About the Authors

Yun-wei Dong

dongyw@xmu.edu.cn

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Oceanography and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Marine Biodiversity and Global Change Laboratory, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Hai-shan Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Oceanography and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Guo-Dong Han

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Oceanography and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Cai-huan Ke

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Oceanography and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Xin Zhan

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Oceanography and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Tomoyuki Nakano

Affiliation Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Field Science Education and Research Centre, Kyoto University, Nishimuro, Wakayama, Japan

Gray A. Williams

Affiliation The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y-wD GAW TN C-hK. Performed the experiments: Y-wD GAW G-DH XZ. Analyzed the data: H-sW Y-wD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GAW Y-wD H-sW. Wrote the paper: Y-wD GAW TN C-hK.