About the Authors
- Fernando Gómez
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* E-mail: fernando.gomez@fitoplancton.com
Affiliation Laboratory of Plankton Systems, Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Dajun Qiu
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Affiliation CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou, China
- Rubens M. Lopes
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Affiliation Laboratory of Plankton Systems, Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Senjie Lin
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Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and Marine Biodiversity and Global Change Research Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, Connecticut, United States of America
Competing Interests
Co-author S. L. is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FG DQ. Performed the experiments: FG DQ. Analyzed the data: FG DQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RL SL. Wrote the paper: FG DQ RL SL.