About the Authors

Cornelia Hinz

cornelia.hinz@uni-oldenburg.de

Affiliation Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Katharina Gebhardt

Affiliation Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Alexander K. Hartmann

Affiliation Institute of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Lauren Sigman

Affiliation Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gabriele Gerlach

Affiliation Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CH KG GG. Performed the experiments: CH KG. Analyzed the data: CH KG AKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AKH GG. Wrote the paper: CH AKH LS GG.