About the Authors
- Lucy G. Gillis
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* E-mail: lucygwen.gillis@nioz.nl
Affiliation Spatial Ecology Department, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, Zealand, The Netherlands
- Alan D. Ziegler
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Affiliation Geography Department, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, Singapore
- Dick van Oevelen
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Affiliation Ecosystems Studies Department, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, Zealand, The Netherlands
- Cecile Cathalot
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Affiliation Laboratoire Environnement Profond (LEP), French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, Polouzane, Brittany, France
- Peter M. J. Herman
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Affiliation Spatial Ecology Department, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, Zealand, The Netherlands
- Jan W. Wolters
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
- Tjeerd J. Bouma
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Affiliation Spatial Ecology Department, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, Zealand, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LG Gillis: principle author, data collection and analyses. AD Ziegler: daily supervision of paper, D Van Oevelen: data analyses and feedback on paper, C. Cathalot: data collection, analyses and feedback on paper, JW Wolters: data collection and analyses, PMJ Herman: feedback on paper and idea, TJ Bouma: perceived idea, daily supervision. Performed the experiments: LGG CC JWW. Analyzed the data: LGG DVO CC JWW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LGG DVO CC. Wrote the paper: LGG ADZ DVO CC PMJ TJB. Principal author: LGG. Data collection: LGG CC JWW. Daily supervision of paper: ADZ TJB. Feedback on paper: DVO CC. Feedback on paper and idea: PMJH. Perceived idea: TJB.