About the Authors

Jorge Assis

Contributed equally to this work with: Jorge Assis, Mirta Zupan

jorgemfa@gmail.com

Affiliation Center of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal

Mirta Zupan

Contributed equally to this work with: Jorge Assis, Mirta Zupan

Affiliation Center of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal

Katy R. Nicastro

Affiliation Center of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal

Gerardo I. Zardi

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

Christopher D. McQuaid

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

Ester A. Serrão

Affiliation Center of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA MZ KRN GIZ CDM EAS. Performed the experiments: JA MZ. Analyzed the data: JA MZ KRN GIZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDM EAS. Wrote the paper: JA MZ KRN GIZ CDM EAS.