About the Authors

Mar Benavides

mar.benavides@ird.fr

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, 98848, Nouméa, New Caledonia

Pia H. Moisander

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747, United States of America

Hugo Berthelot

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France

Thorsten Dittmar

Affiliation Research Group for Marine Geochemistry, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Strasse 9–11, D-26129 Oldenburg, Germany

Olivier Grosso

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France

Sophie Bonnet

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, 98848, Nouméa, New Caledonia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB SB. Performed the experiments: MB HB PM OG. Analyzed the data: MB SB PM TD HB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB PM TD. Wrote the paper: MB SB TD.