About the Authors

Veerle A. I. Huvenne

vaih@noc.ac.uk

Affiliation Marine Geoscience, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

Paul A. Tyler

Affiliation School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Doug G. Masson

Affiliation Marine Geoscience, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

Elizabeth H. Fisher

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Chris Hauton

Affiliation School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Veit Hühnerbach

Affiliation Marine Geoscience, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

Timothy P. Le Bas

Affiliation Marine Geoscience, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

George A. Wolff

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VAIH DGM PAT VH EHF GAW. Performed the experiments: DGM VAIH PAT CH VH TLB EHF GAW. Analyzed the data: EHF GAW VAIH PAT CH DGM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VAIH DGM GAW EHF. Wrote the paper: VAIH EHF GAW DGM PAT. Acted as chief scientists during the scientific cruises collecting the data: DGM VAIH.