About the Authors

Max Wisshak

max.wisshak@senckenberg.de

Affiliation Marine Research Department, SENCKENBERG am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Christine H. L. Schönberg

Affiliation Oceans Institute at the University of Western Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Armin Form

Affiliation Marine Biogeochemistry, GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany

André Freiwald

Affiliation Marine Research Department, SENCKENBERG am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW CHLS A. Form A. Freiwald. Performed the experiments: MW CHLS. Analyzed the data: MW CHLS A. Form. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MW CHLS A. Form. Wrote the paper: MW CHLS A. Form A. Freiwald. Initiated the study and obtained the funding: CHLS A. Freiwald.