About the Authors

José C. Xavier

jccx@cantab.net

Affiliations Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK

Philip N. Trathan

Affiliation British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK

Filipe R. Ceia

Affiliation Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Geraint A. Tarling

Affiliation British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK

Stacey Adlard

Affiliation British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK

Derren Fox

Affiliation British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK

Ewan W. J. Edwards

Affiliation British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK

Rui P. Vieira

Current address: Graduate School of the National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, United Kingdom.

Affiliation Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Renata Medeiros

Affiliation Cardiff University, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Sir Martin Evans Building, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Claude De Broyer

Affiliation Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Rue Vautier 29, Bruxelles, Belgium

Yves Cherel

Affiliation Centre d´Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UPR 7372 du CNRS-Université de La Rochelle, Villiers-en-Bois, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JX PT GT YC. Data curation: JX. Formal analysis: JX FC RM YC. Funding acquisition: JX PT. Investigation: JX PT FC SA DF EE RV RM CB. Methodology: JX PT FC SA DF EE RV RM CB. Project administration: JX PT. Resources: JX PT. Software: JX FC RM. Supervision: JX PT YC. Validation: JX. Visualization: JX FC RM. Writing – original draft: JX PT FC GT RM YC. Writing – review & editing: JX PT FC GT SA DF EE RV RM CB YC.