About the Authors

Klemens Pütz

puetz@antarctic-research.de

Affiliation Antarctic Research Trust, Bremervörde, Germany

Phil N. Trathan

Affiliation British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Julieta Pedrana

Affiliation Recursos Naturales y Gestión Ambiental, CONICET - INTA, Balcarce, Argentina

Martin A. Collins

Affiliations British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Government of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, Stanley FIQQ 1ZZ, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

Sally Poncet

Affiliations Antarctic Research Trust, Stanley, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, South Georgia Surveys, Stanley, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

Benno Lüthi

Affiliation Antarctic Research Trust (Switzerland), Forch, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KP PNT. Performed the experiments: KP MC SP. Analyzed the data: KP PNT JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP BL. Wrote the paper: KP PNT JP.