About the Authors

Maya Bode

mabode@uni-bremen.de

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

Anja Kreiner

Affiliation National Marine Information and Research Centre (NatMIRC), Swakopmund, Namibia

Anja K. van der Plas

Affiliation National Marine Information and Research Centre (NatMIRC), Swakopmund, Namibia

Deon C. Louw

Affiliation National Marine Information and Research Centre (NatMIRC), Swakopmund, Namibia

Richard Horaeb

Affiliation National Marine Information and Research Centre (NatMIRC), Swakopmund, Namibia

Holger Auel

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

Wilhelm Hagen

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK HA WH. Performed the experiments: AK AKP DCL RH. Analyzed the data: MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK AKP DCL. Wrote the paper: MB HA WH AK.