About the Authors

Nelson Valdivia

nelson.valdivia@uach.cl

Affiliations Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile, Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile

Ricardo A. Scrosati

Affiliation Saint Francis Xavier University, Department of Biology, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

Markus Molis

Affiliation Section Functional Ecology, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Helgoland, Germany

Amanda S. Knox

Affiliation Saint Francis Xavier University, Department of Biology, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NV RAS MM. Performed the experiments: RAS MM ASK. Analyzed the data: NV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NV RAS MM ASK. Wrote the paper: NV RAS MM.