About the Authors

Alberto V. Borges

alberto.borges@ulg.ac.be

Affiliation Chemical Oceanography Unit, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium

Cédric Morana

Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Steven Bouillon

Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Pierre Servais

Affiliation Ecologie des Systèmes Aquatiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

Jean-Pierre Descy

Affiliation Research Unit in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium

François Darchambeau

Affiliation Chemical Oceanography Unit, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium

Competing Interests

AVB is a senior research associate at the FRS-FNRS. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AVB SB PS JPD FD. Performed the experiments: AVB CM FD. Analyzed the data: AVB CM SB PS JPD FD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AVB CM SB PS JPD FD. Wrote the paper: AVB CM SB PS JPD FD.