About the Authors

Jolanda M. H. Verspagen

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Microbiology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dedmer B. Van de Waal

Affiliations Department of Aquatic Microbiology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Jan F. Finke

Current address: Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Microbiology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Petra M. Visser

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Microbiology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Ellen Van Donk

Affiliations Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Institute of Environmental Biology, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jef Huisman

j.huisman@uva.nl

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Microbiology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMHV DBVDW PMV EVD JH. Performed the experiments: JMHV DBVDW JFF. Analyzed the data: JMHV DBVDW JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EVD JH. Wrote the paper: JMHV DBVDW JH. Designed the model: JMHV JH.