About the Authors

Julius A. Ellrich

jellrich@stfx.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ricardo A. Scrosati

Affiliation Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

Katharina Romoth

Affiliations Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany

Markus Molis

Affiliation Section Functional Ecology, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAE RAS MM. Performed the experiments: JAE KR. Analyzed the data: JAE MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAS. Wrote the paper: JAE RAS. Commented on earlier drafts of the manuscript: KR MM.