About the Authors

Jonas Osterloff

josterlo@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de

Affiliation Biodata Mining Group, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

Ingunn Nilssen

Affiliations Statoil ASA, Research and Technology, N-7005 Trondheim, Norway, Trondhjem Biological Station, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway

Ingvar Eide

Affiliation Statoil ASA, Research and Technology, N-7005 Trondheim, Norway

Marcia Abreu de Oliveira Figueiredo

Affiliations Instituto de Pesquisa Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, CEP 22.460-030, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Instituto Biodiversidade Marinha, 22.793-000, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Frederico Tapajós de Souza Tâmega

Affiliations Instituto Biodiversidade Marinha, 22.793-000, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, 28.930-000, Arraial do Cabo, RJ, Brazil

Tim W. Nattkemper

Affiliation Biodata Mining Group, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors of this manuscript have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: Two of the authors, Ingunn Nilssen and Ingvar Eide are employees in Statoil, Research and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. They have contributed scientifically to the manuscript and have been involved in study design and data analyses. The decision to publish was not influenced by the funders; on the contrary, the intention and a prerequisite have been to publish the work in peer reviewed scientific journals and release the data.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JO IN IE MAOF FTST TWN. Performed the experiments: JO IN IE MAOF FTST TWN. Analyzed the data: JO TWN IE IN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JO IN IE MAOF FTST TWN. Wrote the paper: JO IN IE MAOF FTST TWN.