About the Authors

Ana Helena V. Bevilacqua

anahelena.bevilacqua@gmail.com

Affiliations Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Ecology Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

Adriana R. Carvalho

Affiliation Ecology Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

Ronaldo Angelini

Affiliation Civil Engineering Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

Villy Christensen

Affiliation Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AHB ARC. Performed the experiments: AHB. Analyzed the data: AHB RA VC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AHB ARC RA VC. Wrote the paper: AHB ARC RA VC.