About the Authors

Stefano Marra

s.marra@iamc.cnr.it

Affiliations Institute for Coastal Marine Environment-National Research Council (IAMC-CNR), Oristano, Italy, Department of Ecology and Biology, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

Stefania Coppa

Affiliation Institute for Coastal Marine Environment-National Research Council (IAMC-CNR), Oristano, Italy

Andrea Camedda

Affiliation Institute for Coastal Marine Environment-National Research Council (IAMC-CNR), Oristano, Italy

Carlotta Mazzoldi

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Francesco Wrachien

Affiliation Marine Protected Area “Penisola del Sinis-Isola di Mal di Ventre”, Cabras, Italy

Giorgio Massaro

Affiliation Marine Protected Area “Penisola del Sinis-Isola di Mal di Ventre”, Cabras, Italy

G. Andrea de Lucia

Affiliation Institute for Coastal Marine Environment-National Research Council (IAMC-CNR), Oristano, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GAL. Performed the experiments: SM SC AC FW GM. Analyzed the data: SM SC CM GAL. Wrote the paper: SM SC AC CM FW GM GAL.