The following supplement accompanies the article
Mangrove fish assemblages from data-sparse regions and the measurement
of ecological equivalence: Comment on Sheaves (2012)
Gustavo Adolfo Castellanos-Galindo1,2,3, Uwe Krumme2,4,*
1
Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Fahrenheitstr. 6, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Centre of Excellence in Marine Sciences (CEMarin), Cra. 2 No. 11-68, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano,
47004 Santa Marta, Colombia
3
Grupo de Investigación en Ecología de Estuarios y Manglares, Departmento de Biología, Universidad del Valle,
A. A. 25360, Cali, Colombia
4
Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute (TI), Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and
Fisheries, Alter Hafen Süd 2, 18069 Rostock, Germany
2
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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