About the Authors

Laurie C. Hofmann

lhofmann@mpi-bremen.de

Affiliation Microsensor Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

Marguerite Koch

Affiliation Aquatic Plant Ecology Lab, Biological Sciences Department, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America

Dirk de Beer

Affiliation Microsensor Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCH MK DdB. Performed the experiments: LCH. Analyzed the data: LCH MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK DdB. Wrote the paper: LCH MK DdB.