About the Authors

Sabine Schründer

sabines@uni-bremen.de

Affiliation BreMarE - Bremen Marine Ecology, Marine Zoology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Sigrid B. Schnack-Schiel

Affiliation Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

Holger Auel

Affiliation BreMarE - Bremen Marine Ecology, Marine Zoology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Franz Josef Sartoris

Affiliation Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS SBSS HA FJS. Performed the experiments: SS SBSS HA FJS. Analyzed the data: SS SBSS HA FJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS SBSS HA FJS. Wrote the manuscript: SS SBSS HA FJS. participated in research trips to the Antarctic: SS SBSS HA FJS Carried out sampling and experimental work: SS SBSS HA FJS.