About the Authors

Frederico Carvalho Dias

Contributed equally to this work with: Frederico Carvalho Dias, José Gomes-Pereira, Inês Tojeira

frederico.dias@emepc.mam.gov.pt

Affiliation Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf (EMEPC), Paço de Arcos, Portugal

José Gomes-Pereira

Contributed equally to this work with: Frederico Carvalho Dias, José Gomes-Pereira, Inês Tojeira

Affiliations Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf (EMEPC), Paço de Arcos, Portugal, MARE—Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Centre of IMAR, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal

Inês Tojeira

Contributed equally to this work with: Frederico Carvalho Dias, José Gomes-Pereira, Inês Tojeira

Affiliation Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf (EMEPC), Paço de Arcos, Portugal

Miguel Souto

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf (EMEPC), Paço de Arcos, Portugal

Andreia Afonso

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf (EMEPC), Paço de Arcos, Portugal

António Calado

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf (EMEPC), Paço de Arcos, Portugal

Pedro Madureira

Affiliation Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf (EMEPC), Paço de Arcos, Portugal

Aldino Campos

Affiliation Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf (EMEPC), Paço de Arcos, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FCD JG-P IT. Performed the experiments: MS AA A. Calado. Analyzed the data: FCD JG-P IT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FCD JG-P IT MS AA A. Calado PM A. Campos. Wrote the paper: FCD JG-P IT MS AA A. Calado PM A. Campos.