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• Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

• NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

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What are my rights as author?
It is important to check the policy for the journal to which you are submitting or publishing to establish your rights as Author. Bioma’s standard policies allow the following re-use rights:
1. The journal allow the author(s) to hold the copyright.
2. The journal allow the author(s) to obtain publishing rights.
3. You may do whatever you wish with the version of the article you submitted to the journal.
4. Once the article has been accepted for publication, you may post the accepted version of the article on your own personal website, your department's website or the repository of your institution.
5. You may use the published article for your own teaching needs or to supply on an individual basis to research colleagues, provided that such supply is not for commercial purposes.
6. When posting or re-using the article please provide a link to the appropriate DOI for the published version of the article on Bioma Journal.