About the Authors

Hannah J. Brocke

hbrocke@mpi-bremen.de

Affiliations Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI Bremen), Bremen, Germany, Department of Ecology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany, Laboratoire d’Excellence Corail, CRIOBE—USR 3278, EPHE-CNRS-UPVD, Perpignan, France

Lubos Polerecky

Affiliations Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI Bremen), Bremen, Germany, Geochemistry, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Dirk de Beer

Affiliation Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI Bremen), Bremen, Germany

Miriam Weber

Affiliations Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI Bremen), Bremen, Germany, HYDRA Institute for Marine Sciences, Elba Field Station, Campo nell'Elba, Italy

Joachim Claudet

Affiliation Laboratoire d’Excellence Corail, CRIOBE—USR 3278, EPHE-CNRS-UPVD, Perpignan, France

Maggy M. Nugues

Affiliations Laboratoire d’Excellence Corail, CRIOBE—USR 3278, EPHE-CNRS-UPVD, Perpignan, France, Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity (CARMABI) Foundation, Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJB MMN DdB MW LP. Performed the experiments: HJB. Analyzed the data: HJB MMN LP JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMN DdB. Wrote the paper: HJB MMN.