About the Authors

Niels Van Steenkiste

niels_van_steenkiste@hotmail.com

Current address: Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

Affiliation Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Bart Tessens

Affiliation Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Wim Willems

Affiliation Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Thierry Backeljau

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Invertebrates and Joint Experimental Molecular Unit, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium

Ulf Jondelius

Affiliation Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

Tom Artois

Affiliation Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NVS TA. Performed the experiments: NVS BT WW UJ TA. Analyzed the data: NVS TA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NVS BT WW UJ TA. Wrote the paper: NVS TB TA.