About the Authors

Annalisa Falace

falace@univ.trieste.it

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italia

Sara Kaleb

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italia

Daniele Curiel

Affiliation SELC Society Marghera, Venezia, Italia

Chiara Miotti

Affiliation SELC Society Marghera, Venezia, Italia

Giovanni Galli

Affiliation National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics-OGS, Trieste, Italia

Stefano Querin

Affiliation National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics-OGS, Trieste, Italia

Enric Ballesteros

Affiliation Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes-CSIC, Girona, España

Cosimo Solidoro

Affiliation National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics-OGS, Trieste, Italia

Vinko Bandelj

Affiliation National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics-OGS, Trieste, Italia

Competing Interests

Two of the authors (DC CM) are employed by a commercial company: 'SELC Soc. Coop'.This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF SK VB CS. Performed the experiments: AF SK GG SQ VB. Analyzed the data: AF SK DC CM SM GG SQ VB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SQ VB CS. Wrote the paper: AF SK EB VB.