About the Authors

Jūratė Lesutienė

jurate.lesutiene@jmtc.ku.lt

Affiliations Marine Science and Technology Center, Klaipėda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania, Department of Biology, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden

Elena Gorokhova

Affiliation Department of Applied Environmental Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Daiva Stankevičienė

Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

Eva Bergman

Affiliation Department of Biology, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden

Larry Greenberg

Affiliation Department of Biology, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL EG LG EB. Performed the experiments: JL. Analyzed the data: JL EG DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL EG DS LG. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JL EG LG EB.