Detect coastal disturbances and climate change effects in coralligenous community through sentinel stations

Acknowledgments We want to warmly thank the Campo de Gibraltar, Centro de Investigaciones y Exploraciones Submarinas CIES Algeciras and CIES Tarifa Diving Centers, for their joint participation with the authors in a general "Citizen Science" program related to underwater sentinel stations. Also, we express our gratitude for the collaboration provided to the Seville Aquarium, Town Halls of Tarifa and La Lı´nea as well as to Puerto Deportivo La Alcaidesa, Club Marı´timo y Real Club Na´utico (RCN) de La Lı´nea. Finally, we would like to mention Academic Editor PLOS ONE and the reviewers of this paper for their valuable recommendations, which improved the contents of this work. Author Contributions Conceptualization: Jose´ C. Garcı´a-Go´mez. Data curation: Alexandre R. Gonza´lez. Formal analysis: Jose´ C. Garcı´a-Go´mez, Alexandre R. Gonza´lez. Funding acquisition: Jose´ C. Garcı´a-Go´mez. Investigation: Jose´ C. Garcı´a-Go´mez, Alexandre R. Gonza´lez, Manuel J. Maestre, Free Espinosa. Methodology: Jose´ C. Garcı´a-Go´mez. Project administration: Jose´ C. Garcı´a-Go´mez. Resources: Jose´ C. Garcı´a-Go´mez. Software: Alexandre R. Gonza´lez. Supervision: Jose´ C. Garcı´a-Go´mez. Validation: Jose´ C. Garcı´a-Go´mez, Alexandre R. Gonza´lez, Manuel J. Maestre, Free Espinosa. Visualization: Jose´ C. Garcı´a-Go´mez, Alexandre R. Gonza´lez. Writing – original draft: Jose´ C. Garcı´a-Go´mez, Alexandre R. Gonza´lez. Writing – review & editing: Jose´ C. Garcı´a-Go´mez, Alexandre R. Gonza´lez, Manuel J. Maes- tre, Free Espinosa. References

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