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Sessile exotic species moving around: calcareous sponges on boat hulls

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Acknowledgements

We thank Marcelo Alhadas for letting us collect the sponges from his boat and for his field support. We also thank the referees who much improved the manuscript.

Funding

This study was funded by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (fellowship 305451/2017–0), Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (grant SEI-260003/001170/2020; fellowship E-26/200.912/2021), and PADI Foundation (grant #40747).

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  1. Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941902, Brazil

    Bárbara Ribeiro & Michelle Klautau

  2. Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23897000, Seropédica, Brazil

    André Padua

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BR, AP, and MK conceived and designed research. BR and AP conducted experiments. BR, AP, and MK analysed data. BR, AP, and MK wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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Ribeiro, B., Padua, A. & Klautau, M. Sessile exotic species moving around: calcareous sponges on boat hulls. Mar. Biodivers. 52, 3 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01249-x

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