About the Authors

Martin Wahl

mwahl@geomar.de

Affiliation Department of Benthic Ecology, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany

Abdulmohsin Al Sofyani

Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Mahasweta Saha

Affiliation Department of Benthic Ecology, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany

Inken Kruse

Affiliation Department of Benthic Ecology, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany

Mark Lenz

Affiliation Department of Benthic Ecology, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany

Yvonne Sawall

Affiliation Department of Benthic Ecology, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW AAS YS. Performed the experiments: MW AAS YS IK. Analyzed the data: MW ML IK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MW AAS IK. Wrote the paper: MW YS AAS MS IK ML.