About the Authors

Katrin Tirok

Contributed equally to this work with: Katrin Tirok, Barbara Bauer

katrintirok@gmail.com

Affiliations Ecology and Ecosystem Modelling, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Ecosystem Modelling, Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany, School of Biological & Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Barbara Bauer

Contributed equally to this work with: Katrin Tirok, Barbara Bauer

Affiliation Ecology and Ecosystem Modelling, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Kai Wirtz

Affiliation Ecosystem Modelling, Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany

Ursula Gaedke

Affiliation Ecology and Ecosystem Modelling, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB KT KW UG. Performed the experiments: BB KT. Analyzed the data: BB KT. Wrote the paper: BB KT KW UG.