About the Authors

Irina N. Shilova

Affiliation Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Julie C. Robidart

Current address: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Edward F. DeLong

Affiliation School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Jonathan P. Zehr

zehrj@ucsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IS JZ. Performed the experiments: IS. Analyzed the data: IS JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IS JR ED JZ. Wrote the paper: IS JR ED JZ. Chief scientist on the BioLINCS cruise and responsible for ESP deployment: JR. Designed the bioinformatic approach: IS.