About the Authors

Begoña Martínez-Crego

bmcrego@ualg.pt

Affiliation Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Faro, Portugal

Pedro Arteaga

Affiliation Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Faro, Portugal

Alexandra Ueber

Affiliation University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Aschwin H. Engelen

Affiliation Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Faro, Portugal

Rui Santos

Affiliation Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Faro, Portugal

Markus Molis

Affiliation Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Section Functional Ecology, Bremerhaven, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BMC MM AE. Performed the experiments: BMC PA AU MM. Analyzed the data: BMC MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BMC RS AE. Wrote the paper: BMC. Designed and performed additional experiments and chemical analyses: BMC PA. Pictures and figures authors: BMC PA. Provided conditions for hosting the research: RS. Contributed to written revisions: MM AE RS AU.