About the Authors

Mar Fernández-Méndez

mmendez@awi.de

Affiliations HGF-MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany, HGF-MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

Frank Wenzhöfer

Affiliations HGF-MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany, HGF-MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

Ilka Peeken

Affiliations Polar Biological Oceanography, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany, MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Heidi L. Sørensen

Affiliations Nordic Centre for Earth Evolution, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Greenland Climate Research Centre, Nuuk, Greenland

Ronnie N. Glud

Affiliations Nordic Centre for Earth Evolution, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Greenland Climate Research Centre, Nuuk, Greenland, Marine Biogeochemistry, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, United Kingdom, Arctic Research Centre, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Antje Boetius

Affiliations HGF-MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany, HGF-MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MFM FW HLS RNG AB. Performed the experiments: MFM FW HLS. Analyzed the data: MFM FW IP HLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MFM FW IP HLS RNG AB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MFM AB RG.