About the Authors

Helen V. Lubarsky

Affiliations Sediment Ecology Research Group, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, University Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Cédric Hubas

Affiliations Sediment Ecology Research Group, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, UMR BOREA (Biologie des organismes et écosystèmes aquatiques) MNHN-CNRS-UPMC-IRD, Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques (DMPA), Paris, France

Melanie Chocholek

Affiliation Sediment Ecology Research Group, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

Fredrik Larson

Affiliations Sediment Ecology Research Group, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom, Swedish Board of Fisheries, Gothenburg, Sweden

Werner Manz

Affiliation Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences, University Koblenz - Landau, Koblenz, Germany

David M. Paterson

Affiliation Sediment Ecology Research Group, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sabine U. Gerbersdorf

sabine.gerbersdorf@iws.uni-stuttgart.de

Affiliations Sediment Ecology Research Group, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, University Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMP SUG. Performed the experiments: HVL CH MC FL SUG. Analyzed the data: HVL CH MC WM DMP SUG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH WM DMP SUG. Wrote the paper: HVL DMP SUG.