About the Authors

Arjun Chennu

achennu@mpi-bremen.de

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

Nils Volkenborn

Current address: School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America.

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States of America

Dirk de Beer

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

David S. Wethey

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States of America

Sarah A. Woodin

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States of America

Lubos Polerecky

Current address: Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC LP NV. Performed the experiments: AC LP NV DSW SAW. Analyzed the data: AC LP NV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC LP SAW DSW DDB NV. Wrote the paper: AC LP SAW DSW DDB NV.