About the Authors

Valentina Lauria

valentina.lauria@nuigalway.ie

Current address: Martin Ryan Institute, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Affiliation Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, Plymouth University, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Martin J. Attrill

Affiliation Marine Institute, Plymouth University, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

John K. Pinnegar

Affiliation Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Andrew Brown

Affiliation Natural England, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Martin Edwards

Affiliation Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS), Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Stephen C. Votier

Affiliation Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, Plymouth University, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Co-author Stephen Votier is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VL MJA JKP AB ME SCV. Analyzed the data: VL MJA SCV. Wrote the paper: VL MJA JKP AB ME SCV.