (IPMA) for helping with laboratory procedures for sediment physico-chemical analyses. The authors are grateful to the researchers who shared their data for the meta-analysis compilation, namely Kenneth Dutton and Martin Plus. Studies in Costa Rica were funded by the Vicerrecto...
Funding Information: This work was supported by Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (JCC, FAPERJ- E26/201.286/2014) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (JCC, CNPq- 307117/2014–6) and Santander Bank staff mobility funding through Swansea University, UK. Studies in Costa Rica were funded by the Vicerrectoría de Investigación at the Universida...