About the Authors

Maike Abbas

maike.abbas1@uni-oldenburg.de

Affiliation Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Anne Ebeling

Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany

Yvonne Oelmann

Affiliation Geoecology/Geography, Eberhard Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Robert Ptacnik

Affiliation Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Christiane Roscher

Affiliation UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Community Ecology, Halle, Germany

Alexandra Weigelt

Affiliation Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Wolfgang W. Weisser

Affiliations Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany, Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan; Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany

Wolfgang Wilcke

Affiliation Geographic Institute, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Helmut Hillebrand

Affiliation Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AE W. Weisser. Performed the experiments: AW CR. Analyzed the data: MA RP HH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YO W. Wilcke AW CR. Wrote the paper: MA HH.