Acknowledgments
First of all, we thank each of the authors of the chapters that have made this
compilation about Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America possible,
to share their knowledge and passion for such a star group. Muchas gracias!
We also would like to acknowledge the help and support of all the reviewers who
with their comments and suggestions improved this book: Chris Pomory, Cynthia
Lara de Castro, David Pawson, Harilaos Lessios, John Pearse, Manuel Rey Méndez,
Marc Eléaume, Martin Brogger, Nieves Elvira, Pablo González, Philip Lambert,
Rosa del Valle, Tim O’hara, Tom Hopkins. We wish to grant special
credit to John Lawrence and Jorge Cortés who with all the patience, interest,
and care reviewed each of the chapters, leaving their wisdom on every page.
We wish to grant special credit to all the students from the Laboratorio de
Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos from the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y
Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, for their help with the
final elaboration of the appendix: Mauricio Valdés De Anda, Julio Adrián Arriaga
Ochoa, Andrea Alejandra Caballero Ochoa, Tania Pineda Enríquez, Carolina
Martín Cao-Romero, Yoalli Quetzalli Hernández Díaz, Alejandra Martínez Melo,
Viridiana Tapia Ramírez, Guadalupe Bribiesca Contreras, Pedro Josué Garcés
Solchaga, Nancy Escandón Flores, Lucia Alejandra Hernández Herrejón and
Carlos García Linares.
We appreciate the help of Monica Chavez in preparing all the figures in this
book and Cindy Fernandez who always believed in this project and was a keystone
for the final elaboration. JJ Alvarado is grateful to CONACYT (México) and
CONICIT-MICIT (Costa Rica). Finally, we thank Marion Schnider and
SPRINGER for their interest in this book.
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First of all, we thank each of the authors of the chapters that have made this
compilation about Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America possible,
to share their knowledge and passion for such a star group. Muchas gracias!
We also would like to acknowledge the help and support of all the reviewers who
with their comments and suggestions improved this book: Chris Pomory, Cynthia
Lara de Castro, David Pawson, Harilaos Lessios, John Pearse, Manuel Rey Méndez,
Marc Eléaume, Martin Brogger, Nieves Elvira, Pablo González, Philip Lambert,
Rosa del Valle, Tim O’hara, Tom Hopkins. We wish to grant special
credit to John Lawrence and Jorge Cortés who with all the patience, interest,
and care reviewed each of the chapters, leaving their wisdom on every page.
We wish to grant special credit to all the students from the Laboratorio de
Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos from the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y
Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, for their help with the
final elaboration of the appendix: Mauricio Valdés De Anda, Julio Adrián Arriaga
Ochoa, Andrea Alejandra Caballero Ochoa, Tania Pineda Enríquez, Carolina
Martín Cao-Romero, Yoalli Quetzalli Hernández Díaz, Alejandra Martínez Melo,
Viridiana Tapia Ramírez, Guadalupe Bribiesca Contreras, Pedro Josué Garcés
Solchaga, Nancy Escandón Flores, Lucia Alejandra Hernández Herrejón and
Carlos García Linares.
We appreciate the help of Monica Chavez in preparing all the figures in this
book and Cindy Fernandez who always believed in this project and was a keystone
for the final elaboration. JJ Alvarado is grateful to CONACYT (México) and
CONICIT-MICIT (Costa Rica). Finally, we thank Marion Schnider and
SPRINGER for their interest in this book.
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