About the Authors

Johan S. Eklöf

johane@ecology.su.se

Current address: Department of Marine Ecology, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden; Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Affiliation Department of Marine Benthic Ecology and Evolution, Center for Ecology & Evolutionary Studies, Groningen University, Groningen, The Netherlands

Tjisse van der Heide

Affiliation Community and Conservation Ecology Group, Center for Ecology & Evolutionary Studies, Groningen University, Groningen, The Netherlands

Serena Donadi

Affiliation Department of Marine Benthic Ecology and Evolution, Center for Ecology & Evolutionary Studies, Groningen University, Groningen, The Netherlands

Els M. van der Zee

Affiliations Animal Ecology Group, Center for Ecology & Evolutionary Studies, Groningen University, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Marine Ecology, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands

Robert O'Hara

Affiliation Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Frankfurt, Germany

Britas Klemens Eriksson

Affiliation Department of Marine Benthic Ecology and Evolution, Center for Ecology & Evolutionary Studies, Groningen University, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSE TvdH BKE. Performed the experiments: JSE TvdH SD EMvdZ BKE. Analyzed the data: JSE RO. Wrote the paper: JSE TvdH BKE.