About the Authors

Valentina Lauria

valentina.lauria@plymouth.ac.uk

Current address: Marine Institute, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Affiliation Ryan Institute, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

Anne Marie Power

Affiliation Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

Colm Lordan

Affiliation Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland

Adrian Weetman

Affiliation Marine Scotland Science, Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, Scotland

Mark P. Johnson

Affiliation Ryan Institute, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VL MPJ AMP. Performed the experiments: VL MPJ. Analyzed the data: VL MPJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VL AMP MPJ. Wrote the paper: VL MPJ AMP CL AW.