About the Authors

Petra E. Petersen

petrapetersen79@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Biotechnology, Aquaculture Research Station of the Faroes, við Áir, Hvalvík, Faroe Islands, Institute of Aquaculture, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland

David J. Penman

Affiliation Institute of Aquaculture, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland

Geir Dahle

Affiliation Institute of Marine Research, Nordnes, Bergen, Norway

Øystein Patursson

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Aquaculture Research Station of the Faroes, við Áir, Hvalvík, Faroe Islands

John B. Taggart

Affiliation Institute of Aquaculture, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PEP DJP GD ØP JBT. Performed the experiments: PEP GD. Analyzed the data: PEP DJP GD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PEP DJP GD JBT. Wrote the paper: PEP DJP JBT. Contributed to critical editing of the manuscript: PEP DJP GD ØP JBT.