About the Authors

Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

lisandro.benedetti.cecchi@unipi.it

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Pisa, CoNISMa, Via Derna 1, Pisa, Italy

Antonio Canepa

Affiliation Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, ICM-CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37–49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain

Veronica Fuentes

Affiliation Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, ICM-CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37–49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain

Laura Tamburello

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Pisa, CoNISMa, Via Derna 1, Pisa, Italy

Jennifer E. Purcell

Affiliations Università del Salento, CoNISMa via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, LE, Italy, Western Washington University, Shannon Point Marine Center, Anacortes, Washington 98221, United States of America

Stefano Piraino

Affiliation Università del Salento, CoNISMa via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, LE, Italy

Jason Roberts

Affiliation Marine Geospatial Ecology Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Ferdinando Boero

Affiliations Università del Salento, CoNISMa via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, LE, Italy, CNR-ISMAR, Genova, Italy

Patrick Halpin

Affiliation Marine Geospatial Ecology Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LB-C AC VF. Performed the experiments: AC VF. Analyzed the data: LB-C. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR PH. Wrote the paper: LB-C JP FB SP. Commented on the manuscript drafts: LB-C AC VF LT JP SP JR FB PH.