About the Authors

Luísa M. S. Borges

luisaborges2000@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliations Institute of Marine Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Portsmouth University, Eastney, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Centre for Material and Coastal Research, Max-Planck-Straße 1, Geesthacht, Germany

Lucas M. Merckelbach

Affiliation Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Centre for Material and Coastal Research, Max-Planck-Straße 1, Geesthacht, Germany

Simon M. Cragg

Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Portsmouth University, Eastney, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMSB SMC. Performed the experiments: LMSB. Analyzed the data: LMSB LMM SMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMSB LMM SMC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LMSB LMM SMC.