Wilbur, Lynn MicheleKuepper, FrithjofLouca, Vasilis2025-01-162025-01-162024-08-14Wilbur, L M, Kuepper, F & Louca, V 2024, 'Analyzing Species Diversity in Rocky Intertidal Communities over Multiple Spatial Scales among Understudied Eastern Pacific Ecoregions', Diversity, vol. 16, no. 8, 498. https://doi.org/10.3390/d160804981424-2818ORCID: /0000-0001-9560-0479/work/176747660https://hdl.handle.net/2164/24888The authors would like to express their appreciation and thanks to Marco Cardeña Mormontoy and the Rangers and staff at the Reserva Punta San Juan in San Juan de Marcona, Peru, and to Yuri Hooker-Mantilla and Susana Cárdenas Alayaza from the Center for Environmental Sustainability at Universidad Peruana de Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, for their partnership, supervision, assistance with permitting, and fieldwork; to Bruno Ibanez Erquiaga for his assistance with fieldwork and logistics; to Henry Larsen for his assistance in the field; to Eduardo Salcedo for his unconditional support as a liaison with UPCH administrative staff; to Ros.marie Hardmeier at UPCH for making the Memorandum Agreement between UPCH and University of Aberdeen a reality; to the Ministero de la Producción de Peru (PRODUCE) for providing the permit to collect marine specimen; the Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales (SERNANP) for their permission to conduct field work within the Reserve; to Shaleyla Kalez of EcoOceanica for her assistance with lodging and other logisitics in the Guayaquil ecoregion of Peru; to Professor Aldo Pacheco at the Universidad de Antofagasta for opening his home and helping with logistics and species identification in the Chilean portion of the Humboldtian Narrow-Shelf ecoregion. Our heartfelt thanks goes to Marina Sissini at PELD ILOC for sequencing the marker from our articulated calcareous algal specimen to the Hidalgo family (Carlos Justo Hidalgo, Mercedes Venegas Guzman, Carlos Hidalgo, and Monica Hidalgo) for opening their home in Lima and offering their undying friendship and support during our field seasons; to Carolina Linan Rojas for her friendship and help with forming the necessary partnerships. This study was partially supported by the University of Aberdeen School of Biological Sciences.3210745613engrocky intertidaldiversityrichnesscommunityfunctional groupsalgaeinvertebratesQH301 BiologySupplementary Informationhttps://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/d16080498/s1QH301Journal article10.3390/d16080498168