About the Authors

Vincent Saderne

vsaderne@geomar.de

Affiliations Benthic Ecology group, GEOMAR: Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research in Kiel, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Spatial Ecology, NIOZ: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Yerseke, Zeeland, The Netherlands

Peer Fietzek

Affiliation CONTROS Systems & Solutions GmbH, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Maria Jozef Herman

Affiliation Spatial Ecology, NIOZ: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Yerseke, Zeeland, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

One of the authors is employed by a commercial company (CONTROS SYSTEMS AND SOLOUTIONS GmbH). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Manuscript improvement: PF PMJH. Conceived and designed the experiments: VS. Performed the experiments: VS. Analyzed the data: VS PF PMJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VS PF PMJH. Wrote the paper: VS.