About the Authors

Marlene Wall

marlene.wall@awi.de

Affiliation Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

Gertraud Maria Schmidt

Affiliation Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

Pornpan Janjang

Affiliation Phuket Marine Biological Center, Phuket, Thailand

Somkiat Khokiattiwong

Affiliation Phuket Marine Biological Center, Phuket, Thailand

Claudio Richter

Affiliation Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW CR SK GMS. Performed the experiments: MW PJ. Analyzed the data: PJ MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MW PJ SK CR. Wrote the paper: MW CR GMS.