About the Authors

Evangelia Gontikaki

e.gontikaki@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Barry Thornton

Affiliation The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Veerle A. I. Huvenne

Affiliation National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

Ursula Witte

Affiliation Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EG UW. Performed the experiments: EG. Analyzed the data: EG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BT. Wrote the paper: EG BT VAIH UW. Planning and leadership of cruise JC060: VAIH.