About the Authors

Sergi Taboada

sergiotab@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Ana Riesgo

Affiliations Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Maria Bas

Affiliations Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Miquel A. Arnedo

Affiliations Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Javier Cristobo

Affiliation Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Gijón, Spain

Greg W. Rouse

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Conxita Avila

Affiliations Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST JC CA. Performed the experiments: ST AR MB JC GWR CA. Analyzed the data: ST AR MAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST AR MAA JC GWR CA. Wrote the paper: ST AR MAA GWR.