About the Authors

Thierry Bouvier

Contributed equally to this work with: Thierry Bouvier, Patrick Venail, Thomas Pommier

thierry.bouvier@univ-montp2.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire d’Ecologie des Systèmes Marins Côtiers (ECOSYM), Université Montpellier 2, UMR5119, CNRS IRD IFREMER, Place E. Bataillon, Montpellier, France

Patrick Venail

Contributed equally to this work with: Thierry Bouvier, Patrick Venail, Thomas Pommier

Affiliations Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution (ISEM), UMR 5554, CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, Montpellier, France, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Thomas Pommier

Contributed equally to this work with: Thierry Bouvier, Patrick Venail, Thomas Pommier

Affiliations Laboratoire d’Ecologie des Systèmes Marins Côtiers (ECOSYM), Université Montpellier 2, UMR5119, CNRS IRD IFREMER, Place E. Bataillon, Montpellier, France, Université de Lyon, UMR 5557 Ecologie Microbienne (CNRS, Université Lyon 1, USC INRA 1193), bat. G. Mendel, Villeurbanne, France

Corinne Bouvier

Affiliation Laboratoire d’Ecologie des Systèmes Marins Côtiers (ECOSYM), Université Montpellier 2, UMR5119, CNRS IRD IFREMER, Place E. Bataillon, Montpellier, France

Claire Barbera

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution (ISEM), UMR 5554, CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, Montpellier, France

Nicolas Mouquet

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution (ISEM), UMR 5554, CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, Montpellier, France

Competing Interests

NM is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TB TP C. Bouvier C. Barbera PV NM. Performed the experiments: TB TP C. Bouvier C. Barbera PV NM. Analyzed the data: TB TP C. Bouvier C. Barbera PV NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TB TP C. Bouvier C. Barbera PV NM. Wrote the paper: TB TP C. Bouvier C. Barbera PV NM.