About the Authors

Katy R. Nicastro

Contributed equally to this work with: Katy R. Nicastro, Gerardo I. Zardi

Affiliation CCMAR-CIMAR Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal

Gerardo I. Zardi

Contributed equally to this work with: Katy R. Nicastro, Gerardo I. Zardi

zardi73@yahoo.it

Affiliation CCMAR-CIMAR Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal

Christopher D. McQuaid

Affiliation Department of Zoology & Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

Gareth A. Pearson

Affiliation CCMAR-CIMAR Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal

Ester A. Serrão

Affiliation CCMAR-CIMAR Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KRN GIZ. Performed the experiments: KRN GIZ CDM. Analyzed the data: KRN GIZ GAP EAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDM EAS GAP GIZ. Wrote the paper: GIZ KRN CDM. Provided editorial advice: EAS GAP.