Marine community trophic structure of Malpelo Island, Colombia from stable isotopes approach

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.E.M. thanks National Geographic Society for the research Grant No. CP-059ER-17 , Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT, México), Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC-UGR) in Granada, Spain, Fundación Mundo Azul and Elisa Areano in Guatemala, and the team of the Santuario de Fauna y Flora Malpelo: Nancy Murillo-Bohórquez, Paola Rojas-Malagón, and Harrinson Lozano-Campaz. We also thank Pacific Diving, the M/N ‘Seawolf’ and its crew, and the Fundación Alium Pacific. F.G.M., F.E.V., M.J.Z.R., and A.S.G. thank the Instituto Politécnico Nacional for the scholarships granted (COFAA and EDI). We thank the anonymous reviewers for improving the manuscript.