About the Authors

Ana Patrícia Graça

Affiliations Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIMAR/CIIMAR), Porto, Portugal

Joana Bondoso

Affiliations Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIMAR/CIIMAR), Porto, Portugal

Helena Gaspar

Affiliation Centro de Química e Bioquímica e Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal

Joana R. Xavier

Affiliations CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores – Departamento de Biologia da Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, CEAB, Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes, (CSIC), Blanes (Girona), Spain

Maria Cândida Monteiro

Affiliation Fundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud, Armilla, Granada, Spain

Mercedes de la Cruz

Affiliation Fundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud, Armilla, Granada, Spain

Daniel Oves-Costales

Affiliation Fundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud, Armilla, Granada, Spain

Francisca Vicente

Affiliation Fundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud, Armilla, Granada, Spain

Olga Maria Lage

olga.lage@fc.up.pt

Affiliations Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIMAR/CIIMAR), Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OML APG HG FV. Performed the experiments: APG JB MCM MC DOC. Analyzed the data: APG JB MCM MC DOC FV OML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB HG JRX FV OML. Wrote the paper: OML APG JB HG JRX FV DOC.